John Muto-Ono p'Lajur November 12,2019 0  Reverend Father Samuel Okidi Mwaka in this office “Even the words ‘stay sober’- let alone live sober- offended many of us when we heard such advice; although we had done a lot of drinking, many of us never felt drunk and were sure we almost never appeared or sounded drunk. So not drinking at all-that is staying sober becomes the basics of recovery from alcoholism and substance abuse” “Before one is admitted at the in-patient treatment center, one has to undergo a... | Richard S. Dunn November 11,2019 0  Where are leaders of the caliber of the late Julius Nyerere of Tanzania? Photo: Wikimedia Commons The immigration debate became the major staple across broadcast and print media ever since... | Special To The Black Star News November 11,2019 0  State Senator Kevin Parker recently introduced legislation to afford people in prison at a state or local correctional facility the right to vote in state elections. The legislation, Senate Bill S.6821, will use the residency prior to the term of confinement as the voting address for incarcerated individuals. Senator Parker said the following upon the introduction of the legislation: “When Senate Democrats were in the majority in 2010 we enacted fair,... |
Special To The Black Star News November 11,2019 0  Above officials explain the new OECS "Free Movement" immigration policy to immigration officials in Antigua and Barbuda. In an effort to continuously train and develop staff, the Chief of Immigration in Antigua and Barbuda, Ms. Katrina Yearwood, held a sensitization session with her officers on aspects of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Free Movement Regime. Under the Revised Treaty of Basseterre, citizens of all Protocol Member States in... | Special To The Black Star News November 11,2019 0  NYC Public Advocate Jumaane Williams, center, stands with transportation advocates fighting against Governor Cuomo's plan to hire more MTA police. Transit riders, street vendors, progressive advocates, and elected officials joined in solidarity Monday, demanding that MTA resources not be diverted to policing from bus and subway service, and that existing enforcement efforts focus on serious crime rather than criminalizing low-income food vendors and teenagers... | Deardra Shuler November 11,2019 0  Photo of "The Whites" cast by Jonathan Slaff I admit the play “The Whites” featured at the Theater for the New City at 155 First Avenue, NYC, had begun by the time I arrived. I missed about 10 minutes of it but a friend filled me in. As I observed the play and listened to the characters of white people pretending to be black or was it black people becoming white, I was totally confused. I thought a white guy must have written this play because all the stereotypes... |
Special To The Black Star News November 10,2019 0  Will Texas unjustly execute Rodney Reed for a murder most likely done by the victim's boyfriend--former Officer Jimmy Fennell, who alleged said he killed his "nigger loving fiancée,” because she was having a consentual relationship with Reed? Eight Republican and eight Democratic Texas senators have signed a letter urging Governor Abbott and the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles to grant a reprieve to Rodney Reed, who is scheduled for execution on November 20. ... | Deardra Shuler November 10,2019 0  The play “Games” presently at the Soho Playhouse at 15 Vandam St, in NYC, is an effort put forth by playwright Henry Naylor to remind the viewer of a long forgotten era and the dangers of labels. It is about the games people play both manipulatively and athletically. Naylor reached back in history to find his real life champions. Athletes who sought to take part in the 1936 Berlin Olympics. An Olympic game sullied by Hitler and his Nazi regime. Among those unwanted heroes at the 1936... |
Over the last few days, during this observance of the first anniversary of the execution of Michael Brown, in Ferguson, were now hearing chants of Weve got to fight back and We are ready for war.
That weve reached this dangerous place in the fight against police abuse was...
Last week a New York Police Department officer was suspended after a video emerged showing him kicking a suspect being arrested, now a group of NYPD officers are being investigated for bringing down Sandra Amezquita a...
The Ebola crises in West Africa is another occasion where the whole world gets to see inept leadership in many African countries.
There have recently been many postings on social media critical of the United States for deploying military personnel and medical workers to West Africa in...
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