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General Election 2016: Difficult Days Ahead
“We’ve got some difficult days ahead."~The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Ladies and gentlemen, Rev. Dr. King said those fateful words in his final public speech in Memphis, Tennessee on the...
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Music: Interview with Eddy Wizzy
Eddy Wizzy speaks with Doris AllimadiDoris: When did you first start singing? E W: I started singing circa 2003Doris: How and why did you choose the name Wizzy? Does it mean anything? E. W: My stage...
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NYPD COP CAUGHT IN VIDEO POINTING GUN AND PUNCHING BYSTANDER
NYPD COP POINTS GUN AT BYSTANDER—INSTAGRAM PHOTO A plainclothes police officer—in need of anger management—was caught on video pointing his gun at a bystander during an arrest Thursday.The...
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CEMOTAP Remembers "Our Soldier" Ancestor -- Gil Noble on May 28
On May 28 the Committee to Eliminate Media Offensive to African People (CEMOTAP) hosts a remembrance event in honor of ancestor Brother Gil Noble. Speakers are: Dr. Leonard Jeffries; Dr. Rosalind...
View ArticleURBANIZATION RATE WORRIES UGANDA AUTHORITIES, CALLS FOR EXTENSION OF WORLD...
“World Bank does not just give money to a sector since the Financial Agreement is always fixed. You have to compete with other sectors like Education and Health. If you want USMID II, then start having...
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Nero Walks -- Judge Springs Freddie Gray Cop
Edward Nero, one of the Baltimore cops charged in connection with the 2015 death of Freddie Gray got an early Christmas present -- he was acquitted on all charges in a bench trial presided over by...
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Money: Black Wealth Bootcamp
Dr. Boyce Watkins[Business]I am regularly asked, as a matter of business, how to raise money to start a new company. Many of us start businesses in our community or have very good ideas, only to find...
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Five of the Best Basketball Games of All-Time
What we thought was MJ’s final game was the fairy-tale ending we all hoped for. Part of the reason why betting on basketball is so popular worldwide are the buzzer beaters, backdoor covers, and...
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How Five Western Donors Shape a Corporate Agenda for African Agriculture
"The Unholy Alliance, Five Western Donors Shape a Pro-Corporate Agenda for African Agriculture," a new report released today by the Oakland Institute, exposes how a coalition of four donor countries...
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Buffis, Jailed Police Chief Endorses GOP's Trump
Buffis says Trump is the man[The Toby Rogers Report]De facto GOP Nominee Donald Trump received yet another controversial endorsement this week. In March of 2016 Trump got Arizona Sheriff "Joe" Arpaio's...
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LL Cool J Hosts Concert part of the Apollo Theater's 2016 Spring Gala
APOLLO THEATER ANNOUNCES 2016 SPRING GALA Viacom to Receive Corporate Award for Community Leadership.Evening to Include a Concert with Performances byThe Legendary THE O’JAYSBreakthrough Artists LEON...
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FPWA’s YOUTH EMPOWERMENT MOVEMENT BUILDING THE NEXT GENERATION OF ADVOCATES...
Masiel Rodriquez-Vars, Transitions Coach and FPWA’s YEM Facilitator welcomes students at first Youth Empowerment Movement workshop The Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies (FPWA) launched its...
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REVIEW: THE TOTAL BENT IS TOTALLY MESMERIC
Ato Blankson-Wood (foreground), Curtis Wiley, and Jahi Kearse in The Total Bent, with a book by Stew, music by Stew and Heidi Rodewald, and directed by Joanna Settle, running at The Public Theater....
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Uganda's President Kizza Besigye Announces Transitional Government of...
ESTABLISHMENT OF THE GOVERNMENT OF NATIONAL UNITYThe run up to the 2016 presidential and parliamentary elections was from the outset characterized by unprecedented levels of police andmilitary...
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More On President Besigye's Cost-effective Transitional Govt of National...
Prime minister Proscovia Salaamu Musumba The head of Uganda’s popularly-elected government, Dr. Kizza Besigye who was sworn in a day before Gen. Yoweri Museveni took oath has gone a step further and...
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Education: Harlem Middle School Raises Money for Community-based non-profits
On Wednesday about thirty middle school from St. Hope Leadership Academy in Harlem trekked to the Brooklyn Navy Yard to visit Refoundry, an innovative new non-profit that trains formerly incarcerated...
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Justice: Why More African Americans Must Talk "Reparations"
Rep. Conyers has been a frontline general on a ReparationsBy our unpaid labor and suffering, we have earned the right to the soil, many times over, now we are determined to have it. Ask any African...
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“The Ballot or the Bullet?”: Black Voter Registration Drive Launch
The Choice: Plebiscite, Reparations, & Self-DeterminationThe Black Voter Coalition will launch the Black Voter Registration Drive on Saturday, May 28, 2016 at 1pm, at Sistas’ Place 456 Nostrand...
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MTA Capital Plan is Huge Boost for the Bronx -- Ruben Diaz says
[Op-Ed]I am delighted with today's announcement of the Review Board's approval of the MTA's Capital Plan, which represents a great day for public transportation in The Bronx, across the city and...
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New York Urban League's 51st Frederick Douglass Awards
Former NYC mayor David Dinkins with Arva Rice: Photo by Margot JordanThe New York Urban League held its 51st Anniversary Frederick Douglass Dinner on Tuesday, May 19 at Pier Sixty. The organization led...
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