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Special To The Black Star News
April 18,2014
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 Cynthia López [City Hall] Mayor Bill de Blasio has appointed Cynthia López as commissioner of the Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment. A native New Yorker, López brings more than two decades of experience in New York City’s film and television industries and a commitment to nurturing talented, up-and-coming filmmakers and forging partnerships with top national media companies. As commissioner, López will build upon the... |
President Barack Obama
April 18,2014
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 The First Family--President Obama, Sasha, Michelle, and MaliaStatement by the President on Easter Weekend This weekend, Michelle and I join our fellow Christians in marking Good Friday and celebrating Easter. We will reflect on the sacrifice that Jesus Christ made for us and rejoice in the triumph of the Resurrection. This season reminds us that God is always with us, in suffering and in celebration. We give thanks for the many... |
Black Star Editorial
April 18,2014
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 John Kerry
Hon. Secretary of State John Kerry: Uganda's foreign affairs minister Sam Kutesa could become President of the United Nations General Assembly in June unless the world comes to its senses. As President, Mr. Kutesa would preside over important meetings including the General Assembly, when you and President Obama attend in the Fall. As you are aware his boss and partner Gen. Yoweri Museveni has now presided over a... |
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Colin Benjamin
April 18,2014
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 Eric Holder fights back [Speaking Truth To Power] Yes Joe Scarborough, There's Still Racism In America This week Republicans introduced a bill to withhold pay from federal officials who have been held in contempt of court—in the aftermath of last week’s testy testimony by Attorney General Eric Holder who was attacked and accused by Republicans during a heated House hearing. Some Right-wing... |
Mel and Pearl Shaw
April 18,2014
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 Pearl and Mel Shaw [FUNdraising Good Times] How to keep a fundraising job-- Part two in a two part series. We have seen nonprofit executive directors and college presidents pull their hair out over their relationship – or lack of a relationship – with their development staff. There are magic words development professionals say that pour gasoline on a slow smoldering fire. Here are a few. “I don’t have enough... |
Eric L. Wattree
April 18,2014
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 Sally Kohn [Beneath The Spin] In her Article, "What I Learned As a Liberal Talking Head For Fox News," for The Christian Science Monitor, Sally Kohn indicated that while working for Fox News, she had what can best be described as an epiphany. She said, "For a radical progressive who once harbored negative stereotypes about folks on the right, it was a turning point for me: Though Sean Hannity or Sarah Palin and I disagree profoundly on... |
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Michelle Obama
April 18,2014
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 Michelle Obama REMARKS BY THE FIRST LADY AT DISCUSSION WITH HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE STUDENTS Howard University, Washington, D.C. April 17, 2:42 P.M. EDT MRS. OBAMA: Thank you. Thanks, you guys. (Applause.) Thanks, Bow Wow. Let’s give it up for Bow Wow. Very proud of this young man. I have grown very fond of him. We’ve done some good work together, and his commitment to education, his commitment to young... |
Special To The Black Star News
April 17,2014
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 Basil Paterson shown with the late Bill Lynch, who was a long-time friend [Passings] Following the death at age 87 yesterday of Basil Paterson, a former New York Secretary of State and political kingmaker, messages of condolences and tributes continue to arrive at this newspaper as it has all day. Paterson also was a former State Senator and a Vice Chairman of the Democratic National Committee. Congressman Charles B.... |
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Melvin McCray
April 14,2014
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 The author, right, with Cusack In my 11 years on the George Polk Awards selection committee the awards luncheon has never been known for breaking news. On Friday, it had all the elements of a cliffhanger but when Polk award recipients... |
Milton Allimadi
April 17,2014
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 Sam Kutesa [Publisher's Commentary] Who says corruption, tyranny, presidential bigotry and homophobic hate-mongering don't pay? Unless the Global community wakes up immediately the Ugandan dictator Gen. Yoweri Museveni who recently signed a new law condemning gays to life in prison will be rewarded when the United Nations members elect his top spokesperson, foreign minister Sam Kutesa, President of the UN General Assembly. ... |
President Barack Obama
April 15,2014
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 President Obama THE PRESIDENT: Good morning, everybody. (Applause.) Thank you, thank you, thank you very much. Please, please have a seat. Thank you so much. Well, good morning, everybody. Welcome to the White House and welcome to our annual Easter prayer breakfast. As always, we are blessed to be joined by so many good friends from around the country. We’ve got distinguished guests. We’ve got faith leaders, members of my... |
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Global Information Network
April 15,2014
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 Apr. 14 (GIN) – Longtime editorial writer, poet and political organizer Carl Bloice was remembered by friends and comrades at a gathering in San Francisco this week. The West Coast writer succumbed suddenly to a years-long battle with cancer. Bloice was known for his many columns on U.S. and international issues that appeared widely. He was on the Editorial Board of the Black Commentator. In a Facebook post, friends wrote that “to his last days, Carl kept up his enormous... |
Distinio Lois Jr.
April 15,2014
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 New Champion -- Dionesia Dapidran Pacquiao [BoxingGlove Notes] “I know why I lost this fight to Pacquiao. It was because Manny’s mom put a voo-doo hex on me throughout the fight,” declared an angry and frustrated Timothy Bradley in the ring after the decision was rendered, and, after Pacquiao’s Mom, Dionesia Dapidran Pacquiao, entered the ring, spoke to him while hugging and kissing him, even before she went to attend to her son.... |
Special To The Black Star News
April 15,2014
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 Arthur N.R. Robinson Trinidadian leader set in motion movement to end impunity The Coalition for the International Criminal Court today joins the chorus of tributes to Arthur N.R. Robinson, former prime minister and president of Trinidad and Tobago, on his death last week. Robinson’s visionary leadership was crucial to adoption of the Rome Statute in 1998 and establishment of the International Criminal Court (ICC) four years later.... |
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Special To The Black Star News
April 16,2014
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 Ramarley Graham's parents, Constance Malcolm and Franclot Graham followed his coffin. Photo: NY Daily News Elected Officials, Civil Rights Groups to Join Family of Ramarley Graham to Call on Justice Department to Launch Formal Investigation of Police Shooting Following memorial of Graham’s 21st Birthday, national civil rights group, State Legislature and City Council... |
Stanley N Alpert
April 17,2014
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 U.N. Peace Keeping troops in Haiti An epidemic spread by Nepalese peacekeepers has killed 8,000 Haitians. Imagine if the United Nations killed thousands on the streets of New York. Or London. Or Paris. And sickened nearly a million more. Would the U.N. claim it was not liable? Of course not. The international community wouldn't allow it. Yet that is exactly what is happening in Haiti, where the U.N. claims it is immune from lawsuits... |
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Special To The Black Star News
April 17,2014
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 Comptroller Stringer
Town Halls to be Held in all Five Boroughs to Solicit Ideas New York City Comptroller Scott M. Stringer has announced the formation of a Sandy Oversight Unit which will draw upon the Comptroller’s Audit, Contracts, Budget and Policy Units to hold government accountable in the rebuilding of New York City from Superstorm Sandy. Comptroller Stringer will hold Town Halls in the Rockaways, Breezy Point, Coney... |
Ven Bhikkhu Bodhi
April 14,2014
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 Venerable Bhikkhu Bodhi [Sustainable Agriculture] Transitioning from an industrial model of agriculture to a system benefiting small-scale producers - a step governments must support - will not only alleviate worldwide hunger and poverty, but will reduce carbon emissions, the UN's Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food concludes in a new report. Middle-class Americans take it for granted that whatever hardships we face in life... |
Special To The Black Star News
April 18,2014
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Cynthia López [City Hall] Mayor Bill de Blasio has appointed Cynthia López as commissioner of the Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment. A native New Yorker, López brings more than two decades of experience in New York City’s film and television industries and a commitment to nurturing talented, up-and-coming filmmakers and forging partnerships with top national media companies. As commissioner, López will build upon the... |
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Scott M Stringer
April 15,2014
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 Scott Stringer [Education] Our City is getting a failing grade when it comes to Arts Education. My office just released a first-of-its-kind report, “State of the Arts,” showing that, after years of crippling cuts in Brooklyn and other communities, 20 percent of our middle and high schools across New York City do not have a single, full-time certified... |
Stanley N Alpert
April 17,2014
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U.N. Peace Keeping troops in Haiti An epidemic spread by Nepalese peacekeepers has killed 8,000 Haitians. Imagine if the United Nations killed thousands on the streets of New York. Or London. Or Paris. And sickened nearly a million more. Would the U.N. claim it was not liable? Of course not. The international community wouldn't allow it. Yet that is exactly what is happening in Haiti, where the U.N. claims it is immune from lawsuits... |
Eric L. Wattree
April 18,2014
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Sally Kohn [Beneath The Spin] In her Article, "What I Learned As a Liberal Talking Head For Fox News," for The Christian Science Monitor, Sally Kohn indicated that while working for Fox News, she had what can best be described as an epiphany. She said, "For a radical progressive who once harbored negative stereotypes about folks on the right, it was a turning point for me: Though Sean Hannity or Sarah Palin and I disagree profoundly on... |
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Global Information Network
April 15,2014
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 Apr. 14 (GIN) – Thirteen candidates are in the running for the presidency in this West African country which has yet to have an elected leader serve a full term since independence from Portugal in 1974. Reporters saw long lines at the polls on Monday with no reported problems or incidents. Politicians with the largest war chests include former finance minister Jose Mario Vaz of the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde, and Abel Incada, a member of the... |
Special To The Black Star News
April 16,2014
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 CESAR’S LAST FAST, a documentary film directed by Richard Ray Perez opens this Friday in New York and the following Friday in Los Angeles. Using archive footage personal interviews from Chavez’ closest peers, Perez brings the untold story of this civil rights leaderto the big screen. Inspired by Catholic social teaching, Cesar Chavez risked his life fighting for America’s poorest workers. The film illuminates the intensity of one man’s devotion and personal sacrifice, the birth of an... |
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