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African Americans Should Ditch Black Super Athletes Who Don't Stand Up for...
LeBron James -- the beginning of something new?In the 20 Century, the African-American athlete’s emergence in professional sports was connected to a time of activism and the ongoing fight against Jim...
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Hard To Watch
There is so much going on, it is enough to make your head spin….college football bowl games, professional football gearing up for the playoffs, college and professional basketball…and if you happen to...
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“Objectivity" In The Bill Cosby Case In The Face of "Mounting Numbers"
Who Needs A Court? Bill Cosby: Tried, Convicted, Lynched By White Media Part 3 of "Is Smug the New Uppity"Numbers are one of the things that people --especially White people-- use and misuse when...
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Why Cosby Must Speak Out Against Accusations
This is the creative genius known throughout America and the world For over five decades we lived with the father image of Bill Cosby not only on T.V. and movies but, also, and especially, at his home...
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NRM Trojan Horses? Reflections On Gen. Sejusa And Bishop Niringiye
Mission accomplished for Gen. Sejusa? Whose side is he really on? [Africa: Commentary]The mission of United Democratic Ugandans (UDU) which was established in July 2011 at the Los Angeles conference...
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Mayor De Blasio Don't Yield To Pat Lynch's And PBA's Blackmail Campaign
Pat Lynch must dial back the statements inciting harm towards de Blasio[Publisher's Commentary]Mayor Bill de Blasio and Police Commissioner Bill Bratton must issue a directive that NYPD police officers...
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Mayor's Fund Raises $20,000 For Slain Detectives
The Mayor’s Fund to Advance New York announced today that it has so far raised $120,000 in pledges through the Fallen Heroes Relief Effort, which was established in honor of slain Detectives Wenjian...
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Mayor's Fund Raises $20,000 For Slain Detectives
Mayor de BlasioThe Mayor’s Fund to Advance New York announced today that it has so far raised $120,000 in pledges through the Fallen Heroes Relief Effort, which was established in honor of slain...
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Supreme Court Decides Police Don't Have To Know The Law
Chief Justice Roberts -- gives new meaning to police acting "reasonably"The U.S. Supreme Court may have added fuel to the existing fire involving police.At a time when public trust in policing is...
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‘IRON LADY’ OF IVORY COAST GOES ON TRIAL
Dec. 29 (GIN) - Simone Gbagbo, wife of Ivory Coast's ex-president Laurent Gbagbo, is facing a court of her peers in Ivory Coast this week. She faces charges of aiding her husband Pres. Laurent Gbagbo...
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A BITTERSWEET TOAST TO ALL THE JOURNALISTS IN JAIL
Dec. 29 (GIN) – Of the thousands of relentless scribes who dig for a story, dodge bullets, follow paper trails, shine a light in the darkness, some 220 news writers around the world will spend New...
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UGANDA, FUELING THE BRAIN DRAIN, SENDS MD’s TO TRINIDAD
Dec. 29 (GIN) - For a country with less than 3,000 practicing doctors to treat 34.9 million people, Uganda’s decision to send some 300 doctors to Trinidad and Tobago has raised the temperatures of the...
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Uganda Dictator's Latest Betrayal: Ditches Prime Minister
General Museveni with Mbabazi, before chopping his head--politically speakingUgandan President Yoweri Museveni’s recent statements proved that he continues to be completely out of touch with his people...
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Attorney General Holder Salutes 126 Fallen Law Enforcement Agents
Eric Holder The National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund today released preliminary fatality statistics for 2014. The data in the report shows that 126 federal, state, local, tribal and...
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Africa Umoja: South African Dance And Music
The International Arts Foundation presents the South African dance and musical event AFRICA UMOJA: 20 YEARS FREEDOM AND DEMOCRACY TOUR, an acclaimed exuberant journey through South Africa’s early...
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U.S. And Kagame's Push For FDLR War Risks Genocidal Killings In Central Africa
Gen. Kagame, tied to assassination of President Habyarimana in BBC documentary says he won't negotiate with "bandits" A Response to Ambassador Russ FeingoldAddressing citizens of Rwanda December 12,...
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Black Star News 2015 Resolution: Continue Fight Against Racist Policing And...
To honor memory of Michael Brown and other victims protests for reforms must continue[Speaking Truth To Power]As 2014 comes to a close, the fight against racial policing and racism in America’s courts...
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Say No To Genocide! U.S., Rwanda, Uganda, Don't Launch Another War In Congo
Russ Feingold[Black Star Editorial]As we head into the new year the drum beats of war are sounding in the Congo once again.Former Senator Russ Feingold, now the U.S.'s Special Envoy to the Great Lakes...
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Mario Cuomo, New York's Fifty-Second Gov. Dies At 82
Mario Cuomo, 52nd governor and father of current governor Andrew CuomoSTATEMENT FROM THE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNORMARIO M. CUOMO(June 15, 1932- January 1, 2015)The family of former Governor Mario M. Cuomo...
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Mario Cuomo Remembered: Dies At 82
The late Mario Cuomowith Andrew CuomoTop elected officials and civil rights leaders expressed condolences and also paid tribute to Mario Cuomo, the fifty-second mayor of New York City, who died today...
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