In the wake of 2016’s controversial #OscarsSoWhite, addressing the lack of diversity among the Academy Award nominees, this year’s list of prospective Oscar recipients is somewhat more representative of top Hollywood talent today. While La La Land led the list by a wide margin with over a dozen nominations, a number of other memorable…
Over the past few decades, the World Health Organization has conducted large-scale prophylactic deworming of school children in developing nations in an attempt to eliminate the devastating health effects of intestinal parasites. Because it’s not considered cost effective to test for worms before treating, organizations have simply treated all school-age children in high infection…
Football analysts and bookmakers are adjusting their projections and odds as the first round of play at the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations begins to wrap up with Week 2. The national team of Senegal has moved up ahead of the Ivory Coast Elephants to become the tournament favorites, followed by Ghana.The Gabonese Republic…
For the last five decades, the Consumer Electronics Show has been showcasing the latest and greatest in technology and innovation. Over the last few years, CES has settled into a rhythm of starting off early in the New Year and hosting the event in Las Vegas; it has also become the most important expo…
President Joseph Kabila was set to step down on December 19, 2016; however, he continues to remain in office. Kabila became President of the Congo in 2001, just ten days after the assassination of his father, President Laurent-Désiré Kabila. Over the last 14 years, Kabila has continued to face turmoil in his country, dealing…
It’s only been two days since President Trump took office, but the protests that started well before him taking the oath have continued throughout the weekend. Most of the opposition is directly caused by Trump’s win. Others are voicing their opinions and marching based on the values that Trump represents. Then there’s a small group…
Kenya is preparing for their latest presidential elections, and people are trying all kinds of techniques to get the general public out of their homes and to the polls. Kenya’s election commission has just launched a registration drive to promote the election and bring awareness to the importance of voting in August. The organization…
The BBC has recently released their list of Sound of 2017 artists. The winner for 2017 is Ray BLK, an unsigned 23-year-old R&B and soul artist from London. The annual list is determined by polling music critics and other industry figures and aims to highlight “the most exciting rising stars” in music. Based on…
Hidden Figures is the previously untold story of three African-American women—two mathematicians and one engineer —who worked at NASA in the early 1960s. With both their gender and race serving as obstacles to their advancement and acceptance by colleagues, mathematicians Katherine Goble Johnson and Dorothy Vaughn, along with engineer Mary Jackson, helped set…
Inauguration Day is a day for celebration, and thousands of Americans lined the streets to welcome the newest President into office. The parade was filled with marching bands, music, and of course President Trump taking his time riding through D.C. in his armored car. The press lined Pennsylvania Avenue all trying to get a…
