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Race Talk: Wealth In Black And White in America
[Race Talk]If we talk about what ails us that will make it better. When will Black Americans stop getting short shrift?Here lately the Supreme Court’s invalidation of valuable parts of the Voting...
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A Letter To The Black Man: Wake Up Or Extinction Looms
[Beneath The Spin]I was in Los Angeles on the corner of Vernon and Central the other day, just after school let out. If it hadn't been for the fact that I grew up in that area and recognized my...
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Xenophobia: "So You Too Are Trayvon"
[LAW OF THE LAND]The issue is beyond race and Florida’s "Stand Your Ground" law. George Zimmerman’s fear of Trayvon Martin led to murder and his acquittal. Since fear for his life, even if...
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U.S. DEPUTY DEFENSE SECRETARY SECURES ONGOING USE OF UGANDAN TROOPS
KPFA Radio News, 08.04.2013KPFA Evening News Anchor Anthony Fest: At the end of July, the Pentagon Press Secretary reported that Deputy Defense Secretary Ash Carter was visiting Uganda to meet with...
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CWA Local 1182 Taps Jackson For Boro President
Robert Jackson[NYC Politics 2013]Adding to his growing labor support, the CWA 1182 has formally announced its endorsement of Councilman Robert Jackson for Manhattan Borough President. Unions...
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Obama, Black America and the Jobs Crisis
For African Americans, the Great Recession continues.This is both troubling and ironic because it coincides with the administration of the nation's first black president.The black community's...
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New York's 46-Percenters: Living Near Poverty Line
[Op-Ed: NYC Mayoral Race 2013]Mayor Bloomberg deserves credit for many of the administration’s efforts to diversify the city’s economy from its over-reliance on Wall Street. Especially since the...
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New York Leaders Denounce Court Ruling Striking Prevailing Wage
Letitia "Tish" James[New York City]Last year New York's City Council passed a law called "prevailing wage" that mandated $10 an hour with benefits or $11.50 an hour without benefits for workers such as...
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After The Elections, The Britannic Prime Minister Calls An African Country...
[A Very Short Play In One Act. An Entirely Work Of "Fiction"]The Call Came Through. It had taken a bit longer than the President-In-Waiting had hoped. But here it was, finally.Now they would deal with...
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Arthur Ashe Kids’ Day Presented By Hess
Coco Jones[USTA's Entertainment For The Youth]The 18th annual event will take place on Saturday, August 24 at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing, N.Y., from 9:30 a.m. – 4 p.m....
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Uganda Makes Protests Illegal
General Museveni[Global: Africa]Uganda’s ruling party, lead by President Yoweri Museveni, has cancelled the right to march, rally or demonstrate under a new “public order management” rule that critics...
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Musical chairs. History, Amin and public order in #Uganda
Gen. Idi Amin[Global: Africa]History like Mozart is full of undulating repetitions. Reading up for a talk later this month, a friend lent me his copy of “The Report into the Commission of Inquiry into...
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More Tributes For Julius Chambers, Court Room Legend And Fighter For Justice
[Remembrance]The NAACP mourns the loss of civil rights icon and attorney Julius L. Chambers, who died August 2.“Julius Chambers was one of the great legal minds of the past few decades,” said NAACP...
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The Dream Defenders Introduce “Trayvon’s Law”
Trayvon's killer George Zimmerman[The Zimmerman Travesty] The Dream Defenders will close out its “People’s Session” tomorrow morning with an introduction of “Trayvon’s Law.”The youth-led organization,...
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Bill S. Pereira, CEO & President, IDT Telecom, On Berkeley College's Board
Bill S. Pereira, CEO & President, IDT Telecom, a subsidiary of IDT Corporation, Herndon, VA, and Newark, NJ, is a new member of the Berkeley College Board of Trustees. [Education]Bill S. Pereira...
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DC 37 And Community Leaders Condemn City's Closing Of walk-in Immunization...
District Council 37 joined community leaders and elected officials on the steps of City Hall to demand the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) stop plans to close walk-in...
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Definitely, Jodi's Very Good EP
[Music]Jodi Good’s Debut EP “Definitely Different” is the perfect anthem for a bad break up.Jodi Good is a Long Island native who started taking voice lessons at the age of four. “Ever since I was...
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George Duke: His Music Is His Legacy
Sometimes the heavens reward us with divinely inspired artists. One such individual was Grammy winner George Duke. Keyboardist, composer, singer, producer, arranger, director, writer, and professor of...
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Racist Vandals Deface Hero Jackie Robinson's Statue
Racial slurs and a swastika were scrawled Tuesday night on a statue of baseball legend Jackie Robinson, outside MCU Park in the Coney Island section of Brooklyn and the New York Police Department...
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RNC Chairman Threatens NBC and CNN Because He Knows Most Corporate Media...
Sheriff Reince Priebus [Speaking Truth To Power]Why did Republican National Chairman Reince Priebus tell NBC and CNN he will seek to boycott their networks by refusing to “partner” with them in 2016...
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