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March 2016: National Black Writers Conference at Medgar Evers College
Rita Dove13th National Black Writers Conference.“Writing Race; Embracing Difference”. March 31 – April 3, 2016. Presented by the Center for Black Literature at Medgar Evers, CUNY.Honorary Chair: Former...
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iArts Media Institute, For training Youth in Arts, Entertainment, Media...
Mayor Ras Baraka[Education]iArts Media Institute, For training Youth in Arts, Entertainment, Media Launches In NewarkNewark is the home to the newly formed iArts Media Institute whose focus is to offer...
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Unable To Pay Back-rent Saint John Coltrane African Orthodox Church To Be...
San Francisco's Saint John Coltrane African Orthodox Church Faces March 2nd EvectionMural of John Coltrane on the wall at the Saint John Coltrane African Orthodox Church in San Francisco.The Fillmore...
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Supreme Court Injustice -- GOP Racism Stalls Action
President Obama should have nominated an African American woman to the court to launch the charge “The American people should have a voice in the selection of their next Supreme Court...
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Avoid the special event pitfalls!
Many nonprofit organizations and institutions rely on revenue from special events. If you check any calendar of events you will find many to choose from: 5k and 10k runs and walks; galas with dinner,...
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AFRICA NOW! Top African Entertainers at New York's World Famous Apollo Theater
MokoombaThe Apollo Theater In Partnership with World Music Institute Presents The 4th Edition of AFRICA NOW! Celebrating The Best Of The Contemporary African Music SceneFeaturing: Niger's Guitar...
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Without Increase In Minimum Wage -- State Continues to Subsidize Underpaid...
Governor Cuomo This afternoon, the Mario Cuomo Campaign for Economic Justice continued the “Drive for $15,” rallying with dozens of labor leaders and elected officials in Syracuse in support of...
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Police Unions' Attacks On Beyonce Expose Incorrigible Brutes
[Letter To The Editor]With respect to Colin Benjamin's article"Instead of Beyonce, Boycotts Should Target Police Unions ..."What the fraternal order of police is showing in its criticism of beyonce is...
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Physics for All: How U.S. Can Start Catching Up With Rest Of The World
[Education: Op-Ed]A year after Bulgaria emerged from being under the yoke of the Soviet Union, I became a visiting scholar at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences through the Fulbright Program. I was...
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“There are people who do not want to be inconvenienced. If there is an individual who wants to cause problem, then the police is right to apply the law of preventive arrest by stopping him from causing...
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NBA--Robertson & Curry: Many Forms of Greatness
“A view, judgment, or appraisal formed in the mind about a particular matter” is one of Webster’s definitions of opinion. As for opinions themselves…everyone certainly is entitled to their own. In...
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NEW YORK BIG APPLE CON 2016 TO HOST LORI PETTY (ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK),...
MIKE CARBONARO’s BIG APPLE CON, New York City’s longest-running Pop Culture convention, returns to PENN PLAZA PAVILION (401 7th Ave @ 33rd Street -opposite Madison Square Garden) on SATURDAY, MARCH 5,...
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The Critical Challenges Of America's Increasing Wealth and Opportunity...
Marian Wright EdelmanThe Harvard Gazette has released a series of articles on inequality in America. They describe Harvard University scholars’ efforts across a range of disciplines to identify and...
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Governor Cuomo Praises Cornell's Garret, Who Has Died, for Challenging Status...
Late Cornell President Elizabeth Garret [Education: Passings]New York Governor Andrew Cuomo issued the following statement following the death of Cornell University President Elizabeth Garret...
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Donald Trump: He Must Be Real Bad If Romney, Karl Rove and Gang Say He’s Bad
Keeping up with the Donald J. Trump's 2016 Presidential run has been daunting for the media.In the summer of 2015, when Trump first announced his run for the presidency - the day after Jeb Bush, the...
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Calls For Dismissal of Haste, White Officer who Killed Graham, Unarmed Black...
The killer cop Richard Haste The family and supporters of Ramarley Graham the Black Bronx teenager who was followed into his home and shot and killed by a White police officer have denounced the...
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United Way Honors Monique L. Nelson, Laurie M. Tisch, Martine Reardon and...
Monique L. Nelson, Chair & CEO of UniWorld Group10th Annual Women’s Leadership Council Luncheon: Power of Women to Make a DifferenceUnited Way of New York City’s Women’s Leadership Council will...
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Gov Cuomo In Drive To Boost Minimum Wage Don't Neglect Tipped Waiters
Gov. Andrew Cuomo We represent a coalition of servers, bussers, cooks, and other restaurant workers from across the country who have come together to lead the growing national movement for just,...
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The 2016 Fifth Annual Indie Film Festival and Winter Film Awards Extravaganza!
Photos and article By Rhonda L. Ayodele Terry“…and the winner is…..” What an exhilarating feeling to be present for an awards ceremony anxiously awaiting a name to be called to receive accolades for...
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U.S. Syria Full-scale Intervention Could Have Led to Confrontation with Russia
What started with kids and spray paint cans (above), ended with Syria in ruins, thanks to dictator Bashar al-AssadThis week marks the fifth anniversary of the Syrian war.What started as Syrian dictator...
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