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Surpreme Court Hears Case: Can Police Officer Stop Car Based On Ignorance of...
Chief Justice John Roberts Like most people, Sergeant Matt Darisse believed driving with a broken tail light is against the law. He was wrong.On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court heard if ignorance of the...
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CDC To Implement Tougher Ebola Screenings At U.S. Airports -- Senator Schumer
Senator Charles Schumer Following a personal call with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Tom Frieden, U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y) announced that the CDC is preparing...
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A Tale of Two Cities
Postseason baseball is…you guessed it…in full swing! As the calendar begins to wind down, those of us with the nation’s capital in our backyard, find ourselves with double the excitement!! The...
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Complexions Contemporary Ballet: 20th Anniversary Season
Complexions Contemporary BalletFeaturing Three Premieres Including Repertory Favorites November 18-30 at the Joyce TheaterComplexions Contemporary Ballet (Complexions) celebrates the company's 20th...
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Ebola: The Death of Eric Duncan and Texas Hospital's Frightening incompetence
Thomas Eric Duncan[Black Star News Editorial]Questions will linger about the actions taken at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas which sent the Liberian national Eric Duncan home on September...
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In Farewell To His Father, Exiled Top Ugandan General Asks "How can I not...
Canon Simoni Petero father of Gen. David Sejusa [Farewell To A Father]Gen. David Sejusa, the exiled Ugandan top officer released the following statement from London to be read during the burial of his...
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National Health Service Corps Expands Primary Care Workforce In Needy...
Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell[Health]Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell has announced that as a result of the Affordable Care Act, $283 million has been invested in the National Health...
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Midterms: Dynamic Smartphone app To Again Play Major Role In Election's...
Barbara ArnwineDynamic smartphone app remains a crucial tool to educate and empower voters in 2014The Election Protection (EP) and ya es hora smartphone apps have been updated and improved for the 2014...
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Turkey Has Good Reasons For Not Fighting ISIS
On the Kurdish question Turkey and ISIS are on the same page [Black Star News Editorial]Turkey is trying to blackmail the United States into a full-scale war against the government of Bashar Assad in...
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Phil Ivey loses poker winnings court battle
Phil IveyWorld-renowned poker champion Phil Ivey hit the headlines recently after he was denied a £7 million payout from a London-based casino.The 38-year-old rose to fame under the nickname of 'No...
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Don't Ignore Lessons: If Last Year's Fundraising Strategy Didn't Work -- Try...
Pearl and Mel Shaw[FUNdraising Good Times]This week we heard two expressions we are compelled to share with you, our readers. They are “The Fooling Yourself Theory” and “Don’t mistake my kindness for...
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Ebola Travels From West Africa To America: How The World Dropped The Ball On...
Eric Duncan -- Texas hospital sent him home with 103 degrees fever [Commentary]If you had any doubt in your mind that the world we live in today is anything but a global village where what happens to...
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Kris Gounden Versus New York City Agencies: This Man Needs Serious Help
Kris Gounden in front of the Manhattan Detention Center where he was a recent guest of the government. Photo: Nate Adams [Black Star Editorial]Kris Gounden believes he's the victim of abuse of power by...
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Ali Mazrui, top Kenyan academic, dies in the US
Prof. Ali Mazrui Renowned Kenyan academic Ali Mazrui has died in the US aged 81 after being ill for several months.Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta said Africa had been robbed of one of its greatest...
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Rwanda's Untold Story: BBC Should Challenge Kagame's Shameful Apologists To...
Rwanda's Gen. Paul Kagame [Commentary: Open Letter]Mr. Tony Hall,Director-General of the BBC,Broadcasting House, Portland PlaceLondon. W1A 1AAOctober 14, 2014. Dear Mr. Hall,I am writing to express my...
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U.S. Will Continue Working With Nigeria To Free Chibok Girls -- Susan Rice
Susan E. RiceStatement by National Security Advisor Susan E. Rice on the Chibok GirlsSix months ago today, approximately 270 girls were abducted in the middle of the night from their school in...
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AN AFRICAN LEADING LIGHT DIMS AND ANOTHER AUTHOR PASSES
Oct. 13 (GIN) – Renowned scholar, lecturer, school chancellor and “towering intellect” of the 21st century, Ali Al’Amin Mazrui, passed away peacefully at his home in the state of New York where he...
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The BBC Must Be Congratulated For Launching Scrutiny With "Rwanda's Untold...
Paul Kagame-- wants only the victor's side of the story to be heard[Commentary: Open Letter to the BBC]The letter objecting to the BBC documentary "Rwanda's Untold Story" signed by a list of formerly...
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Why Do We Voters Tolerate Campaign Malpractice?
Senator McConnell -- Republicans hope to snatch control of the Senate but McConnell is in the run of his lifeABC has a brand new hit show on Thursday nights called “How to Get Away With Murder.” The...
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WITH EBOLA CRISIS LOOMING, WHERE IS THE SURGEON GENERAL?
Oct. 13 (GIN) – Almost forgotten in the panic sparked by a new Ebola infection – this time of the Dallas nurse apparently suited up properly to care for the Liberian patient, Thomas Eric Duncan, in...
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