By Humberto Sanchez and Niels Lesniewski
Seven Senate Democrats joined Republicans to block President Barack Obama’s pick of Debo P. Adegbile to lead the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division amid a controversy over his legal defense of convicted cop killer Mumia Abu-Jamal.
Adegbile is the son of a Nigerian father and an Irish immigrant mother.
Adegbile’s nomination needed a simple majority...
Lupita Nyong'o's best supporting actress Oscar win marks a new chapter in the young actress's rise since the release of '12 Years a Slave' which took the best picture Oscar later that night.
Along with Minneapolis' own Barkhad Abdi of Somalia who received a best supporting actor nod and the UK's Chiwetel Ejiofor's nomination, a broader swath of pan-Africana was...
Lolla Mohammed Nur is moving on up! After a year as community engagement editor at the TC Daily Planet, she's now working on another kind of writing as a Givens Writer. According to its website, the Givens Black Writers program engages "emerging African American writers from diverse genres in an eight-month program providing mentoring and peer support, building literary...
This editorial appeared in the Mshale print edition that was on newsstands on March 1, 2014.
A sense of homophobia is sweeping throughout Africa. As we ushered in the New Year, parliaments in Uganda and Nigeria passed strict anti-gay legislation. President Goodluck Jonathan of Nigeria enthusiastically signed it into law with many analysts, including this paper, believing his signing was...
The African Union (AU) Executive Council, has selected the Republic of Kenya to host the African Institute for Remittances (AIR). The Council asked the African Union Commission to conclude the Host Agreement with the Republic of Kenya so as to ensure the formal take-off of the Institute this year. It also asked the World Bank and other development...
By Mahasin D. Shamsid-Deen via OnIslam
Make way on the runway America – USA Islamic Fashion Week has arrived! Organized by the Modesty Defined Islamic Fashion Council of America, LLC (MDIFC), this lively event was hailed a success by those in attendance.
More than a year in the planning, the USA Fashion Week, held February 13-16 in the DC, at Maryland...
Ahead of the twentieth anniversary of the genocide in Rwanda, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today honoured the launch of “Kwibuka 20,” a series of events commemorating the tragedy, and urged the international community to do more to fully internalize and implement the lessons learned from the killings of 800,000 people in 1994.
“We must speak out forcefully whenever communities are threatened...
Lupita Nyong'o is preparing herself for normalcy. After the frenzy that's followed her gripping performance in "12 Years a Slave," she wants to be ready for life back home in New York.
"I try to keep my regimen — rest, water, eat well, workout — so that when this is all over, I don't experience a total hangover," she says,...
Immigrant rights advocates are urging President Barack Obama to use his executive authority to stop the deportations of illegal immigrants. Some arrests were made Monday when dozens of advocates rallied in Washington.
Religious and civil rights activists chanted and prayed alongside illegal immigrants near the White House as they urged the president to stop the deportations, which they say are...
The Ghanaian Association of Minnesota (GhanAM) is preparing to celebrate Ghana's 57th Independence Day with a bold launch of a foundation with the express mission of awarding academic scholarships to deserving students who lack the financial wherewithal to further their education.
The Ghana independence celebration, which will be held at the Coon Rapids Civic Center on March 8th, will also...
The Africa-focused clothing line founded by rocker Bono and his wife, Ali Hewson, has a fan in Chelsea Clinton.
Clinton, who works with the Clinton Foundation and the Clinton Global Initiative, chatted with the label's two visionaries Sunday night on the front row of Edun's fall runway show.
"I just have such tremendous respect for everything that Ali and Edun have...
