Nsenga Burton

Nsenga Burton

Nsenga K. Burton, Ph.D., is an award-winning writer, entrepreneur, and professor living her best life with her daughter, Kai, and fur-sons. She is founder and editor-in-chief of The Burton Wire, an award-winning news blog covering news of the African diaspora.

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Opinion ‘Mommy, She Looks Like You’: Why I Cried When I Got the Text About Joe Biden’s Pick for VP

A Black mother shares why the historic selection of Kamala Harris as the presumptive Democratic vice presidential pick matters so much.

Nsenga Burton Nsenga Burton August 13, 2020 1:52 pm EDT
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Opinion It’s Been 143 Days Since Breonna Taylor Was Killed. Black Women Deserve Better.

The response to Taylor’s case is only now gaining momentum.

Nsenga Burton Nsenga Burton August 3, 2020 1:59 pm EDT
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Education The Risk of Reopening Schools Is Far Greater for Black and Brown Americans

The coronavirus is novel, but the consistently deleterious experiences of Black and Brown people in this country, especially as it relates to health and education, is not.

Nsenga Burton Nsenga Burton July 17, 2020 3:37 pm EDT
Commentary Protestors demonstrate outside of a burning liquor store near the Minneapolis 3rd Police Precinct, Thursday, May 28, 2020, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
Commentary Property Is Not More Important Than Black Lives

America, the capital of double standards and hypocrisy and the king of “do what I say but not what I do,” is at it again.

Nsenga Burton Nsenga Burton May 29, 2020 6:40 pm EDT