Born and raised between north and west Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in the '70s, Andre Robert Lee grew up in a single parent home with his mother and sister. He is now a successful filmmaker after having created a film about his struggle at prep school.
Not only across the country, but across the world, bus drivers are making headlines for accidentally leaving one of their student passengers on the bus after making their rounds. While some have been found in the nick of time, most of these students have died as a result of sweltering heat.
Our newest columnist Crystal Pemberton brings us an except from her Confessions of a Born Again Virgin blog. She's serving up a new sassily written column that boasts spiritual truths. Give it a read.
The United Nations declared three new famine zones in Somalia on Wednesday, August 3, estimating the famine to spread across Somalia's southern regions within the next four to six weeks.
Caribbean Airlines Flight 523 skidded on the Cheddi Jagan International Airport in Georgetown, Guyana shortly after midnight on July 29 causing the plane to snap in two but miraculously resulting in no deaths.
A 32-year-old Norwegian extremist went on a shooting rampage to "save Norway" and Western Europe from "cultural Marxism and Muslim domination" on Friday, July 22. Norwegian leaders are labeling the massacre as one of the worst postwar killings in Europe.
Columnist Ana Guthrie recounts the last few weeks of news with shrewdness and grace. What does a debt crisis, a Norwegian massacre and a famous singer's death have to do with you? Everything. Find out here.
Columnist V. Knowles shares the importance of sowing our best to reap life's best. Regardless of adversity, tough times never last. Tough people do.
Fire in Babylon recounts the transformation of the West Indies cricket team from "Calypso cricketers" to the most successful and feared outfit on the planet. The "Windies'" rise to invincibility, which began in the mid-1970s, was led by a fearsome foursome of fast bowlers, many of whom featured prominently in this 82-minute documentary.
President Obama repealed the "don't ask, don't tell" policy, which banned openly gay men, lesbians and bisexuals from military service for the past 17 years, on Friday July 22.