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Bentley de Bardelaben
March 12,2014
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 President Obama announcing the initiative [Witness For Justice] President Barack Obama announced a new White House initiative to benefit young men and boys of color named "My Brother's Keeper," on February 27. This program is aimed to create and expand opportunities in the lives of these young men while minimizing harsh realities which often adversely... |
Andy Piascik
March 12,2014
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 Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland; unabashedly imperial [Ukraine Conflict] It’s remarkable how the United States spends massive amounts of money on war, supporting terrorism and fomenting coups overseas at the same time politicians and pundits insist with a straight face that there’s no money for successful, much-needed domestic programs. Just since 2002, the US has spent trillions of dollars waging war on Iraq and... |
Special To The Black Star News
March 12,2014
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 From left to right: Berklee Provost Larry Simpson, Harry Belafonte, President Roger H. Brown, Professor Larry Watson. Photo by Kelly Davidson. Harry Belafonte, iconic musician, songwriter, and activist, was presented with a Berklee honorary doctor of music degree by the college’s president Roger H. Brown at a concert in his honor at Boston’s Berklee Performance Center. The degree was awarded in recognition of Belafonte’s inspiring musical and... |
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Special To The Black Star News
March 11,2014
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 President Obama [The White House] President Barack Obama has nominated Leslie Joyce Abrams to serve on the United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia. “Leslie Joyce Abrams has had a distinguished legal career and I am honored to ask her to continue her public service on the federal bench,” said President Obama. “She will serve the American people with integrity and an unwavering commitment to justice.”... |
Michael A LeNoir
March 11,2014
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 [Commentary] More than 15-years ago, the U.S. Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against the nation’s major cigarette manufacturers for their gross misrepresentation of the hazards of smoking to the general public. Finally, after years of wrangling and continued resistance, the Justice Department and the Tobacco-Free Kids Action Fund reached an agreement with the four major tobacco companies. Part of this settlement requires these tobacco companies to spend up to $45... |
Special To The Black Star News
March 11,2014
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 Joseph Ponte [City Hall] Mayor Bill de Blasio has announced four key criminal justice appointments to his administration, continuing to build on his promise to assemble a progressive, effective and diverse government that serves every New Yorker. The Mayor named Joseph Ponte as Commissioner of the Department of Correction, Ana Bermúdez as Commissioner of... |
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Special To The Black Star News
March 11,2014
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 Dr. Mary Bassett [Health] Health Department to Host Free Health Insurance Enrollment Event on Friday at CUNY School of Public Health at Hunter College Sign up on-site from 3pm-8pm on Friday, March 14th – assistance available in English and Spanish With the March 31st deadline to sign up for affordable health insurance fast approaching, the Health Department is hosting a free enrollment event this Friday at the... |
Special To The Black Star News
March 11,2014
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 Pi [Education] Whipped cream or shaving cream? That’s what some middle school students will be asking before they throw a pie in their teacher’s face as part of Uncommon School’s annual Pi Day competition. The event, held every March 14 (3/14) is a nod to Pi, the mathematical constant that is the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter and begins with the digits 3.14. Hundreds of students, parents, school... |
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Milton Allimadi
March 09,2014
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 Uganda's Gen. Museveni [Publisher's Commentary] Uganda-trained Congo warlord Germain Katanga has been convicted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) on four counts of war crimes and one count of crimes against humanity in a 2-1 ruling by judges. If we are to use the drug business as an analogy, Katanga would be the... |
By Marian Wright Edelman
March 08,2014
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 Marian Wright Edelman; doing the good work for children Seventeen-year-old Theresa Tran is one of this year’s winners of the Children’s Defense Fund-Ohio’s Beat the Odds scholarships after overcoming tough odds including physical disability, the death of a beloved sibling, and a father who suddenly abandoned the family and left her mother to raise four children alone. Theresa says she had to be a survivor right from the start: “The odds were against me... |
Eric L. Wattree
March 08,2014
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 Columnist says Obama's achievements deliberately under-rated [Beneath The Spin] It’s Time to Deal in Facts: Are Black People Fools For the Democrats? Nonsense. A Prominent Republican talking point - especially among Black conservatives - is that Black people are so unwavering in their support of the Democratic Party that they’re being taken for granted and not being given a fair return on their loyalty. That’s complete and utter... |
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By Eddie Cross
March 09,2014
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 Eddie Cross [Commentary] I was asked to take part in a panel discussion the other day on a local radio station with the subject being the role and behaviour of the local white community. They had asked several people to come and represent the community and got no takers but I have a policy of not avoiding such opportunities. I am hardly representative of the white community in Zimbabwe as my personal political views have been at... |
Special To The Black Star News
March 07,2014
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 The late Kwame Ture [COMMUNITY EVENTS/ANNOUNCEMENTS] 1. BROTHER BOB BROWN ON KWAME TUREOn Sunday, March 9th at 3:00 PM, Brother Bob Brown of AAPRP will speak on the topic. "Countering the War to Destroy, The Revolutionary Kwame Ture AKA Stokely Carmichael" at John Henrik Clarke House located at 286 Convent Avenue, Harlem NY 10031. Admission is Free Call 347-907-0629 to RSVP. OPEN LETTER FROM BROTHER BOB... |
Black Star Editorial
March 10,2014
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 Dick Cheney of Iraq disaster is dispensing advice on Ukraine [Black Star News Editorial] Some of the same folk who took the U.S. into an illegal war on Iraq, using fake and "sexed" up data are now criticizing President Obama for not considering military options against the move by Russia's Vladimir Putin into Crimea over the Ukraine dispute. How insane. Risk war with Russia, a nuclear power, over the Ukraine? Some of... |
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Distinio Lois Jr.
March 08,2014
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 Boxing writer believes Angulo will prevail [BoxingGlove Notes] Many times you don’t get what you want in a fight or who you want to see fight whom. We've had to settle for Saul “El Canelo” Alvarez fighting a substitute opponent Alfredo “El Perro” Angulo tonight. Surprisingly there is no title at stake; not even a bogus vacant one created by the fight Promoters. This fight is billed as a grudge match because of the... |
Distinio Lois Jr.
March 10,2014
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 Canelo is back! [BoxingGlove Notes] Okay so I picked the wrong horse. On Saturday night at the MGM Grand Arena & Casino, in Las Vegas, Saul “El Canelo” Alvarez, 42-1-1, 31 knockouts, from the very first bell, in his pay-per-view Junior Middleweight comeback fight, physically pulverized Alfredo “El Perro” Angulo in a vicious and determined manner. He finally obligated the referee Tony Weeks, to stop the one- sided... |
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Special To The Black Star News
March 07,2014
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The late Kwame Ture [COMMUNITY EVENTS/ANNOUNCEMENTS] 1. BROTHER BOB BROWN ON KWAME TUREOn Sunday, March 9th at 3:00 PM, Brother Bob Brown of AAPRP will speak on the topic. "Countering the War to Destroy, The Revolutionary Kwame Ture AKA Stokely Carmichael" at John Henrik Clarke House located at 286 Convent Avenue, Harlem NY 10031. Admission is Free Call 347-907-0629 to RSVP. OPEN LETTER FROM BROTHER BOB... |
Special To The Black Star News
March 10,2014
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 Voza Rivers [Theater] Harry Belafonte and Mayor David N. Dinkins are Honorary Co-Chairs. Danny Glover and Debbi Morgan To Host Gala at Tribeca Center for the Performing Arts Woodie King, Jr.’s New Federal Theatre (NFT) will celebrate its 44th anniversary with a special gala honoring legendary producer Voza Rivers on Sunday, March 16 at the Tribeca Center for the Performing Arts, located at 199 Chambers... |
Special To The Black Star News
March 12,2014
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From left to right: Berklee Provost Larry Simpson, Harry Belafonte, President Roger H. Brown, Professor Larry Watson. Photo by Kelly Davidson. Harry Belafonte, iconic musician, songwriter, and activist, was presented with a Berklee honorary doctor of music degree by the college’s president Roger H. Brown at a concert in his honor at Boston’s Berklee Performance Center. The degree was awarded in recognition of Belafonte’s inspiring musical and... |
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Milton Allimadi
March 09,2014
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Uganda's Gen. Museveni [Publisher's Commentary] Uganda-trained Congo warlord Germain Katanga has been convicted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) on four counts of war crimes and one count of crimes against humanity in a 2-1 ruling by judges. If we are to use the drug business as an analogy, Katanga would be the... |
Special To The Black Star News
March 11,2014
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Pi [Education] Whipped cream or shaving cream? That’s what some middle school students will be asking before they throw a pie in their teacher’s face as part of Uncommon School’s annual Pi Day competition. The event, held every March 14 (3/14) is a nod to Pi, the mathematical constant that is the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter and begins with the digits 3.14. Hundreds of students, parents, school... |
Special To The Black Star News
March 10,2014
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 Espaillat, right, receiving Camara's endorsement; also show is Ydanis Rodriguez [Politics 2014] Lauds Espaillat’s Record of Forging Multi-Racial Coalitions Assemblyman Karim Camara (AD-43) announced his support for Adriano Espaillat in the New York 13th Congressional Primary, the latest prominent supporter to endorse Espaillat since he announced his candidacy on February 27th at the United... |
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Special To The Black Star News
March 11,2014
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President Obama [The White House] President Barack Obama has nominated Leslie Joyce Abrams to serve on the United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia. “Leslie Joyce Abrams has had a distinguished legal career and I am honored to ask her to continue her public service on the federal bench,” said President Obama. “She will serve the American people with integrity and an unwavering commitment to justice.”... |
Eric L. Wattree
March 08,2014
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Columnist says Obama's achievements deliberately under-rated [Beneath The Spin] It’s Time to Deal in Facts: Are Black People Fools For the Democrats? Nonsense. A Prominent Republican talking point - especially among Black conservatives - is that Black people are so unwavering in their support of the Democratic Party that they’re being taken for granted and not being given a fair return on their loyalty. That’s complete and utter... |
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