Kevin Lankford
Granted, Benjamin Franklin had fire safety in mind when, in 1736, he famously advised Philadelphians that “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” But his words could just as easily apply to keeping your home safe from freezing pipes. And for anyone living in an area where temperatures regularly dip below freezing […]
California’s state attorney general, Kamala Harris, announced her bid to run for U.S Senator on Tuesday, following current California Senator Barbara Boxer’s announcement last week that she will not run for re-election in 2016. Harris, who is a Howard University alum, has just been re-elected for her second term as attorney general in November and […]
ATLANTA (AP) — The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s traveling Bible hasn’t gone on regular display since President Barack Obama used it while taking his second oath of office two years ago. The public hasn’t seen the slain civil rights icon’s 1964 Nobel Peace Prize medal in recent years, either. Both relics reside in a […]
AHMEDABAD, India (AP) — Secretary of State John Kerry said Monday he will travel to Paris this week to show solidarity with the French people, following sharp criticism of the Obama administration for not sending a senior official to Sunday’s rally for unity in Paris that was attended by some 40 world leaders and more […]
Idris Elba is finally speaking out and address the possibility that he might star as the next James Bond. The 42-year-old actor took to Twitter to thank those who have supported the idea of him starring as Bond and sent a message to his haters. “Isn’t 007 supposed to be handsome? Glad you think I’ve […]
President Barack Obama released a statement Sunday on the death of Stuart Scott, the longtime ESPN anchor who died of cancer at the age of 49. The full statement: “I will miss Stuart Scott. Twenty years ago, Stu helped usher in a new way to talk about our favorite teams and the day’s best plays. […]
Cast members from the new Martin Luther King Jr. inspired film, Selma, are speaking out about how the project humanizes the heroic civil rights icon. For many, MLK is viewed as something of an American saint. Selma is the first studio film about MLK that shows the complexities of the cultural icon. Ava Duvernay, the […]
In 2014 we worried about online security, used hashtags to fuel social movements, obsessed over a suburban retail employee, inquired about celebrity stance on feminism and were blessed by the logic-defying wisdom of Jaden and Willow Smith. It’s been a bizarre and sombering year, and these quotes encapsulate it. Here are the phrases we retweeted, […]
President Barack Obama told the world that everyone should learn how to code. And now he’s putting his money where his mouth is. Earlier today, to help kick-off the annual Computer Science Education Week, Obama became the first president ever to write a computer program. It was a very simple program—all it does is draw […]