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Uganda Anti-Gay Dictator Museveni’s London Hotel Besieged By LGBT Activists
London protest greets Uganda dictatorThe London hotel where President Yoweri Museveni was speaking last night was besieged by Ugandan LGBTs and their supporters in a noisy protest with drums, vuvuzelas...
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GOP Clowning On Benghazi Obscures Real Libyan Foreign Policy Failure
Rep Boehner -- resident presides over another circus act[Speaking Truth To Power]House Speaker John Boehner and the Republican Party’s decision to call yet another committee to investigate the Libya...
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We Must Educate All Regardless Of Immigration Status -- Holder
Eric Holder REMARKS AS PREPARED FOR DELIVERY BY ATTORNEY GENERAL HOLDER ON GUIDANCE FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO ENSURE EQUAL ACCESS FOR ALL CHILDREN TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS, REGARDLESS OF IMMIGRATION...
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Businesses Owned By Women of Color Soar To Three Million, Tripling In Under...
While Oprah Winfrey is the best-known Black businesswoman, there are more than one million African American women-owned firmsBlack Women Own 1.2 Million BusinessesThe number of businesses owned by...
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More Key Appointments By President Obama
Lisa Mensah President Barack Obama has announced his intent to nominate the following individuals to key Administration posts:Robert Stephen Beecroft – Ambassador to the Arab Republic of Egypt,...
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Apollo Theater's Harlem Jazz Shrines Festival -- ARTURO O’FARRILL AND THE...
ARTURO O’FARRILL AND THE AFRO LATIN JAZZ ORCHESTRAAn Apollo Theater commissionFeaturing Rudresh Mahanthappa, Randy Weston, Café, Freddy “Huevito” Lobatón,With Special Guests DJ Logic and ChiloThe...
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NAACP Lauds Gov. Corbett’s Decision Not To Appeal Voter ID Ruling
Jotaka Eaddy, Director of the NAACP Voting Rights InitiativeThe NAACP released the following statement in response to Pennsylvania Governor Corbett’s decision not to appeal the recent court ruling...
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Rev. Sharpton To Speak At Rally For Abducted Girls At Nigerian Consulate
Rev. Sharpton WHO: Rev. Al Sharpton, President of the National Action NetworkWHEN: Saturday, May 10, 2014 –12:00 p.m.WHERE: Consulate General of Nigeria, 828 2nd Ave., New York, NY. 10017WHAT: Rev. Al...
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House Speaker John Boehner As National Obstacle-In- Chief
Nation's blocker-in-chief Boehner[Commentary]At last weekend’s White House Correspondents Association dinner, President Obama offered this joke about John Boehner’s spray tan: “These days, the House...
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Lt. Col. Ogole Memorium: Country; Justice, Unity And Peace
[In Memorium]Lt. Col. John Charles Ogole: Historical ProfileA life committed to family, community and country; justice, unity and peaceLt. Col. John Charles Ogole’s life was characterised by a strong...
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Rwanda: The Kagame Victims Who Weren’t Commemorated In April
Gen. Kagame -- capital and profits trumps mass gravesA solemn ceremony was held in Rwanda April 7 to mark the 20th anniversary of the mass killings in that country in 1994.Corporate media from the...
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How To Make South Sudan's Peace Deal Work
Kiir and Machar -- the world is watchingOn Friday following tremendous international pressure and threats of U.S. sanctions against them individually South Sudan's President Salva Kiir and former Vice...
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Our Nations Schools -- Still Effectively Separate And Unequal
Marian Wright EdelmanIn the spring of 1954, like so many Black families, mine waited anxiously for the Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision. My father and I talked about it and what it...
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Uniting For Return Of Kidnapped Chibok Students And Praying For All Girls'...
Weekly Address: The First Lady Marks Mother’s Day and Speaks Out on the Tragic Kidnapping in NigeriaIn this week’s address, First Lady Michelle Obama honored all mothers on this upcoming Mother’s Day...
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The Problem With Bligots -- Black Bigots Who Hold Us Back
Cornel West can't find a single thing Obama's done right [Beneath The Spin]No one can deny that racism is holding the Black community down - but it’s not just White racism, it’s also the racist...
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African American Philanthropy: Richmond, Va.'s Ujima Legacy Fund Gives Back...
Gordon[FUNdraising Good Times]African American men are pooling their money to create positive community change. The Ujima Legacy Fund brings together men who invest $1,100 and collectively increase...
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Sierra Leone President's Acolytes Trumpet Campaign To Ditch Constitutional...
Says President Koroma's equivocation on term limits fuels tension and violence [Africa: Commentary] Writer Fears Creeping Return To Bad Days Of ViolenceAs the majority of citizens in the tiny West...
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Report: Nigeria Police Detain 6 Senior Female Officers Who Alleged...
Arrested police women. Photo: Sunday Trust[The Chibok Kidnapping]#BringBackOurGirls protest in Lafia, Nasarawa State where female police officers and the rank and file joined in the chants to save the...
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NBA Playoffs: 2 Be Continued
Kevin DurantThese first few days of May find us on the brink of warmer weather and in the mix of the second round of NBA playoffs:OKC Thunder--LA Clippers….right after leaving every viewer teary eyed...
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POEM: AFRICAN RENAISSANCE
Photo: Bob Marley's "Survival" album cover AFRICAN RENAISSANCEHere are the youths againChief spirit of African renaissanceThey are at the cross-roads of destinySpeak the words masterTheir hearts will...
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