At 37, Burkina Faso’s Captain Ibrahim Traoré stands as the world’s youngest head of state, a figure Western media often paints as a “corrupt warlord”—a leader who, they claim, siphons gold from his country, rules as a dictator, and delays democracy. Yet locals chant “IB, IB!” in the streets, hailing him as a patriot on a mission to “Make Burkina Faso Read More…
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Black Woman Handcuffed All Because She Parked in a Handicap Parking Space
Breshari Faulkner, a 31-year-old African American mother from Senatobia, Mississippi, was forcibly arrested by police in front of her children on Mother’s Day after being confronted in a Walmart parking lot while parked in a handicap space. The arrest occurred on May 11 in Senatobia, where Faulkner says she was waiting for her disabled grandmother, Read More…
Black Twin Sisters Vanished in 2004 — 20 Years Later, Only One Came Back
On a Thursday evening in March 2004, 15-year-old twin sisters Janelle and Jalisa Morgan left Murphy Middle School in Augusta, Georgia, just as they always did. They cut through familiar streets, stopped at their cousin’s apartment for cable TV and frozen pizza, then made their way to the Pump-N-Shop gas station on 12th Street. Security Read More…
Kenyan woman finds success in snail farming despite being called a ‘witch’ for rearing the animal
Despite dealing with stigma and accusations related to witchcraft, Waweru pressed on, motivated by her conviction in the potential of snails as both a food source and pets. Photo credit: Kenya News Agency Wangui Waweru has struck gold with snails. After accidentally eating snail meat in 2017, her newfound fascination with the shelled creatures led Read More…
Steve Jones, Jr: Black Man Was Fired From The CIA Over a Rap Song
Steve Gary Jones Jr. is a former African American employee from Maryland who worked for the CIA for more than a decade, but was allegedly fired over a rap song. Now, he is making waves with his explosive new tell-all memoir, Closed Letter: Racism in the CIA, which details his controversial firing from the Central Intelligence Read More…
President Trump Says That Elon Musk Will Leave Administration in Coming Months
Elon Musk, the billionaire entrepreneur and head of Tesla, is reportedly set to leave his role in the Trump administration after serving the maximum allowed time as a special government employee, according to NBC News. Musk’s 130-day term, which began on January 20, will come to an end in late May due to federal restrictions on Read More…