Independent rights group Merlin has reached an out-of-court settlement with LimeWire, the P2P file-sharing company that was shut down by a federal court in October 2010 due to a "massive scale of infringement." The amount of the settlement is not being disclosed, but Merlin CEO Charles Caldas t... Read more...
W.E.B. Du Bois William Edward Burghardt Du Bois was a sociologist, historian, civil rights activist, Pan-Africanist, author, and editor. Born in western Massachusetts, Du Bois grew up in a tolerant community and experienced little racism as a child. After graduating from Harvard, wher... Read more...
It was both a walk down memory lane and a call to action when singer, actor, civil rights activist and international humanitarian Harry Belafonte spoke at St. Sabina Church. Part of a Black History Month program that also brought Princeton Professor Cornel West to the South Side church on... Read more...
China's Administration of Industry and Commerce has started confiscating any iPads it finds for sale after the verdict of the Apple's court case with Proview, reports DigiCha. A quick refresher -- Apple bought the rights from a Chinese company called Proview to use the word "iPad," but Proview ... Read more...
If you're considering suicide, Facebook now stands ready to get you some help. The gigantic social-networking site said Tuesday that if any of its 800 million users type a post saying they are contemplating suicide, the site will offer to connect them to a crisis counselor through the site's chat... Read more...
Nikki Giovanni Yolande Cornelia "Nikki" Giovanni is a poet, writer, commentator, activist, and educator. Her primary focus is on the individual and the power one has to make a difference in oneself and in the lives of others. Giovanni’s poetry expresses strong racial pride, respect for f... Read more...
The widow of murdered civil rights leader Medger Evers and a district attorney struggle to finally bring the murderer to justice. Director: Rob Reiner Writer: Lewis Colick Stars: Alec Baldwin, James Woods and Whoopi Goldberg Read more...
Audre Lorde Audrey Geraldine Lorde was a Caribbean-American writer, poet and activist. Lorde's poetry was published very regularly during the 1960s — in Langston Hughes' 1962 New Negro Poets, USA; in several foreign anthologies; and in black literary magazines. During this time, she wa... Read more...
Cornel West Cornel West is a philosopher, author, critic, actor, civil rights activist and prominent member of the Democratic Socialists of America. West is a 1973 graduate of Harvard University and today he is a Professor at Union Theological Seminary, where he will teach Religious Philoso... Read more...