Dr. King Would Have Also Interrupted Governor Cuomo -- Barron Says
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. [Op-Ed]Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. said; “Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.”I could not sit through another Governor Andrew Cuomo State...
View ArticleUGANDA ELECTION: CANDIDATE NOT APOLOGETIC FOR “ARMY CRIMES” IN NORTHERN...
GULU-UGANDA: One of the eight presidential candidates in the Uganda’s February 18 election has said that he doesn’t want to be apologist for what the national army; Uganda Peoples’ Defense Force (UPDF)...
View ArticleBurkinaStyle: 'Take Back Your Power'
Thomas Sankara, who loved his African people, relaxing -- listen to the speech that got him killed three months later "The consent of the people is the sole basis of a government's...
View ArticleNFL's Perfect Storm
As residents along the east coast begin to dig out of the year’s first…and with fingers crossed extra tight, hopefully only storm…the NFL has managed to brew up its own version of the perfect...
View ArticleRep. Bobby Rush Does The Right Thing: Wants “Benghazi-type Panel on Police...
[Speaking Truth To Power]Congressman Bobby Rush (D-Ill.) is pushing for a congressional panel to address the systematic epidemic of police violence against Black people in America.Judging by the...
View ArticleSarah loves Donald: a trumpster fire
Like you, I watched on Wednesday as Sarah Palin endorsed Donald J. Trump. Like everyone else, I have my own opinions about it. I, too, have seen the fallout from Wednesday’s meeting of two titans of...
View ArticleBrooklyn Juvenile Center Aide Indicted on Rape and Sexual Abuse Charges
Ella McQueen Reception Center for Boys and Girls New York State Justice Center for the Protection of People with Special Needs Special Prosecutor Patricia E. Gunning has announced that a 47-year-old...
View ArticleDirty Deal: Sierra Leone Civilians Say NO To Lebanese Garbage Imports
If the Lebanese Do Not Want Their Trash In Their Landfills, Why Should Sierra Leoneans?As the Lebanon garbage crisis worsened authorities were forced to shut down the famous Naameh dump site in Beirut...
View ArticleJan 27, A Celebration: Memorial Service For Sister Jocelyn C. Cooper
Jocelyn C. Cooper. A celebration of the life and work of Sister Jocelyn C. Cooper, social worker, political activist, pioneer who helped launch the campaign that created the Congressional District...
View ArticleForest Whitaker Takes On Eugene O'Neill in His Highly Anticipated Broadway Debut
WhitakerBy GERARD RAYMONDThe lights of Broadway will shine brighter next month with the star power of Forest Whitaker, who makes his Broadway debut in Eugene O’Neill’s Hughie at the Booth Theatre...
View ArticleSahrawi "Ambassador" To President Obama: Press Morocco On U.N.-mandated...
Mouloud Said is the unofficial Ambassador of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR, or Western Sahara) to Washington, D.C. Unofficial because the U.S. -- unlike almost every African country and...
View ArticlePolice Brutality: Nothing Will Change As Long As Judges Make Political Rulings
Remember how judge and prosecutor moved venue of King trial? It's all politics, reader says.With respect to "Bobby Rush Does The Right Thing....Wants Benghazi-type Panel on Police Killings"The judges...
View ArticleTrump Getting Advice From Gen. Museveni? Uganda Dictator Skipped His...
Trevor Noah was on to something when during one skit he dressed Donald Trump up like an African dictator in military dress uniform.The Republican Presidential candidate has something in common with...
View ArticleTrump Getting Advice From Gen. Museveni? Uganda Dictator Skipped His...
Trevor Noah was on to something when during one skit he dressed Donald Trump up like an African dictator in military dress uniform.The Republican Presidential candidate has something in common with...
View ArticleWorking To Ensure Formerly-Incarcerated New Yorkers Have Fair Chance At...
Marshalls will actively recruit formerly-incarcerated individuals Finding a reliable job is essential for former prisoners seeking to reclaim their lives after they have paid their debt to...
View ArticleCIVIL SOCIETY WARNS UGANDANS OVER ELECTION VIOLENCE AS EUROPEAN UNION...
GULU-UGANDA: Civil society organizations in Uganda, under their umbrella organization called “The Uganda National NGO Forum”, have released a statement calling on Ugandans to reject violence during the...
View ArticleNew York City To Increase Business With Ethnic and Community Media -- De Blasio
Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito and Mayor de Blasio (File Photo)Mayor Bill de Blasio and Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito today announced an expansion of New York City’s outreach and engagement with...
View ArticleByron Allen Files $10 Billion Lawsuit Against FCC & Charter Communication...
Byron Allen has brought the diversity discussion framed by the Oscars to its apex with a new lawsuit against the FCC and Charter Communications. The media mogul worth over 500 million dollars by some...
View ArticleNorth Carolina Residents to Sue State Over Discriminatory Voter ID Law
Residents in North Carolina are attempting to take the state to court over a new voter ID law.They argue that the new law was designed to specifically counteract the minority vote which threatens the...
View ArticleUGANDA LEGISLATOR ACCUSES GEN. MUSEVENI OF HEADING A “SECTARIAN PARTY”, CALLS...
There is no difference between Gen. Yoweri Museveni of NRM and Gen. Joseph Kony of LRA/M since they both lead “resistance” movements.GULU-UGANDA: The Chairman of Acholi Parliamentary Group (APG), Mr....
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