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Founder of notorious private military company Blackwater looking to extract minerals from war-torn Afghanistan
According to journalist Antony Loewenstein from TRTWorld, a Turkish international news channel, the founder of notorious private military company Blackwater is looking to monetize a war-torn Afghanistan by extracting and mining the country’s minerals.
Elbert Howard, one of the Black Panther Party founders, dies at 80
Elbert Howard, one of the original six members of the Black Panther Party, formally the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense, has died at the age of 80 years old. Howard had been sick for a number of years, according to his wife Carol Hyams who confirmed his death to the Associated Press. Howard had been […]
Backpage co-founder charged after human trafficking investigation
Updated on April 10, 2018 at 9:30 AM EST Backpage co-founder Michael Lacey, 69, was charged on Friday in connection with a federal investigation of Backpage’s use for human trafficking and the sexual sale of underage girls. The indictment lists 93-counts including charges of conspiracy, facilitation of prostitution, concealment money laundering and international promotional money laundering. Six […]
Roger Ailes, FOX News Co-Founder, Dies at 77
Roger Ailes has died. A statement was released by his wife, Elizabeth Ailes, this morning announcing that the co-founder and former chairman of Fox News has died at the age of 77.
Black Lives Matter Founders Named Glamour’s Women of the Year
Patrisse Cullors, Opal Tometi and Alicia Garza – who we recently interviewed – are clearly worth honoring for all of their work for social justice and the movement for black lives. Which is why Glamour has featured them on its list of 2016 Women of the Year.
Twitter Starts #BoycottPaypal Campaign After Co-Founder Donates $1 Million To Trump
If you’ve ever put any stock into those theories that all of the rich people in the world are friends and secretly plotting to take over the world, you may have found some supporting evidence.
‘Black Girl Nerds’ Founder Jamie Broadnax On Being Black, Woman, and Nerdy
Jamie Broadnax is an example of someone who saw a void that needed to be filled and chose to do it herself. When Broadnax founded Black Girl Nerds in 2012, there was a clear need for an outlet for female nerds of color. Four years later, Black Girl Nerds has a website full of contributing writers, a podcast that was […]
The Right to Be Angry: An Interview with the Founders of Black Poets Speak Out
By Mwende Katwiwa “I am a Black poet who will not stay silent while this nation murders Black people. I have a right to be angry” Poet and political activist Amiri Baraka once said, “the Black artist’s role is to aid in the destruction of America as he knows it”. In a recent piece penned for The […]
Radio One founder Cathy Hughes to receive Congressional Black Caucus Chairman’s Award
Radio One Founder Cathy Hughes was presented with the Chairman’s Award on Saturday. The award is the Congressional Black Caucus’ highest honor.
For Brown Girls Founder Karyn Washington dead at 22
Karyn Washington, student at Morgan State University and founder and creator of the website For Brown Girls, has died of an apparent suicide. She was 22.
After a series of protests, Florida high school finally drops name of KKK founder
The Duval County School Board voted unanimously to remove the name of the Ku Klux Klan’s first Grand Dragon from a Florida school. Residents, parents and students in Jacksonville have lobbied for months against the school’s name, saying it does not represent the school’s population. More than half of the students attending the Westside school […]
BET founder Robert L. Johnson to receive highest form of recognition in media
Black Entertainment Television (BET) Founder Robert L. Johnson will be inducted into the 2013 Giants of Broadcasting Honors, an annual distinction established by the Library of American Broadcasting. The award is the highest award recognition in media.