Source: Rich Fury / Forum Photos There have been many public figures who have inspired educational courses. Songstress Beyoncé’s work has inspired college courses across the country, her hubby Jay…
The DoubleTree Hotel in Portland knows it effed up big time and headed to Twitter on Friday to issue took to Twitter on Friday to issue a belated apology to a black man for…
Joe Tinker spent more than 12 years on dialysis with a failing kidney until the organ delivery driver got a transplant himself in August. Fox 5 reports the D.C. man had been…
(Austin American-Statesman via AP) AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Richard Overton, the nation’s oldest World War II veteran who was also believed to be the oldest living man in the U.S.,…
NEW YORK (AP) — The road to the Super Bowl in the NFC will go through the Big Easy. Though the Saints’ path to get to Atlanta could be challenging:…
BALTIMORE (AP) — On the streets of Baltimore, it’s tough to find confidence that a police shield and city-issued dark blue uniform promises integrity and competence. With Maryland’s biggest city…
Happy new year! The New Year Carnival in Cape Town. Image credit George Bayliss via Flickr. This was a big one for us here at Africa is a Country. On…
Samir Amin's life resembled that of Karl Marx: a man without a homeland, but one whose home was a chosen commitment to a historical project. Samir Amin. Image via Fraktion…
Displacing African Studies outside of Africa and emptying it of any transformative potential, obscures its revolutionary legacy and converts it into an impotent, banal field. Image credit Mike Gibson via…
(Photo credit NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty Images) Sasha Obama is reportedly headed to the University of Michigan, Page Six reported after an Instagram post allegedly from her private account celebrated her acceptance to the school. “So…