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Remote Video Conferencing And Doing Business
[Business]For plenty of people living and toiling away on this planet, a typical work day often involves being chained to a desk for eight to ten consecutive hours.Hour long commutes are also a regular...
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Deep Disappointment At No Zimmerman Charges Says NAACP
George Zimmerman, Trayvon Martin's killerThe NAACP says it's deeply disappointment following the announcement by the Department of Justice Department Tuesday that after its independent investigation no...
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Push On Cuomo For Special Prosecutor For Cops In Fatal Encounters, By...
Cuomo -- demands heat up for Special Prosecutor in police slayings The families of 18 New Yorkers killed by the police have launched a campaign to get Governor Andrew Cuomo to appoint a Special...
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FIRE RIPS THROUGH MINE AS INVESTORS EYE PROFITS
Feb. 23 (GIN) – An early morning fire swept through the Kusasalethu gold mine, southwest of Johannesberg, trapping close to 500 workers on a Sunday shift.The miners were more than 7,500 feet...
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AT THE MARGINS OF A HOT WAR, SOMALIS 'HANG BY A THREAD'
Feb. 23 (GIN) - After twin suicide bombings at a popular Mogadishu hotel last week that killed 25 and wounded 40, news reporters were seen swarming through the city, spotlighting the victims, the...
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UGANDAN PEACE ACTIVIST TIPPED FOR FAMED PEACE PRIZE
Feb. 24 (GIN) – From a camp for displaced people amidst war, Victor Ochen was never far from the strife that afflicted Uganda over a decade ago. The Lord’s Resistance Army abducted his elder brother...
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Judy Torres, Queen of Freestyle Plays Lehman Center
Producer Sal Abbatiello of Fever Records is once again bringing Latin freestyle music to the stage via his Forever Freestyle 9 show which takes place in the Bronx, at Lehman Center for the Performing...
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FBI Says Three Suspects Arrested In Plot To Join ISIS
U.S. Attorney and Attorney General nominee Loretta LynchThe FBI Wednesday arrested three Brooklyn men who allegedly planned to join the Islamic State (ISIS).According to the Department of Justice two...
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Schumer To Senate Committee: Avoid Immigration Squabbles And Confirm Lynch As...
Loretta Lynch with Senator SchumerI am so glad that this committee is finally – finally – moving to a vote on Loretta Lynch’s nomination. She has already been pending on the calendar longer than any...
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NYPD Racial Profiling: Is Commissioner Bill Bratton Blind To The Facts?
NYPD Commissioner Bratton -- tell the whole truth; not halfThis week, NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton’s claim that no “systematic abuse” of minorities is being “condoned” by NYPD brass is another...
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Governor Cuomo To Lead New York Trade Mission To Cuba
New York's Governor CuomoTrade Mission Delegation Will Include New York State Officials and Business Leaders and Will Leave for Cuba on April 20thChief of the Cuban Interests Section José Ramón Cabañas...
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Apply For Empire State Fellowship
Secretary of State Cesar A. Perales[Education]New York State Announces Applications Open for 2015-2017 Empire State Fellows ProgramThe State of New York today announced the opening of the application...
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No Museveni Talks -- Says Family Of Late Gen. Bazilio, War-time Foe
Gen. Bazilio Olara Okello[Africa Focus: Uganda]A member of the family of the late Lt. Gen. Bazilio Olara Okello, the former Uganda Army Commander who led a section of his troops from Northern Uganda...
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Given Its Lessons In Recovery From Terror-State Germany Shouldn't Embrace...
Dr. Frank-Walter Steinmeier with Gen. Kagame[An Open Letter to the German Foreign Minister]Feb. 26, 2015Dr. Frank-Walter SteinmeierMinister of Foreign AffairsFederal Republic of GermanyWERDERSCHER...
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President Obama Briefs African American Civil Rights and Faith Leaders On...
President Obama Today, President Obama met with African American civil rights and faith leaders to provide an update on the Administration’s priorities as described in the State of the Union.The...
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Three NYC Councilmembers Condemn P.C. Richard & Sons "Bigotry" For Detaining...
Jumaane D. WilliamsCouncil Member Jumaane D. Williams (D-Brooklyn), Deputy Leader and Chair of the Council's Housing and Buildings Committee, and Council Member Vanessa L. Gibson (D-Bronx), Chair of...
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In Meeting With Liberia's President Johnson Sirleaf, President Obama Notes...
President Johnson Sirleaf with President ObamaREMARKS BY PRESIDENT OBAMA AND PRESIDENT SIRLEAF OF LIBERIA BEFORE BILATERAL MEETINGOval Office11:37 A.M. ESTPRESIDENT OBAMA: It's a great pleasure to...
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Nationally-ranked Monroe College's Secret To Success: Student-centric Focus...
Monroe College students[Black Star Education Focus] Over the next several weeks in our Education Series The Black Star News will conduct Q and A's with area colleges and universities. This week we...
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Debate: "Which is More Important Black Studies or the 3Rs"?
[Community Announcements] BEPAA Great Black History Debate Series Continues:"Which is More Important Black Studies or the 3Rs"Educators Basir Mchawi and Hank Williams will debate over which is more...
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How A Young Black Girl Found Healing And Strength Through Her Poems
One of my sheroes is Sojourner Truth. A brilliant but illiterate woman, she was a great orator and powerful presence who possessed great courage and determination.I often wear a pendant with her image...
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