VIDEO: Africa Beats: Kidum
Why Burundian singer Kidum rejected career politics for music
Trayvon Martin Parents Elated By Zimmerman Arrest
Follow: Black Voices News WASHINGTON — Trayvon Martin’s parents expressed relief Wednesday over a special prosecutor’s decision to charge the man responsible for the 17-year-old’s death. Martin’s mother said if …
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Why does Buffett have a ‘secretary?’
Given its cultural baggage, the term “secretary” has been jettisoned over the past three decades. Then why is it that Warren Buffett still has a secretary and not an executive …
Caregiving is the ‘new normal’
With about 10,000 baby boomers hitting age 65 each day, they’re becoming caregivers and those needing care.
Build relationships amid memory loss
Adam Robb’s grandma used to take care of him. Now she’s experiencing symptoms of dementia. He’s learning how to make memories with her — even as her memory fades.
Little Known Black History Fact: The New Howard Theatre
Date: Wednesday, April 11, 2012, 5:09 am By: Erica Taylor, The Tom Joyner Morning Show The Howard Theater in Washington, DC opened its doors in 1910. Nestled on DC’s “Black …
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Black passengers add another facet to Titanic story
Dawn Turner Trice April 9, 2012 In preparing his 1997 movie “Titanic” for 3-D, James Cameron reportedly reshot a scene because an astronomer told him that the position of the …
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Against All Odds Foundation Social Entrepreneur Provides Hope to New Jersey Youth
The odds were stacked against her – abused, neglected, and homeless after the loss of both parents to substance abuse and AIDS, Christine Carter became just another ward of the child …
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Making drugs into profit in Uganda
Turning affordable life-saving drugs into profit in Uganda
In pictures: Kenyans go crazy for skating
Images of Kenyans’ trials and tribulations of learning to skate
Malawi country profile
Provides overview, key facts and events, timelines and leader profiles along with current news about Malawi
The man behind Carrie Bradshaw’s haute heels
Manolo Blahnik is a household name thanks to ‘Sex and the City’. The shoe designer talks to CNN about his life.
No African-American senators likely in near future
By Lisa Desjardins, CNN Radio Senior Correspondent Washington (CNN) – Few might realize it, but Tuesday’s primary elections might have quietly sealed the racial and ethnic makeup of the …
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In pictures: From elephant stampedes to hairdos in Zimbabwe art
Perils of rural Zimbabwe life depicted in art
Mauritania profile
Key facts, figures and dates