Note to White Broadway Actors Upset about "Hamilton" Controversy: “Shuffle...
Surprise, surprise, Caucasian actors feel that they are being excluded from “Hamilton,” the blockbuster Broadway play about America's founding fathers set to rap music after a casting call only...
View ArticleIt’s April – how is your yearend fundraising?
Have you considered “front loading” your yearend fundraising? Start now. Plan now. Put your systems in place. Mark your calendar. Build your team. Identify your prospective donors. You may think we’re...
View Article28 Pages That Could Implicate Saudi Bigs in 9/11 Attacks
New Saudi King Salman-- is U.S protecting senior officials from accountability?As President Obama prepares for a trip to Saudi Arabia later this month, a CBS 60 Minutes segment has rekindled calls to...
View ArticleJoke's On You De Blasio -- Owe New Yorkers Apology
Low fives? De Blasio scored an "F" Mayor Bill De Blasio’s recent attempt at humor at the Inner Circle Dinner was not just "cringe worthy", it was deeply offensive to the city's African-American...
View ArticleU.S. African Immigrants Population Surges 137% to 1.8 Million in past Decade...
African immigrants make up a small share of the U.S. immigrant population, but their numbers are growing – roughly doubling every decade since 1970, according to a new Pew Research Center analysis of...
View ArticleNO FREE “MEDICATION” IN UGANDA: TEACHER WITH BRAIN TUMOR SEEKS $6000 FOR AN...
Mr. Phillip Bongomin, at the Northern Uganda Media Club (NUMEC) in Gulu town, wants $6000 for operation.“I would see children from a distance of over thirty meters, but in January 2015, I would not...
View ArticleBeyond Transparency -- Accountability From Federal Government
Lee H. HamiltonOver more than three decades in Congress, I had the chance to question a lot of federal officials. Most of the time I wasn’t after anything dramatic — I just wanted to understand who was...
View ArticleAkai Gurley’s family deserves justice
Peter Liang [Commentary] Brooklyn District Attorney Kenneth Thompson’s recommendation of probation for former NYPD Officer Peter Liang in the death of Akai Gurley is a deep injustice and insult to the...
View ArticleBill Clinton "Hopped Up On Whack" -- Ricky Ray Rector Part 2
Bill Clinton challenged by Black Lives Matter [Speaking Truth To Power]Last Friday, former President Bill Clinton said he regretted becoming involved in an acerbic exchange with Black Lives Matter...
View ArticleNational Action Network -- Convention: Day One
HILLARY CLINTON, CABINET SECRETARIES, MAYOR BILL DE BLASIO, LEADING PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN STRATEGISTS HEADLINE DAY ONE OF NAN 25th ANNIVERSARY NATIONAL CONVENTIONDemocratic Presidential Candidate...
View ArticleToni Morrison : Tell Bill Clinton He Never Was "Black President"
Reader says Toni Morrison should withdraw the Clinton "Black" honorific [To The Editor]It is very helpful that Mr. Colin Benjamin forces us to rethink the legacy of the Clintons in "Bill Clinton Hopped...
View ArticlePowerful Endorsements as Sanders Surge Continues
Less than a week away from the much-anticipated New York primary, Bernie Sanders has scored two more major endorsements that could greatly help him in the upcoming race.The first is the Transit Workers...
View ArticleSanders: Verizon CEO's Contempt is Badge of Honor
Yesterday the CEO of Verizon said that I was "contemptible." He doesn't like that yesterday I walked the picket line with striking Verizon workers, or that I think Verizon needs to pay its fair share...
View ArticleBlack Scholar Accuses Department of Ed of Retaliation for reporting alleged bias
[Advertorial: Commentary]Black Scholar and Educator Faces Firing Over his Complaint of Racism, Discrimination, and Nepotism in DOE’s District 79.Dr. Rupert Green, long time community educator,...
View ArticleLooking Ahead to 2016's Thrilling TV and Film offerings
After all of the controversy surrounding the lack of black faces amongst the nominees for the 2016 Academy Awards, it’s been interesting to see whether any of these issues would be affecting the TV and...
View Article“A Music of THE SPIRIT” - 17th Annual Central Brooklyn Jazz Festival
“A Music of THE SPIRIT”17th Annual Central Brooklyn JazzApril 15 – May 15Apr 15, 8-11:00 PM– George Gray Jazz Coalition ft. vocalist Alexia Gardner w/ Melvin Davis-keys, David Lee Jones-sax, Jazz966,...
View ArticleDr. Rupert Green Deserves Support from All of Us
Even with Black president discrimination is routine says reader[Education]Re: "Black Scholar Accuses Dept. Of Ed of...
View ArticleHow Much Do "Black Lives Matter" To Clinton? Rwanda Genocide Offers Answer
During the Rwandan Genocide in 1994, President Bill Clinton and members of his administration pushed for the reduction of the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Rwanda from over 2,500 troops to...
View ArticleCongo's Kabila plans arrest of rival, Katumbi, on fake charges -- U.S.
Moise Katumbi; undeclared, but feared by KabilaThe U.S. intelligence community believes that Congo's Joseph Kabila soon plans to arrest his chief potential presidential challenger Moise Katumbi, the...
View ArticleSupporting Bernie: Why Sanders Movement Must go beyond Elections
[Future Hope column]After the big Brooklyn brawl Thursday between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders, and knowing what the polls are saying about the Bernie movement’s uphill climb to win in New York...
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