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Chicago: Firing of McCarthy Won't Cut It -- What Did Mayor Emanuel Know And...
Mayor Emanuel -- will throwing McCarthy under bus be enough? Mayor Rahm Emanuel did the right thing by firing Police Superintendent Garry F. McCarthy in Chicago in connection with the execution-style...
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Gun Buy-Back And Warrants Adjudication Hosted Saturday By District Attorney...
Ken Thompson King's County District Attorney Ken Thompson's office is hosting a gun-buy-back and warrants-adjudication day on Saturday December 5.People can get rid of outstanding arrest warrants...
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Alvin Ailey Kicks Off Season With Fund-raising Gala
Honorary Chair Brandy Norwood. Photo by Christopher DugganLast night, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater’s holiday season at New York City Center kicked off with an Opening Night Gala Benefit. The...
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The Apollo Celebrates African and French Soul: Manu Dibango
Manu Dibango Apollo Theater and Jazz à Vienne’s Artistic and Cultural Exchange Continues with Je Suis Soul: A Salute to French and African Jazz and SoulA Weekend of Events in Celebration of Jazz à...
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Bill Bratton Is Callous On Homeless Plight
Bill Bratton [Unspinning The Spin]In a Wall Street Journal article by Josh Dawsey Bratton Cites City Mistake on Homeless on November 20, New York Police Department (NYPD) Commissioner Bill...
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Tipping Point: Top 400 Americans Wealthier than 190 million people
When should we be alarmed about so much wealth in so few hands?The Great Recession and its anemic recovery only deepened the economic inequality that’s drawn so much attention in its wake. Nearly all...
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ACTRESS/SINGER NICHELLE NICHOLS TO APPEAR AT QUEENS COMIC CON EXPO
Star Trek legend, Nichelle Nichols, who played Uhura in the original TV series will appear at the NY Winter Con this weekend.Before being cast in Star Trek, Nichols had a guest appearance in Gene...
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Polls Show Sanders Would Perform Better Than Clinton Against GOP Candidates
Bernie Sanders--without either Iowa or New Hampshire doors closed?[Future Hope Column: Elections 2016]Those Bernie supporters who saw media reports yesterday of the latest national Presidential poll by...
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MONSANTO & Co: The Scramble For Africa's Seed Industry
The private seed industry has made dramatic gains in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) in recent years, gains that are likely to have profound negative impacts upon millions of small-scale farmers across the...
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Hiv/AIDS Remains Killer Disease In African American Community
[Health: Commentary]Five years ago, on World AIDS Say U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said, “Three decades into this crisis, let us set our sights on achieving the 'three zeros' - zero new HIV...
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Diversity Challenge At World Bank: How An "Exceptional" Confidential...
Marline Alexis[Focus: The World Bank]At The World Bank Group co-workers speak fondly of the memory of Marline Alexis, a dedicated member of the support staff for 27 years, whom they say was mistreated...
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Carnegie Hall: Gospel Sing Along with Donnie McClurkin and Kim Burrell
Ray Chew, Donnie McClurkin, Kim BurrellCARNEGIE HALL PRESENTS Wednesday, December 9, 2015, 8 PM Gospel Sing Along with Donnie McClurkin and Kim Burrell.Join voices with Grammy Award–winning singer...
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Why Is The National Rifle Association Running U.S. National Security?
Message to NRA--This week it's Syed Rizwan Farook; soon another gunmanIt was May 2, 1967 when Robert F. Kennedy said: “I have supported legislation in the past which would place reasonable and careful...
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Uganda: Mao, Charismatic Ugandan Politician Blocked From Parliamentary Race
Norbert Mao--what next?[Africa: Uganda Elecions 2016]GULU, Uganda--Considered one of Acholi region's most charismatic politicians, Norbert Mao, saw his political future in disarray this week when...
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J. Jesses Smith and Braxton A. Cosby: Book 1 of “Death Ryders from Hell”
You know the story of how Death Ryders became a graphic novel?From Jamaica Queens, Director and now Author, J. Jesses Smith, started off Writing Death Ryders as a screenplay and at the time was working...
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America's Gun Mystery
We all have wants, and we all have needs. I totally acknowledge those facts. The vast majority of Americans want to own guns. They feel the need to exercise their 2nd Amendment right to bear arms as...
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While Denouncing San Bernadino Massacre Obama Decries Easy Gun Buys
Remarks of President Barack Obama Weekly AddressThe White HouseThis weekend, our hearts are with the people of San Bernardino—another American community shattered by unspeakable violence. We salute...
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Measures To Combat Terrorism -- Obama
Good evening. On Wednesday, 14 Americans were killed as they came together to celebrate the holidays. They were taken from family and friends who loved them deeply. They were White and Black, Latino...
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Affirmative Action: Rev. Sharpton And Other Civil Rights Leaders Gather...
National Action Network (NAN) and leaders will rally on the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday, December 9th for the oral arguments in Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin.Affirmative...
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African Diaspora International Film Festival: Today's Screenings
Tango Negro, The African Roots of Tango Monday, December 7, 2015Kirikou and the Sorceress11am @ The Chapel, Teachers CollegeThis animated film exquisitely recounts the tale of tiny Kirikou, born in an...
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