Black Parents Tell Napolitano: "Make UC an Option" for African Americans
The cost of a University of California education, feeling welcomed on campus and whether academic records are strong enough. These were among the concerns raised by a group of 16 African American...
View ArticleNYC Councilmember Williams Deplores Lack of New Funds for Youth Jobs in de...
Councilmember Williams[Op-Ed]For the past year, many of my colleagues have made clear that our most significant priority is the expansion of employment for young people - including fully funding summer...
View ArticlePolitics: Hillary Clinton’s Defense of big money Won't cut it
[Election 2016]Hillary Clinton’s heated defense of the money she has raised from Wall Street and other interests won’t cut it. Her protests contradict the basic case that virtually all Democrats and...
View ArticleBoardroom Shareholder Accountability: Growing Participation and Support --...
Scott M. StringerMore than two-thirds of companies that received proxy access proposals filed by the New York City Pension Funds have agreed to implement the proposal, giving a boost to the campaign to...
View ArticleUganda: Crushing Rural Poverty with no evidence of government wealth-creation...
A typical poor man’s living house in northern Uganda: they will never own iron-sheet roofs unless empowered.“I don’t know why I drink alcohol, but if I drink, all thoughts and my chest pain disappear....
View ArticleHPD & the Mold Health Blues
[Bureaucracy Beat!!!]Imagine you wake up tomorrow and you know that your next encounter with a bureaucracy, any bureaucracy, is gonna leave you with a big smile on your face! Since you know that isn’t...
View ArticleSuper: Three Times a Charm for Manny Pacquiao
[BoxingGlove Notes]Not fighting like a ready to retire fighter, Manny “PacMan” Pacquiao unanimously defeated Timothy “Desert Storm” Bradley Saturday, April 9, 2016 at the MGM Grand Arena, Las Vegas,...
View ArticlePrince Tribute: Nothing Compares 2 U
“Dearly, beloved. We are gathered here today to get through this thing called life. Electric word “life.” It means forever, and that's a mighty long time. But I'm here to tell you, there's something...
View ArticleMAYOR DE BLASIO TO ADD NEW PRECINCT IN QUEENS
The 113th Precinct in Jamaica, QueensIn a news conference Tuesday, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced his plan to increase policing in Queens by including a new precinct for the public.The precinct will...
View ArticlePOLICE COMMISSIONER BILL BRATTON: " IF YOU DON’T WANT TO GET SHOT BY COPS,...
Police Commissioner Bill Bratton during news conferenceDuring a news conference Monday, Police Commissioner Bill Bratton made it very clear to New Yorkers on the best way to avoid confrontations with...
View ArticleDocumentary: "The Return"
Bilal Chatman. Photo: Mario FurloniAcclaimed documentary examines the aftermath of California’s infamous “Three Strikes” law through the eyes of black former prisoners and their familiesPOV (Point of...
View ArticleWhite House Press Secretary's Q & A with College Scribes
PRESS BRIEFING --BY WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY JOSH EARNEST WITH COLLEGE REPORTERSMR. EARNEST: Good afternoon, everybody. It’s nice to see you all. Welcome to the White House. And welcome to the White...
View ArticleVote 2016: Loyalists Will Support their parties but anti-establishment force...
Will Bernie Sanders’s supporters rally behind Hillary Clinton if she gets the nomination? Likewise, if Donald Trump is denied the Republican nomination, will his supporters back whoever gets the...
View ArticleKazibwe Corruption "Dossier" Emerges in Bid to derail Uganda's AU Candidate
Dr. Kazibwe[Commentary]A secretive group has circulated to African and other foreign diplomats at the African Union and U.N. a dossier containing corruption allegations against Specioza Kazibwe...
View ArticleWHY IT SHOULDN'T MATTER HOW PRINCE DIED
Photograph courtesy of public useUnless you knew the artist known as Prince what could you say about him?Probably plenty.Fans around the world have already demonstrated their feelings toward the...
View ArticleLARRY WILMORE BOMBS AT THE WHITE HOUSE, CALLS PRESIDENT OBAMA THE N-WORD
Larry Wilmore courtesy of social media Comedian Larry Wilmore may have gone too far Saturday when he hosted President Barack Obama's Annual Correspondent Dinner.In a hotel room packed with the who's...
View ArticleAll in the Family: K.K.K. Grand Wizard Endorses Trump
[Election 2016]A man identified only as the “Imperial Wizard of the Rebel Brigade Knights of the Ku Klux Klan” endorsed Donald Trump’s presidential campaign during a video interview with a Richmond...
View ArticleWhy Reparations For African-Americans Is Long Overdue
Fanon broke it down....In his classic work, “The Wretched of The Earth,” Frantz Fanon stated that “the governments of the various European nations called for reparations (against Nazi Germany) and...
View ArticleUMI PASSES OUT 1,857 GRADUANDS AS CHANCELLOR CALLS FOR TRANSPARENCY AND...
The Chancellor of Uganda Management Institute (UMI), Ms. Gerand Namirembe Bitamazire.“The rising demand for more and better services to meet the daily needs of the people and to solve society’s growing...
View ArticleUMI PASSES OUT 1,857 GRADUANDS AS CHANCELLOR CALLS FOR TRANSPARENCY AND...
The Chancellor of Uganda Management Institute (UMI), Ms. Gerand Namirembe Bitamazire.“The rising demand for more and better services to meet the daily needs of the people and to solve society’s growing...
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