John Muto-Ono p'Lajur May 18,2017 0  Mr. Jokkene Timothy with his cattle at Northern Ranch in Uganda “The West has had their economic boom and it has cooled down. The current boom we see in the Middle East [because of its oil] and in Asia will also cool down. Africa is the next economic boom.” “Africa is endowed with all the best natural resources in the world. Look at its climate for instance. Sub- Saharan Africa has twelve hours of sunshine and twelve hours of darkness. It has good... | Dr. Wilmer J Leon III May 18,2017 0  President Eisenhower feared the emergence of a ruler like Trump -- confluence of "misplaced power" and the "unwarranted influence" of the military-industrial complex. Photo Flickr “…The history of the (President) of (The United States) is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove this, let Facts... | Special To The Black Star News May 18,2017 0  In late 2015, Darren Walker approached the foundation’s Talent and Human Resources team and asked us to create a professional development program for graduates of the Bard Prison Initiative (BPI). At the foundation, we’ve long supported the innovative work of BPI, which gives incarcerated men and women an opportunity to earn a Bard College degree while serving their sentences. And we’ve highlighted our commitment to this program: how it transforms the daily realities of incarcerated people,... |
Colin Benjamin May 21,2017 0  Jeff Sessions. Photo-Facebook Last week, America's racist Attorney General Jeff Sessions, in a move meant to rescind criminal justice reforms President Obama and former Attorney General Eric Holder instituted, gave federal prosecutors a new directive: to vigorously prosecute all drug charges saying it is a core principal that prosecutors should charge and pursue the most serious, readily provable offense. It's no coincidence that the stock prices of... | Special To The Black Star News May 19,2017 0  Frank Monroe shown with noted journalist and professor Melissa Harris-Perry at event. Photo: Angela Pham/BFA.com The New York Public Library presented this year’s Brooke Russell Astor Award to criminal justice reform advocate Glenn E. Martin whose organization JustLeadershipUSA is dedicated to cutting the U.S. correctional population in half by 2030, at its 2017 Annual Spring Dinner Thursday. Each year, the award is given to individual who is tireless in... | Special To The Black Star News May 19,2017 0  Attorney General Sessions. Photo Gage Skidmore--Flickr Report Finds Rollbacks on Civil Rights Enforcement Under Sessions Civil Rights enforcement under Attorney General Jeff Sessions have been rolled back, according to a report evaluating Attorney General Jeff Sessions' first 100 days by the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law. ... |
Jumaane D. Williams May 18,2017 0  Council Member Jumaane D. Williams (left) delivering remarks at his annual Haitian Flag Day event with Assembly Member Rodneyse Bichotte (right) I'm proud to represent District 45, which is home to a vibrant Haitian community. New York boasts the second largest population of Haitians outside of Haiti and Miami. For decades Haitian Americans have called Brooklyn home and have made significant cultural and... | Rafael Ramírez Carreño May 18,2017 0  Ambassador Rafael Ramírez Carreño [Op-Ed] Security Council meeting on Venezuela First of all, I would like to express our strongest repudiation to the failed attempt of the United States to bring the situation of Venezuela to the Security Council. As the President of the Security Council, Ambassador Elbio Rosselli, well said, Venezuela is not part of the agenda of the Security Council. It is... |
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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