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Things To Avoid In An Online Meeting

Making Online meetings more productive With the advancement of videoconferencing and telecommuting, there are many businesses that are beginning to host online meetings for their employees. This can...

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Benefits to Building Your Very Own Electronic Library

Digital and printed books will continue to co-existWhile the argument on whether digital or printed books are best is likely to continue for many years to come, the fact is that both mediums are...

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From Authoritarianism To Democracy: Students Can Play A Role In Non-Violent...

Students helped chase South Korean strongman Syngman RheeThe role of students in UgandaFor three days in November 2013, Ugandans from home and in the Diaspora including youth and students met in The...

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Eric Holder's Tribute To Emmett Till

Emmett Till Thank you all, and especially Senator [Susan] Collins, Senator [Thad] Cochran, Senator [Roger] Wicker, Stephen Ayers, and my good friend Janet Langhart Cohen, for the opportunity to be here...

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St. Louis D-Day: Will Darren Wilson, Murderous Ferguson Police Officer,Walk?

Darren Wilson, Ferguson's accused killer cop[Speaking Truth To Power]Very shortly the St. Louis, MO., grand jury, charged with deciding whether or not to indict Officer Darren Wilson for the killing of...

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Ferguson: Revolt Versus Revolution And The Fire Next Time

Justice for Michael Brown?As Americans anxiously await the decision from the St. Louis grand jury – nine White and three Black- it is anticipated that it will return a “no bill” or decision not to...

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The Schomburg Lecture: Black Morocco

Wednesday, November 19, 2014, 2 p.m.Program Locations:Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, American Negro Theatre (Map and directions) Free - Reservation required at...

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Sentenced Over 25 Years Ago For Rape, Colorado Man Identified By Victim...

‘Bringing what was done in the dark into the light’DENVER– A Colorado man who has spent more than a quarter-century in prison for a rape in which the victim claimed her attacker’s identity came to her...

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With Eye Towards Mayweather, Could Pacquiao Destroy Algieri?

Pacquiao may plan a stellar performance to put pressure on Mayweather[BoxingGlove Notes]There is always the often used cliché, “He sold me the Brooklyn Bridge, and I bought it”.Well, at yesterday’s...

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KENYAN CATHOLIC CLERICS ATTACK UNICEF’S TETANUS SHOT PROGRAM – SEEK SHUTDOWN

Nov. 17 (GIN) – Leaders of Kenya’s Catholic Church are attempting to derail a vaccination campaign that would protect 2.5 million women from a life-threatening nerve disease.Calling it a stealth birth...

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BURKINA FASO’S ARMY PICK TO FILL OUSTED PRESIDENT’S SEAT

Nov. 17 (GIN) – Political and military leaders in the West African nation of Burkina Faso have settled on a former foreign minister, Michel Kafando, to oversee a year-long transition to elections. The...

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MAASAI HOMELAND TO BE SOLD TO DUBAI ROYALS FOR HUNTING RESERVE

Nov. 17 (GIN) – Some 40,000 Maasai shepherds will lose their ancestral lands in a deal brokered by the government of Tanzania with the Royal Family of Dubai. The Maasai have been told to leave their...

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‘ZMAPP’ DRUG FAILS TO SAVE SIERRA LEONE DOCTOR FROM EBOLA

 Nov. 17 (GIN) – One of the promising new drugs being tested against the deadly Ebola virus failed this week to save a surgeon from Sierra Leone, flown in for treatment at a Nebraska hospital.Dr....

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FERGUSON, MISSOURI: DÉJÀ VU, OVER AND OVER AGAIN

Michael Brown -- shot at least seven times, including a bullet in the right eye and apex of his head[Ferguson In Perspective]Jim Crow LivesThe August 9, 2014 tragedy -- the “legal” vigilante slaying of...

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Sharpton And Senator Rand Paul Discuss Criminal Justice Reform

The Rev. Al Sharpton and Senator Rand Paul met in Washington, D.C., this morning to discus reform of the criminal justice system and President Obama's impending executive action on immigration.“We...

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CUNY: Remaking Our Great American Dream Machine

Chancellor Milliken[Education]Increasing emphasis on STEM educationRemarks by Chancellor James B. MillikenSpeaking at a meeting of the Association for a Better New York, Chancellor James B. Milliken...

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Democrats Lost By Running Away From Record of Success

Mary Landrieu Senator from Louisiana faces tough run-off and could be last Democrat to fallNow that the political pundits, analysts and campaign consultants have had their say, let me offer a...

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NYC Tests Mali Traveler For Ebola

[Health]November 20, 2014 – An individual who traveled to the United States from Mali, a country with limited Ebola transmission, was taken to HHC Bellevue Hospital Center today and an Ebola test was...

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NAN's Sharpton Praises Obama Immigration Action And Says POTUS Had No Choice

The National Action Network's president Rev. Al Sharpton in a statement this evening says President Obama had no choice when he took "swift executive action to address immigration reform within his...

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Obama: Lawfully Fixing America's Broken Immigration System

President ObamaREMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT IN ADDRESS TO THE NATION ON IMMIGRATIONMy fellow Americans, tonight, I’d like to talk with you about immigration.For more than 200 years, our tradition of...

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