Another brilliant African American teenager has pushed the barriers of color by breaking another scholastic record. Gabrielle Turnquest from Windermere, Florida is the youngest person to graduate from Liberty…
The Gentrification of Harlem from Najib Aminy on Vimeo. East Harlem NYC — A new study on housing in the five boroughs recommends a city-wide approach to dealing with housing…
Cory Booker isn’t just the mayor of Newark, N.J., and one of America’s most prolific political social media users, he’s also an entrepreneur. Booker, along with Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt,…
What does the average American look like? As time goes on, the answer to that question is becoming more and more complicated. The country is living up to its melting…
Michelle Obama, as photographed by the legendary Annie Leibovitz, appears on the December issue of Vogue magazine. The first lady, in the waning days of her husband’s presidency, has been…
It’s quite simple – you can eat foods that nurture health, or you can eat foods that create disease. Similarly, you can eat brain foods that boost your…
Jorge Just, a student at New York University’s Tisch School for the Arts, has created an app that could make a real difference for people suffering under tremendous emotional…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Today in quirky product news, KFC is getting in the game. Like the nail polish the company released in May, this product isn’t food: It’s sunscreen. “Suntan…
Peek, a new app developed by researchers at the School of Tropical Medicine in London, could help tens of millions of people suffering blindness and sight problems in the developing…
By Digital Afro Founder/Lead Editor: Stephen Brown Stephen Brown is a tech entrepreneur, programmer, & founder of stemstars.org, a software platform that teaches youth ages 13-18 how to code. …
