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Tamir Rice: Rev. Sharpton "Appalled" As Ohio Fails To Indict Officer...
Officer LoehmannThe Reverend Al Sharpton in a statement has sharply denounced the decision by a grand jury in Ohio not to return an indictment against the police officer who killed 12-year old Tamir...
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New York Protest Of Non-Indictment In Tamir Rice Case
Leaders of the movement to stop murder by police condemned Monday's news that a Cleveland, Ohio, grand jury declined to indict two officers for killing 12-year- old Tamir Rice last year, as he carried...
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Bombs Won’t Cut It: Terrorists Are Right Wing’s Best Friends
Bombing ISIS --commentator doubts it's the solution[Commentary] When Paris suffered attacks that killed 17 last January — at the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo and a kosher supermarket — it...
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Pizza Hut’s Life Unboxed EDU program helps employees pay for college
On December 16, Yum! Brands, owner of Pizza Hut, Taco Bell, and KFC, announced it would extend its partnership with Excelsior College to help Pizza Hut workers and their families pay for tuition.The...
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Tamir Rice Debacle: Why Should Black People Trust "Judicial" System?
Where is a child safe if not in a playground?[Op-Ed]We are again troubled with the news that a police officer --Tim Loehmann-- will not be indicted for the killing of 12 year old Tamir Rice because one...
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#LetsBuyBlack365 Launched For Black Economic Empowerment
Panelists: Muhammad, Cornegy, moderator Grant, Kambon, Dr. Kambon and Riddick. Photo: Black Star News[Publisher's Commentary]No one was there to blame anyone about the many challenges facing African...
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HOPES OF 'AFRICA RISING' BESET BY GLOBAL DOWNTURNS
Dec. 28 (GIN) –This was the year African economies were poised to rise and invest some of their new-found capital in jobs and infrastructure. But the triple threat of climate change, falling oil prices...
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SOCIAL MEDIA USE REACHES NEW HEIGHTS
Dec. 28 (GIN) – Social media networks in 2015 reached new heights in organizing popular protest and calls for change.Some of the most effective campaigns used Twitter with such hashtags as:...
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JUSTICE NEAR FOR THOMAS SANKARA
Dec. 28 (GIN) - An international arrest warrant has been issued for the ex-president of Burkina Faso, Blaise Compaore, for his suspected role in the 1987 killing of former president Thomas Sankara ,...
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BOKO HARAM ‘TECHNICALLY DEFEATED’? SKEPTICS DISAGREE
Dec. 28 (GIN) – With only days to go before a self-imposed deadline for defeating Boko Haram, Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has declared a “technical” victory against the militants.In an...
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MALAWI PRISON BAND NOW A GRAMMY NOMINEE
Dec. 21 (GIN) – With voices as gentle as angels, inmates at a maximum prison in Malawi have recorded an album which could capture top prize at the upcoming Grammys.“I Have No Everything Here” was...
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NEW BOOK ASKS 'WHAT IF THERE WERE NO WHITES?'
Dec. 21 (GIN) - South African newspaper editor Ferial Haffajee’s new book has a sensational title for a deadly serious issue.“What If There Were No Whites In South Africa?” is likely to provoke strong...
View ArticleUGANDAN CULTURAL LEADER CALLS FOR THE PLANTING OF TRADITIONAL CROPS TO AVERT...
The Acholi Cultural leader, Rwot David Onen-Acana II, has called upon his subjects not to abandon traditional crops which resist draughts in favor of fast maturing crops which cannot resist bad...
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How to keep your New Year’s resolutions all year long
Every January, approximately a third of Americans resolve to make themselves better in some way. However, studies show that 75% of Americans only stick to their New Year’s resolutions for a week, while...
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Black Businesses: We Shouldn't Wait For Anyone To Solve Our Woes
[To The Editor]With respect to LetsBuyBlack365: Black business is the solution to Black unemployment if we use what we have available. It will take time but we have been here 400 years waiting for fair...
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Protecting The Vote In 2016: Support Transformative Justice Coalition Today
Barbara Arnwine speaking about protecting the vote on Dec. 18 when she accepted Black Star News Excellence Award at annual dinner at MIST Harlem. Photo Hakim Mutlaq[Commentary]Your support is...
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D'Arrigo, Hunts Point, Sued: Alleged Race-based Price Fixing, Off The Books...
Willie Mitchell claims he wasn't fired for urinating in public; claims he was trying to expose price fixing, and employment and race discrimination. Photo: Nate Adams Willie J. Mitchell worked for 30...
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New Year 2016: Violence Is Still Order Of The Day
Our era challenges even the optimism Dr. King held Whither AmericaDr. Martin Luther King, Jr., is his Nobel Peace Prize Acceptance Speech, on December 10, 1964, said, "I refuse to accept the view that...
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Workers Must Resist D'Arrigo And Hunts Point Abuses
To The Editor.Regarding "D'Arrigo, Hunts Point Sued...." it looks like the Walmart model of worker abuse has infected other businesses in the U.S.These criminal actions must be resisted by any means...
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Rwanda Opposition Warns Gen. Kagame Of Consequences Of His Reckless...
Gen. Kagame's New Year's gift to Rwanda -- Himself as Life dictator[Commentary]During a televised year-end speech on Dec 31st, 2015, Rwanda's President Paul Kagame officially crowned himself president...
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