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CEMOTAP LECTURE: "Love & Struggle to Defeat Police Terror"
CEMOTAP The Committee To Eliminate Media Offensive to African People invites you to our monthly community forum on Saturday, September 27, 2014. at 2:00 P.M.The speakers are the husband and wife duo...
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UBUNTU: MUSIC AND ARTS OF SOUTH AFRICA
Hugh Masekela -- the one and only A CITYWIDE FESTIVAL EXPLORING SOUTH AFRICAN ARTS & CULTUREOctober 8 to November 5, 2014WEEK ONE OF CARNEGIE HALL’S MONTH-LONG CITYWIDE FESTIVAL FEATURES CONCERTS,...
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College Football 2014 Is Playoff Bound
In the first ever playoffs this year for college football; will it be Florida State? After so much ado….and so many years, I’ve managed to lose count—the NCAA has cried “uncle” to the intense arm...
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While U.S. Economic Rebound's Better Than Europe's, The Grass Isn't Greener
Republicans push for 'austerity', which has failed Europe's economies; President Obama has fought, fruitlessly, for more jobs programsNews last month showed that the Eurozone countries had a bad second...
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How "Recline Rage" Results In Flying Unfriendly Skies
Air crises nowadays can be sparked by rage and reclining seatsI’ll never forget the first I ever flew on an airplane. It was back during the late 1970’s.For summer vacation, my family flew from...
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Lawyers’ Committee Welcomes Federal Probe Of Ferguson Police
Ferguson Police chief Tom Jackson The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law (Lawyers’ Committee) applauds today’s announcement by Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. to launch a civil rights...
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Judge Okays $41 Million Central Park Settlement -- NYC Still Maintains No...
The Central Park 5 shown left to right: Kharey Wise, Antron McCray, Kevin Richardson, Raymond Santana and Yusef Salaam-- exonerated and now getting some measure of 'compensation'Mayor de Blasio and...
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Voters Do The Right Thing And Send Zephyr Teachout To Albany
Since its inception, the Blackstar News has been on the vanguard of investigating and reporting corruption at every level of New York government.We recognize that political corruption undermines every...
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America On Trial: White Supremacy And The Discriminatory Justice System
Michael Brown, a victim of "broken windows." His alleged crime was walking on the street instead of on a sidewalkThe release of two African-American men from prison in North Carolina after 30 years of...
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Deconstructing Gen. Museveni's Vampire Regime In Uganda
Generalissimo Museveni -- after 28 years gearing for another rigged electionThe great majority of people in Uganda, with a growing political consciousness forged by their suffering and mobilization...
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BROOKLYN-- CELEBRATE AFRICA MONTH 2014: “SYMBOLS OF SPIRITS”
Eric Edwards and part of his impressive collection Exhibition and Gala Celebration. Forty Four Years Of African Artifacts CollectingDates: September 26 through October 7, 2014Reception: Tuesday,...
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KIDS OF AFRICA “RUN FOR FUN” - SUNDAY 5th OCTOBER2014
KIDS OF AFRICAKids of Africa, a Swiss initiative, is a children’s home operating in Uganda. It takes care of 94 abandoned children in ten family homes, each headed by a loving foster mother. Kids of...
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GREENPEACE TAKES AIM AT SOUTH AFRICAN AIR-BORNE KILLER COAL DUST
Sep. 8 (GIN) – Environmental activists at Greenpeace Africa have launched a global campaign to block efforts by Eskom, South Africa’s public power utility, to release more polluting coal dust in the...
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BUYERS FLEE NIGERIA, LEAVING OIL SPILL CLEAN-UP STALLED – MARCH PLANNED
Sep. 8 (GIN) – Angola’s crude oil is proving sweet to U.S. buyers who are snapping it up as fast as they are dropping purchases from Nigeria, according to data released by the U.S. Energy Information...
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Atlanta Hawks' Levenson Earns Big Money The Old Fashioned Way: Plain Dirty
Levenson -- wanted more milk in his coffeeWelcome to Bruce Levenson's “Dirty South,” where Levenson believed that White people were uncomfortable attending Hawks games at Philips Arena in downtown...
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Season Opener: New York Jets -- A Win Is A WIn Is A Win....
Geno Smith -- not great performance. Too early to tell how season will turn outSunday The New York Jets breezed through a sluggish 19-14 season opener summer day victory at MetLife Stadium over the...
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Why Floyd Mayweather Will Be 48 - 0 After Maidana Rematch
Mayweather has much to prove -- by erasing any lingering doubts from last fightIt's coming down to the wire to fight time Floyd “Money” Mayweather, 47-0, 26 knockouts and 11-time world champion, vs....
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ANC ATTACKS HEAT UP OVER REPORT ON PRESIDEN'TS 'OPULENT' DIGS
Sep. 8 (GIN) – A blizzard of brickbats, insults and other aspersions aimed at South Africa’s Public Protector assigned to investigate the taxpayer-financed country estate of President Jacob Zuma, have...
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WESTERN-BACKED AU FORCE DOWNPLAYS CHARGE OF RAPE
Sep. 8 (GIN) – A U.S. drone war on the insurgency in Somalia has overlooked the war on women – specifically the abuse, rapes and attacks on women and girls by AMISOM - the African Union Mission in...
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Bravo Zephyr Teachout: Much To Be Proud Of
Zephyr Teachout[Editorial]Thanks Zephyr Teachout for having the courage of conviction and running against an incumbent, Governor Andrew Cuomo, who enjoyed a $30 million war chest and yet was afraid to...
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