Madina Toure

13 Apr

(HuffPost Style) Tim Gunn: The Obama Girls Are The ‘Antidote’ To The Kardashians

April 13, 2016
By Madina Toure

James Cave | Lifestyle Staff Writer, The Huffington Post Has your newsfeed OD’d on the Kardashians? Tim Gunn has your medicine. W...

13 Apr

Economic news, Education, General news, Technology News, U.S News, West Africa general news, West Africa news

(Ghana Web) Future Ghanaian Scientist Invited to White House

April 13, 2016
By Madina Toure

Meet Simon-Peter Frimpong, a 13-year old Ghanaian American from Aurora, Colorado. The 8th-grader is one of about 100 top science, techn...

13 Apr

General news, U.S News

(HuffPost Black Voices) These Are The Best Colleges In America For Black Students

April 13, 2016
By Madina Toure

Lilly Workneh Black Voices Senior Editor, The Huffington Post Picking a college can be a daunting task for anyone, but finding th...

13 Apr

East Africa general news, East Africa health news, East Africa news, East Africa Social Issues, General news

(Al Jazeera) Somalia executes al-Shabab journalist

April 13, 2016
By Madina Toure

11 Apr 2016 09:09 GMT | Politics, Africa Somalia has executed a journalist accused of helping members of al-Shabab kill at least fiv...

13 Apr

General news, Health, Health news, New York City Metro Area News, U.S News

(TimesLedger) Friends of Phife Dawg remember late musician at public memorial

April 13, 2016
By Madina Toure

By Madina Toure St. Albans residents who grew up with the late Phife Dawg, a member of renowned hip-hop group A Tribe Called Quest, ...

13 Apr

Education, General news, New York City Metro Area News, U.S News, West Africa general news, West Africa news

(The Root) NY Valedictorian Is Celebrating Her Acceptance to All 8 Ivy League Schools

April 13, 2016
By Madina Toure

BY: YESHA CALLAHAN Posted: April 5 2016 9:26 AM Augusta Uwamanzu-Nna VIDEO SCREENSHOT Augusta Uwamanzu-Nna, a hig...

13 Apr

General news, New York City Metro Area News, U.S News

(TimesLedger) Petitions underway for Phife Dawg, A Tribe Called Quest to be honored in Queens

April 13, 2016
By Madina Toure

Nu-Clear Cleaners on 192nd Street and Linden Boulevard was featured in a single from A Tribe Called Quest's second album. A petition is...

13 Apr

General news, U.S News

(Everyday Feminism) 9 Ways Privileged People Can Reduce the Negative Impact of Gentrification

April 13, 2016
By Madina Toure

October 20, 2014 by Katy Kreitler There was once a small brick barbeque joint on Divisadero Street in San Francisco known as Da’ Pit...

27 Mar

General news, New York City Metro Area News, Social Issues, U.S News

(Backstage) Jerrod Carmichael Treats His Audience Like Adults

March 27, 2016
By Madina Toure

By Benjamin Lindsay | Posted March 23, 2016, 11 a.m. Photo Source: Chad Griffith “I like art that’s perceived to requir...

27 Mar

General news, New York City Metro Area News, Politics, Social Issues, U.S News

(Daily News) EXCLUSIVE: Ted Cruz knows ‘absolutely nothing’ about counterterrorism in NYC, NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton says

March 27, 2016
By Madina Toure

BY BILL BRATTON | SPECIAL TO THE NEW YORK DAILY NEWS | Updated: Saturday, March 26, 2016, 7:18 PM STEVE HELBER/AP Ted Cruz speaks d...

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