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Special To The Black Star News
May 22,2013
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 [NYC Mayoral Campaign 2013] Anthony Weiner is now officially a candidate for mayor of New York City mayor. Even though he's entered late into the fray due to his high name recognition, many political pundits believe he'll shake up the race and in the end he could even be in a position to contend. Weiner's campaign has released a 2:16 minutes campaign video to make his case: "... |
Patrick Delices
May 21,2013
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 [Comment: Post-Shabazz Death] As the Fourth Estate, journalism incorporates numerous contrasting external appearances. The most popular and profitable of these forms are tabloid and yellow journalism and the least popular and profitable being advocacy and investigative journalism. Tabloid and yellow journalism tend to deal with sensationalism, gossip, unsubstantiated claims and oblique allusions. Advocacy and investigative journalism tend to incorporate... |
Julian Bond
May 21,2013
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 I have always suspected that racists didn't like being called out for their racism. Now I have proof. When I told MSNBC's Thomas Roberts on May 14th that the Tea Party was "the Taliban wing of American politics", a firestorm erupted. Arguing the IRS was correct to target them for extra scrutiny, I also said, "Here are a group of people who are admittedly racist, who are overtly political" and therefore worthy... |
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Obote Odora
May 21,2013
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 Gen. Museveni has been in power since 1985 [Global: Africa] The underpinning reasons for the desire to choose Brigadier Muhoozi Kainerugaba as a successor to his father is the First Family’s survival strategy in a post-Museveni era in Uganda. To achieve that objective, Gen. Yoweri Museveni needs a poodle. A servile or obsequious person, a person trusted to a fault to guarantee Museveni’s future and protect his loot as well as... |
Special To The Black Star News
May 20,2013
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 [Global: Africa] President Barack Obama and the First Lady Michelle will visit three African countries --Senegal, South Africa, and Tanzania-- from June 26 to July 3, The White House said in a statement. "The President will reinforce the importance that the United States places on our deep and growing ties with countries in sub-Saharan Africa, including through expanding economic growth, investment, and trade; strengthening democratic institutions; and... |
Franklin Lamb
May 20,2013
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 Victims of Syria's bloody war [Global: Middle East] HOMS,Syria---It’s not hard to find critics of the Assad government in the Governorate (Muhafazat) of Homs or for that matter, to varying degrees in Syria’s other thirteen Governorates according to Syrian analysts interviewed by this observer and reports from human rights groups including lawyers representing dissidents in Syria. However, after nearly 27 months of... |
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Gloria J. Browne Marshall
May 20,2013
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 Malcolm X gave voice to oppressed African-Americans
[Tribute To Malcolm X] Malcolm X was a complex man. The beating death of his grandson, Malcolm Shabazz, 28, in a Mexico City bar, days before his grandfather’s birth date, only adds to this complex legacy. For the life and death of Malcolm X is unlike any other civil rights icon. Malcolm X is remembered as an impassioned speaker who demanded change "by any means... |
Eric L. Wattree
May 20,2013
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 Mega hypocrite Sean Hannity [Beneath The Spin] While this country professes to honor the ideals of freedom, independence, liberty, and justice, that's just lip service. We have a long history of stifling each and every one of those ideals, and anyone who doesn't believe that should simply try suing a major corporation for an injustice, or try embracing the "freedom" to live an unconventional lifestyle. This country frowns upon those... |
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Special To The Black Star News
April 10,2013
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[Policing The Police] Commissioner Ray Kelly shown in picture. NLOA Chairman Anthony Miranda will join a distinguished panel of speakers to discuss Police Misconduct and Civil Liability at CUNY School of Law in Queens. We invite you to attend. Location: The City University of New York, CUNY SCHOOL of LAW. Law in the Service of Human Needs. Thursday, April 11, 2013 at 5:30 p.m: Room 1-202 at the CUNY School of Law; 2 Court... |
Special To The Black Star News
April 06,2013
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The US Department of Labor Reports that Blacks have the lowest median family income the highest unemployment rate, as well as the highest consumer debt of all ethnic groups in America. At the same time African Americans spend as much as $1 Trillion dollars annually. Where Is The Money Going? Don’t Miss this very important community Forum. "Turning Black Spending Into Real Power," with Dr. Claud Anderson The Powernomics Plan To... |
Milton Allimadi
March 15,2013
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 [Editorial Comment] Jumaane D. Williams is a responsible young New York City Councilmember who represents the 45th District in Brooklyn where Kimani Gray was shot to death by New York Police last Saturday. Gray died when he was struck by seven bullets fired by two undercover officers of the New York Police Department (NYPD) under disputed circumstances. A witness who spoke to The Village Voice contradicted the NYPD's claim that 16-year old Kimani... |
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Marian Wright Edelman
April 01,2013
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Why is the National Rifle Association so afraid of the truth? There are many misconceptions about guns and gun violence swirling around in Americans’ minds—and in many cases, this misinformation is no accident. For years the NRA has blocked the truth and actively fought against and prevented research in the causes and costs of gun violence because they don’t want Americans to know the truth about guns, how to prevent gun violence, and how to make themselves and their children safer.... |
Special To The Black Star News
March 23,2013
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On March 22, 2013, as thousands of Swedish citizens of Eritrean origin were demonstrating in Stockholm, Sweden to condemn the criminal and cowardly acts of terrorism that burned three of their community centers, Eritrean Americans across the United States visited the Swedish Embassy in Washington DC and Swedish Consular offices throughout the United States. The message that was delivered to Swedish officials condemned the heinous crime that were committed the night of February 25,... |
Deardra Shuler
March 28,2013
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When I was invited to review a play entitled, “Honky” taking place at Urban Stages, located at 259 West 30th Street in Manhattan, naturally I was quite curious. The word “Honky” as all know, is generally associated with a derogatory term used to address Caucasians. However, as I see it, Honky is a term which musters little gas to drive the hate machine. In fact, I rarely hear the word used. It certainly doesn’t have the power that the “N” word holds, so I thought to myself, what’s... |
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Special To The Black Star News
March 29,2013
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Obama with, from left: President Macky Sall of Senegal, President Joyce Banda of Malawi, President Ernest Bai Koroma of Sierra Leone, and Prime Minister José Maria Pereira Neves of Cape Verde. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza) President Barack Obama met today with: President Ernest Bai Koroma of Sierra Leone; President Macky Sall of Senegal; President Joyce Banda of Malawi; and, Prime Minister José Maria Pereira Neves of Cape Verde at the White House... |
Colin Benjamin
March 24,2013
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[Speaking Truth To Power] Last week, a lawsuit challenging the unconstitutional Stop-and-Frisk policing practiced by the New York Police Department started and tape-recorded evidence was introduced exposing how a commanding officer admonished a policeman for not stopping enough Black males during the course of his patrol in ethnic minority neighborhoods. Was pressure to generate quotas another factor that contributed to the deaths of: Amadou Diallo; Sean Bell... |
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Special To The Black Star News
May 22,2013
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[NYC Mayoral Campaign 2013] Anthony Weiner is now officially a candidate for mayor of New York City mayor. Even though he's entered late into the fray due to his high name recognition, many political pundits believe he'll shake up the race and in the end he could even be in a position to contend. Weiner's campaign has released a 2:16 minutes campaign video to make his case: "... |
Special To The Black Star News
April 10,2013
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[Policing The Police] Commissioner Ray Kelly shown in picture. NLOA Chairman Anthony Miranda will join a distinguished panel of speakers to discuss Police Misconduct and Civil Liability at CUNY School of Law in Queens. We invite you to attend. Location: The City University of New York, CUNY SCHOOL of LAW. Law in the Service of Human Needs. Thursday, April 11, 2013 at 5:30 p.m: Room 1-202 at the CUNY School of Law; 2 Court... |
Special To The Black Star News
May 14,2013
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 [Broadway] International film star Orlando Bloom will make his Broadway debut alongside Tony Award nominee Condola Rashad, as Shakespeare's star-crossed lovers in anew Broadway production of the timeless love story ROMEO AND JULIET, directed by five-time Tony Award nominee David Leveaux. The show will open on Broadway on Thursday, September 19, 2013 at the Richard Rodgers Theatre, following preview performances from Saturday, August 24, 2013. The... |
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Gloria J. Browne Marshall
April 22,2013
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 Black Struggle And Sacrifice Paved Way For All Immigrants to America would gain tremendously by learning of the struggle for racial justice. Millions of immigrant families are navigating American life with time for little else. However, immigrants should study this nation’s racial history. Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness were mere words for people of color until African-Americans forced this country to deliver on some of her promises.... |
Colin Benjamin
March 24,2013
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[Speaking Truth To Power] Last week, a lawsuit challenging the unconstitutional Stop-and-Frisk policing practiced by the New York Police Department started and tape-recorded evidence was introduced exposing how a commanding officer admonished a policeman for not stopping enough Black males during the course of his patrol in ethnic minority neighborhoods. Was pressure to generate quotas another factor that contributed to the deaths of: Amadou Diallo; Sean Bell... |
Special To The Black Star News
May 05,2013
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 The brilliant Walter Rodney MONDAY May 6 - Pan African Forum on Walter Rodney and Samori Marksman December 12th Movement International Secretariat Celebrates 50th Anniversary of Organization of African Unity (OAU)/African Union (AU). African Liberation Month: Monday, May 6, 2013 at 7 pm: "Walter Rodney and Samori Marksman, The Fight for Pan Africanism." Speakers: Bernard White and Viola Plummer.Sistas' Place:... |
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Eric L. Wattree
April 04,2013
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[Beneath The Spin] Currently in the U.S.A: Nine states plus the District of Columbia allow same-sex marriage; 38 states have banned same-sex marriage; six states allow civil unions between same-sex couples -- not marriage (Colorado, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, New Jersey and Rhode Island) I recognize that everyone who is against gay marriage is not a bigot. There's much more to being a bigot than merely one's opinion. Bigots... |
Special To The Black Star News
March 16,2013
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[Health] Dr. Sullivan Keynote Speaker Dr. Louis W. Sullivan, former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, is the keynote speaker for the 2013 Symposium on U.S. Healthcare at Howard University on Wednesday, April 10. Health professionals from across the nation will assemble at Howard for the one-day event, held from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in the Armour Blackburn Center, 2397 6th St., N.W., Washington, D.C. Attendees and speakers from... |
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