By Holly Yan, CNN Mon February 27, 2017 (CNN) Of all the memorable moments at the Oscars Sunday night, Mahershala Ali’s win for best supporting actor marked an especially poignant triumph. Ali is the first Muslim actor to take home the golden statue. And he comes from a sect of
Continue readingReporting by Piya Sinha-Roy; Editing by Jill Serjeant and Sandra Maler Mahershala Ali won the best supporting actor Oscar on Sunday for his role as a drug-dealing mentor to an impoverished black boy in the intimate independent drama “Moonlight.” Ali, 43, plays Juan, a drug dealer who takes a young
Continue readingMaudlyne Ihejirika @maudlynei | email ACCRA, Ghana — Good riddance Barack Obama. And welcome Donald Trump. Surprisingly, that’s the view of many people in this western African nation, which is 78 percent Christian and 11 percent Muslim. “Of course we all supported the first black president of the United States.
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Bob Bryan, Business Insider Americans are learning to love the Affordable Care Act, better known as Obamacare. As the law faces possible repeal and replacement by Republicans, a new poll from the Pew Research Center shows that the ACA’s popularity is soaring and has hit its highest point since it was
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FARAI MUTSAKA, Associated Press Tues, Feb 21 8:02 AM PST HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump’s “America First” policy has an admirer in Zimbabwe’s longtime president, who says the policy resonates with his own thinking. President Robert Mugabe, who turned 93 on Tuesday and is the world’s oldest
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By Jacqueline Charles, jcharles@miamiherald.com February 22, 2017 10:32 PM An obscure physician who heads the Petionville Rotary Club has been designated as Haiti’s next prime minister by President Jovenel Moïse. Dr. Jack Guy Lafontant, a gastroenterologist and member of the American College of Physicians, confirmed to the Miami Herald that
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By Krissah Thompson February 19, 2017 CHARLOTTESVILLE — The room where historians believe Sally Hemings slept was just steps away from Thomas Jefferson’s bedroom. But in 1941, the caretakers of Monticello turned it into a restroom. The floor tiles and bathroom stalls covered over the story of the enslaved woman,
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By Jeffrey Rodack | Monday, 20 Feb 2017 08:53 AM Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan slammed both Republicans and Democrats for ignoring the black community, the Detroit Free Press reported. “Most of you are so hurt because Queen Hillary lost,” Farrakhan said to the thousands at Joe Louis Arena. “And
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BY Jessica Schladebeck It’s only been a few weeks since former President Barack Obama left the White House, but presidential historians have already placed him on the right side of history. AC-SPAN survey of 91 historians and presidential experts ranked the Democrat the 12th best leader in United States presidential
Continue readingAnne Harrigan is a resident of Danbury The history of African Americans should not be defined only in the context of slavery. Their history is also full of wonderful people who have added to the greatness of this country. African-American inventors have created many widely used devices in the world
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