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President Obama Reduces Sentences Of 46 Drug Offenders
President Barack Obama (pictured) granted a reduction in prison sentences to 46 drug offenders who were charged and convicted under strict sentencing guidelines established in the ’80s. Among...
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Black Churches Set Ablaze Across Deep South Raises Questions
In the days since the tragedy that claimed the lives of nine victims at Mother Emanuel AME Church in South Carolina, several churches across the southern region of the United States have been set...
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Charleston Church Shooting Leaves 9 Dead, Suspect Captured
The town of Charleston in the state of South Carolina is still in shock after a lone White gunman entered a Black church and opened fire, leaving nine people dead. Although the suspect has since been caught,...
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American Blues Legend B.B. King Dead At 89
B.B. King (pictured), considered one of the greatest Blues musicians of his era, has died. For nearly seven decades, King has come to represent the folk music sound created by African-Americans in...
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Face2Face Africa Editor-in-Chief Selected as IWMF Africa Great Lakes Reporting Fellow
For over the past two decades, the International Women’s Media Foundation (IWMF) has worked to promote the visibility and fortify the roles of women journalists all across the world. On Thursday,...
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Freedom Rides Bus Segregation Protests Began This Week In 1961
The Freedom Rides was a series of protests sparked by civil rights activists in America who banded together to challenge Southern States that refused to observe the law that racially segregated...