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YANKEES END SERIES FINALE WITH BIG WIN OVER PHILLIES
If the Yankees 11-6 loss to the Phillies Tuesday night—after a rain delay—was a hitch, then the Bronx Bombers certainly compensated for that embarrassing defeat in Wednesday's game.The Yanks beat the...
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American Healthcare And The Mason-Dixon Line
There's a new Mason-Dixon Line being drawn in our country - and it runs right through Medicaid, one of the country's most important health insurance programs.Historically, the Mason-Dixon Line marked...
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Do Not Apply: NAACP Sues Companies For Illegal Discrimination Against...
Ken D. CohenThe NAACP New York State Conference Metropolitan Council of Branches has filed a class action against employers who use leading job search sites Monster, Indeed, and ZipRecruiter to...
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The Affordable Care Act Is Working -- Hillary Clinton
ClintonI applaud the Supreme Court’s decision to affirm what the authors of the Affordable Care Act clearly intended and wrote into law: that health insurance should be affordable and available in...
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MOTHER EMANUEL
MOTHER EMANUELIn 1816 the white church disregarded the black church and built a hearse house on black burial ground.The congregation wanted to preserve their history with their ancestors on sacred...
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A Good Day For America: Healthcare Is A Right For All -- Obama
President ObamaFive years ago, after nearly a century of talk, decades of trying, a year of bipartisan debate -- we finally declared that in America, health care is not a privilege for a few, but a...
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Free Healthy Summer Meals For New York's Youth
Schools Chancellor FariñaStarting June 29 through September 4, free, healthy summer meals will be available for all children 18 years or younger at more than 1,000 locations across the city and for the...
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The ACA: V for O's Victory
At 10:00AM on Thursday morning, the United States Supreme Court ruled 6-3 in favor of the Affordable Care Act – or Obamacare, if you prefer. King v. Burwell brought very high stakes for the Obama...
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Meet Ty Hodges—the Next Spike Lee—but with His Own Unique Voice
TY HODGES. Photograph courtesy of Rob FlemingTy Hodges isn't new to Hollywood. Ty started acting at the age of 11, first in theater, and then in television and film.At 16, he dreamt of going to...
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Richard Matt, Escaped Convict Killed, Accomplice Sought, Governor Cuomo Says
Dead -- Richard MattStatement by New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Richard Matt and David Sweat, the two convicted murderers who escaped from the Clinton Correctional facility.Thank you and good...
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Eulogy: Clementa Pinckney Was "A Good Man" -- Obama
Clementa Pinckney --murdered The Bible calls us to hope. To persevere, and have faith in things not seen.“They were still living by faith when they died,” Scripture tells us. “They did not receive the...
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President Obama: Grace Personified
This past Friday afternoon, President Obama flew to Charleston, South Carolina to eulogize the Reverend Clementa Pinckney – the South Carolina state senator and pastor who was one of nine people shot...
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Historic Day As SCOTUS Affirms Equal Love -- De Blasio
Mayor Bill De BlasioAmerica will never forget this day, and neither will people all across the world who know the meaning of love and compassion.June 26, 2015, will forever be memorialized as a pivotal...
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BLACK CITY SOVEREIGNTY AND THE MILLION MAN MARCH: UNLEASHING OUR TRUE POWER
The 20th Anniversary of the Million Man March is certainly a milestone politically and symbolically. And perhaps, its anniversary is even more important than the first. We have many events to look back...
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The Cause Of Slavery Was Wrong: Pride, Prejudice, and the Confederate Flag
Confederate battle flag, with middle star missing, captured from First Texas Infantry regiment by a New York cavalry officer near AppomattoxFive days after the shocking murder of “The Beautiful 9” in a...
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Professor Doug Allen: Justice Is A Marathon Run
Doug AllenAn Interview With Veteran Peace Activist Doug AllenAnyone who has done organizing on a college campus knows the difficulty of sustaining such work. Faculty come and go, students enroll and...
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The Beginning of the End for Kagame?
Paul KagameIf the U.K. is not safe for a war criminal, then where in the West is? On June 22, 2015, it was reported that the director-general of Rwanda's National Intelligence and Security Services...
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Removing Confederate Flag: NAACP Supports Bree Newsome's Civil Disobedience Act
#BlackLivesMatter activist, Brittany “Bree” Newsome, wearing propelling gear, climbed the flagpole atop Columbia, South Carolina’s Capitol dome and removed the Confederate Battle Flag, in an act of...
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U.S. "Strongly Condemns" Assassination Of Egypt's Top Prosecutor
Hisham BarakatStatement by NSC Spokesperson Ned Price on Terrorist Attack in CairoThe United States strongly condemns today’s terrorist attack in Cairo that killed Egyptian Prosecutor-General Hisham...
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NYC Schools Chancellor Announces Pre-K Waitlists
Carmen FariñaNew York City's pre-K waitlists are opening today. All families were automatically placed on the waitlists for any programs that they ranked higher on their application. Starting today,...
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