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Maya Angelou: Master Of Condensing Centuries Of Black Oppression
Maya Angelou This week marked the loss of a powerful voice in Maya Angelou. Fortunately, many in the nation paused to notice her loss. Dancer, actress, poet and teacher, Angelou captured everyone's...
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Presidential Proclamation: African American Music Appreciation Month
President Obama[THE WHITE HOUSE]BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICAA PROCLAMATIONOur country is home to a proud legacy of African-American musicians whose songs transcend genre. They make...
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Tickets Now Available: "Live The Dream" Re-union Of Leading African...
Stephen Byrd Broadway choral director and arranger Chapman Roberts --Your Arms Too Short, Eubie, Five Guys Named Moe, Smokey Joe's Cafe-- has created this blockbuster evening of showstoppers saluting a...
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Obama: Cost Of Inaction On Climate Change's Impact
President Obama Weekly Address: Reducing Carbon Pollution in Our Power PlantsIn this week’s address, President Obama discussed new actions by the Environmental Protection Agency to cut dangerous carbon...
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Senior Sudanese Army General Defects To Opponent's Side
General Dau Aturjong Nyuol (File photo ST)From Sudan TribuneMay 30, 2014 (NAIROBI) – A senior army general in the South Sudan army (SPLA) from the dominant Dinka ethnic group has declared switching his...
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VA Scapegoat Shinseki Sacrificed, So Now Can We Fix the VA?
Eric Shinseki Nationofchange.org Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki has been forced out. A scapegoat has been found. Maybe now we can step back and look rationally at the real problems at the...
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Senator Schumer Announces Bill To Allow Tighter Scrutiny To Detect Possible...
Senator SchumerU.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer has announced legislation that will finally close a loophole in the federal law that prevents summer camps, little leagues, Boy Scout troops, children’s...
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Amsterdam News Taps Rangel In Race For Congress
Rep. Charles RangelIn the first endorsement by any major newspaper in the race for the 13th Congressional District, the New York Amsterdam News today announced its strong support for Congressman Rangel...
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Bamboozler: Uganda's Museveni Said There Were Gays In Africa Before Europeans...
Gen. Yoweri Museveni[Publisher's Commentary]Uganda's dictator of 28 years Gen. Yoweri Museveni has weaved so many tales that he's now being trapped in his own web of concoctions as he now pushes for...
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Tribute: Dr. Vincent Harding’s Call to Make America A Better America
Dr. Vincent Harding[Tribute]When my brother friend Dr. Vincent Harding passed away May 19 at age 82, we lost a beloved historian, theologian, social justice activist, and visionary who never lost sight...
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The "Disappointing" New NYC Teachers' Contract
Michael Mulgrew, UFT leaderAfter five years of working without a contract, on Tuesday a new agreement was ratified. Many educators we met with expressed their disappointment with the terms of this...
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U.S Condemns Rwanda Detentions And Disappearances
Paul Kagame -- one man showStatement from Marie Harf, Deputy Department Spokesperson, Office of the Spokesperson. US Department of State The United States is deeply concerned by the arrest and...
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Rangel Hosts Jobs Fair In The Bronx
In light of a remarkably successful career fair in May at the Riverbank State Park, Congressman Charles B. Rangel is hosting another career fair on Wednesday, June 4, 2014 from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM at...
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Why Did Cornel Abandon Tavis For Boyce Watkins?
Cornel West used to appear with Tavis all the time[Column: Beneath The Spin]Here’s what makes these poverty pimps like Tavis Smiley, Cornel West, Boyce Watkins so insidious. They network and travel in...
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Indiana University Program Seeks Increased Diversity In Student Body
Brittani WilsonBeginning this weekend, the first of two groups of high school students from underrepresented groups will arrive at Indiana University's Kelley School of Business for a week of...
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Mayor Bill De Blasio Ignores Questions About Uganda's Homophobic Foreign...
Mayor Bill de Blasio[City Hall]The Following is a letter I sent to New York City's CEO and First Citizen, Mayor Bill de Blasio on May, 19 through his Press Secretary and also copied three other members...
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Deja Vu: CEO Pay and The Fleecing of America
The have-a-lots continue to have-a-lot[Speaking Truth To Power]An Associated Press report has found that CEO pay reached record levels in 2013 as the stock market continues to soar enriching the...
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Groundhog Day: LeBron's Heat Take Vs. Duncan's Spurs
Even Lance Stephenson had to bow before King James in the end Well, well, well eighty two regular season games, umpteen playoff games and two conference finals have led up to the last push for the big...
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Schomburg Exhibition: Phenomenal Woman--Maya Angelou, 1928–2014
Maya Angelou Maya Angelou Exhibition At The Schomburg: Now through Monday, June 30, 2014Partially accessible to wheelchairs“You are the sum total of everything you've ever seen, heard, eaten, smelled,...
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NEW PRESIDENT OF MALAWI UNDER FELONY CLOUD
June 2 (GIN) – In his second try for elected office, Peter Mutharika captured the winning margin of victory and edged out Malawi’s first woman president – Joyce Banda.The 74 year old Mutharika, brother...
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