Anonymous has finally made a target of Donald Trump, threatening to expose his ties with the mafia. But why has the group, which is notorious for outing sensitive information, been so absent on the Trump topic until now? Anonymous has told the world that, starting April 1st, the hackers would supercharge their operation on…
Named a promising new artist on the influential BBC Sound of 2015 list, Stormzy is known primarily as a grime artist. In addition to the BBC honor, he also won Best Grime Act at the 2015 MOBO Awards, Artist of the Year at the 2016 Rated Awards, and the Innovator Award at the 2016…
A More Convenient Way to Vote? Around the world today, advocates for mobile voting systems have recently urged lawmakers to change conventional polling booth technology to permit mobile voting. Estonia became the first nation to adopt Internet voting in 2005. Unfortunately, many security obstacles remain as governments consider this form of voting. Some election…
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…
Karma has a way of coming back around, and Donald Trump is starting to feel the pressure of the press and their push to delegitimize his presidency. Of course, Trump hammered Barack Obama during the eight years of his tenure, claiming that Obama wasn’t born in the United States, discrediting his right to…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Unhinged Trump Press Conference Suggests Sympathy for Extremists On Tuesday afternoon, United States President Donald Trump delivered his most bizarre and outrageous press conference yet. At a time when Americans are looking for guidance and leadership in the wake of a rally that featured far-right extremists who used Neo-Nazi imagery to spread a message of…
A number of African nations have been recently considering measures to take greater control of social media and internet usage domestically, and many of these proposals appear to be on the verge of censorship according to proponents of internet freedom. In comparison to the statutes enacted in China, internet freedom in most African countries is still far greater. Notably,…
Kenya and South Africa Finish Strong at the IAAF World Championships Surprise victories, stunning defeats, heartbreaks, and incredible levels of competition were among the highlights of the 2017 World Championships of the International Association of Athletics Federations, which finished in London on Sunday night. African athletes shone at the 2017 IAAF World Championships as Kenya…
Charlottesville and the Sad State of Racist Extremism in the United States A disastrously violent weekend in Charlottesville, a leafy university town in the Commonwealth of Virginia, has brought into focus the precarious issue of extreme American nationalism and intolerance. What started off as a political demonstration to protest the removal of a monument from…
