Fredrika Newton joined the Black Panther Party as a youth member in 1969. She first met Huey P. Newton in 1970, marrying him eleven years later in 1981. They lived together until Newton's death in 1989 with Ms. Newton establishing the Huey P. Newton Foundation, a non-profit educational organization, in 1993. Serving as the Foundation's President, she operates the community-based programs, which include literacy, voter outreach and health-related components.Ms. Newton also coordinates the high-profile Black Panther Legacy Tour, an Oakland city tour that has been featured in the New York Times, CNN, MTV, NBC, ABC, CBS, and NPR. Read More...
Network outages have been affecting customers in the U.S. on a massive scale this morning. While AT&T reported the biggest outage, other telecom companies, including Verizon and T Mobile, have also experienced some down time in their networks. The result is tens of thousands of customers being unable to make calls, texts, or access the internet. The scale of it all has led some to question the possibility that it was an intentional cyberattack from the likes of Russia. Read More...
George Floyd's daughter, Gianna Floyd, is well aware of the impact her father has had on the world, proudly declaring that he made a substantial difference in the way we operate as a people.
For the last week and a bit, there have been peaceful protests happening across the country as we fight against racial inequality. In places like Los Angeles, Minneapolis, Atlanta, Las Vegas, New York, and more, demonstrators have gathered to send a message. Read More...