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Uganda Elections 2016: Museveni Regime Uses Trojan Horse In Attempt To...
Olara Otunnu[Africa Commentary: Uganda Elections 2016]As Uganda heads into presidential and parliamentary elections next year we can expect the political mischief to escalate -- with the regime in...
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NYC: African Diaspora Film Festival Opens With "The Man Who Mends Women..."
Dr. Mukwege Human Rights documentary The Man Who Mends Women – The Wrath of Hippocrates will have its U.S. Premiere on November 27 at 7pm at the Opening Night of the 23rd Annual African Diaspora...
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Fox Newsers Suddenly Quiet When Their "Hero Cop" Revealed to Be Fraudster
It was a narrative perfectly suited for Fox News’s conservative commentariat. Too bad it was total bullshit.Three assailants allegedly shot and killed Lt. Joe Gliniewicz, a wholesome small-town cop and...
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DC 37's Henry Garrido Congratulates Winning Candidates
Henry GarridoLast night was a great night for DC 37’s slate of endorsed candidates and for the communities that they will serve.I congratulate Michael McMahon for being elected the next District...
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OBAMA SINGLES OUT BURUNDI, AMIDST AFRICAN PRESIDENTIAL SUCCESSION STRUGGLES
US President Barack Obama and Burundian President Pierre NkurunzizaPresidential succession struggles continue in many nations on the African continent, including the vastly resource rich Democratic...
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Many small donors or a few large donors?
Many small donors or a few large donors? As the year comes to a close many nonprofits are looking at their fundraising goals and asking an important question: should we focus on securing a large number...
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Raising Minimum Wage Is Smart Business and Smart Politics
Raising the minimum wage makes good business sense whether you are a Republican, Democrat or Independent. It should not be a partisan issue.Across the political spectrum, voters in my home state of...
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Support Quentin Tarantino Against Threats And Intimidation By Police Unions
Quentin Tarantino [Op-Ed]I stand firmly in support of Quentin for having the courage to stand with victims of unwarranted police violence at New York’s Rise Up October, an event to which TBI was an...
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Drawing The Line: Artists Like Quentin Tarantino Must Speak Without Fear Of...
Tarantino-- some Police unions can't handle the truth On Thursday, Jim Pasco, Executive Director of the Washington, DC-based Fraternal Order of Police, the country's largest police union, issued an...
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Why Keystone XL Pipeline Isn't Good For Growing, Cleaner U.S. Economy -- Obama
Several years ago, the State Department began a review process for the proposed construction of a pipeline that would carry Canadian crude oil through our heartland to ports in the Gulf of Mexico and...
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Prominent Ugandan Economist, Kashambuzi, Urges Election Boycott --...
Kashambuzi at the United NationsThe presidential vote in Uganda scheduled for February 2016 is a waste of time, resources, and potentially lives from election-related violence and will only legitimize...
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Demonstration Saturday: Activists To Denounce NBC's SNL For Embracing Donald...
Even after insulting Mexicans with racist comments SNL has offered Trump a platformSaturday Nov. 7th, immigrant groups are rallying in Rockefeller Plaza to Protest Trump’s offensive statements and...
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More Than 90% of Americans Now Have Healthcare Coverage -- Obama
When president Obama signed ACA into law[President's Weekly Address]Hi, everybody. For decades, too many working Americans went without the security of health insurance – and their financial...
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Some Basic Approaches To Help Children Cope with Crisis
Marian Wright EdelmanExecutive Director of the Connecticut Commission on Children Elaine Zimmerman helps meet many child needs in her state including sharing advice to help children cope with terrible...
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Comptroller Stringer Says "Talk Is Cheap;" Wants More Action On Equitable...
Scott M. StringerScott M. Stringer believes that in addition to serving as the financial watch dog for the City's agencies his office can also help uplift more New Yorkers into the middle class by...
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Black Star News: Thanks For Global Expose Of Gen. Museveni's Barbaric Assault...
Assault victim Ms. Fatuma -- no apology from Gen. Museveni or police chief Gen. Kayihura since Oct 10 attack[Africa: Exposing Brutal Regime]Thank you BLACK STAR NEWS for making global the tragic story...
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White America in Black and White
Photos by Gerry GoodsteinProducer Woodie King has brought the production “In White America,” to the Castillo Theater stage wherein six performers, 3 Black, 3 White, 2 females and 4 males, recount the...
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Review: "In White America"
Foreground: Shane Taylor. Behind (L-R) Nalina Mann, Bill Tatum, Ezra Barnes. Photo by Gerry Goodstein.Director Charles Mayan ironically lights up Martin Duberman's "In White America" by opening the...
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Uganda: A Vote For Dr. Besigye Is A Vote For Liberation
Besigye Power--robbed three times, writer calls on his supporters to "protect" their votes[Africa: Op-Ed]Next year the people of Uganda are preparing to choose their political leaders in the 2016...
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Who Loses When Black Journalists Shun Republicans and Democrats Take Them For...
Dr. Ben Carson--Black journalists aren't rushing to interview him[National: Op-Ed]Those who follow my columns know that I have been extremely critical of my Republican Party and our presidential...
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