On Tuesday, Illinois Senator Barack Obama greeted voters as the de facto Democratic nominee. What has seemed like a never-ending race culminated, at a rally in St. Paul, Minn., in the same arena that will host the Republican National Convention in September.

With the primary season over and a parade of superdelegate endorsements, many news outlets are calling Illinois Sen. Barack Obama the Democratic nominee. But Hillary Clinton is not conceding.

Nigeria's film industry is the third largest in the world. Films such as Mummy's Daughter Part 4, Beyonce: The President's Daughter, and End of Dreams are part of a booming $250-million-plus business that has produced its own roster of stars in front of and behind the scenes. ESSENCE Senior Editor Patrik Henry Bass explains the now-global phenomenon.

For those interested in seeing some of Nollywood's work, Patrik Henry Bass recommended several clips and samples of the films he mentioned.

The Takeaway spoke with Bethels Agomuoh, who produces, acts, and distributes Nollywood movies, and also Awal "Kelly" Yaquob, who works at a store in the South Bronx that sells Nollywood movies. Hear both Agomuoh and Yaquob's recommendations and short history of Nollywood.

The longest democratic primary in recent memory is finally coming to a close. Five months, 35 million votes, 56 contests and more than $500 million raised later, the race might also be a harbinger for what happens in November. The Takeaway looks at what the primaries can tell us about the general election and why it’s turning the old electoral strategy on its head.

When the smoke cleared in Tiananmen Square on June 4, 1989, an untold number of protesters were dead in what later became known as a massacre. They gathered to protest for democracy, but records of their efforts are absent in official Chinese history books.

Rep. Debbie Wasserman Shultz, D-Fla., is a comer in the Democratic Party and an insider who was going to help deliver Florida for the Democrats. As a national co-chair for Hillary Clinton's campaign, Shultz spent last night with the senator in New York. She tells The Takeaway about her candidate's mood and plans following a nomination defeat to Barack Obama.

Maggie Wellington and John Vivo are two Ohio Democrats who volunteered to work for Hillary Clinton and are not yet sold on Barack Obama as the leader of the ticket. Both live just outside Youngstown, Ohio, in a mixed blue-collar—white-collar community.