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New York Urban League's 51st Frederick Douglass Awards
Former NYC mayor David Dinkins with Arva Rice: Photo by Margot JordanThe New York Urban League held its 51st Anniversary Frederick Douglass Dinner on Tuesday, May 19 at Pier Sixty. The organization led...
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VIOLENCE ERUPTS AT RAPPER T.I.'S CONCERT, 3 PEOPLE SHOT
NYPD ESU UNIT AT SCENE OF SHOOTINGThree people were shot Wednesday at a concert rapper T.I. was throwing at Irving Plaza in Union Square.According to the police, two men and one woman was shot at the...
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NY City Council to Pass Bill Monitoring Police Stops
Jumaane D. Williams. Photo Credit: Brian Melford TwitterThe New York City Council will vote today to pass a new police reporting bill that requires details on all stops, including by race and gender....
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Mourning Ronald Mcphatter Victim of Irving Plaza Shooting --Jumaane Williams
In photo from newspaper article, from left: Shanduke Mcphatter, GMAAC, Council Member Jumaane D. Williams, and Ronald "Edgar" Mcphatter.[Op-Ed]It's with a heavy heart that I offer my prayers of peace...
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Racano, Lawyer, Indicted in theft of $600,000 from SLAVE THEATER
Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson has announced an indictment charging a Howard Beach attorney with siphoning off approximately $600,000 from an estate that he was hired to represent and using...
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SCOTUS Finds 1987 Murder Trial's All-white Jury formation Racially Biased
Clarence Thomas -- sees no evil, hears no evil In 1986, Timothy Foster was tried and convicted for the murder of an elderly White woman, Queen Madge White, 79, in Rome, Georgia. The prosecutor decided...
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Deflecting Corruption Investigation NYPD's Bratton Demonizes Recorders of...
NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton[Op-Ed] Communities United for Police Reform responds to Commissioner Bill Bratton’s claim that civilians documenting the police are an “epidemic” that escalates police...
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At Hiroshima Obama says Nations' Interdependence Must Keep Us From War
ObamaSeventy-one years ago, on a bright, cloudless morning, death fell from the sky and the world was changed. A flash of light and a wall of fire destroyed a city and demonstrated that mankind...
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Monsanto Ordered to Pay $46.5 Million in PCB Lawsuit in Rare Win for Plaintiffs
A St. Louis jury has awarded three plaintiffs a total of $46.5 million in damages in a lawsuit alleging that Monsanto and three other companies were negligent in its handling of polychlorinated...
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Toolit, Ugandan Election Challenger Could Be Killed For Doing The Right Thing
Toolit left and Oulanyah. Source: www.monitor.co.ug[Commentary]While Forum for Democratic Change candidate Dr. Kizza Besigye, now sworn in as president on May 11 has correctly been the news focus,...
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Schumer, U.S. Senator Blasts Gen. Museveni For Embracing Sudan's Bashir --...
Senator Schumer Two weeks after American officials walked out of the swearing in ceremony for Gen. Yoweri Museveni a prominent U.S. Senator has denounced the Ugandan ruler's conduct in a statement to...
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James Byrd: Documentary Recalls Brutal Texas Racist Murder
Eighteen years ago, history recorded one of the worst American tragedies to happen in Texas in modern times.June 7th that marks the 18th anniversary of James Byrd Jr’s murder in Jasper, Texas.To honor...
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Black Lives: Freddie Gray and The Illusion of American Justice
Nero [Speaking Truth To Power]The forgone conclusion that Officer Edward Nero would be acquitted for his role in the killing of Freddie Gray has now come to pass. Justice for a Black person killed by...
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Community Empowerment By Growing Food
[Community Report]The United Block Association at 113 Ave, St. Albans, is a recipient of a 2016 Citizens Committee Neighborhood Grant for $1,500.The President, Dr. Rupert Green, formed the association...
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Home-grown: Strategies of Creating Black Wealth
[Business Empowerment] One of my favorite actors on the planet is the great Will Smith. Nearly every movie he puts out turns to gold, and his talent is second-to-none.Last night, during the Lexington,...
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Senator Schumer Calls on Congress to back new TSA Hires to "Clear Runways"
Senator SchumerOn one of the busiest travel days of the year, and on the heels of weekend airport lines that were still just too clogged, U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer has called for a new surge in...
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Congressional Race: African Voices Matter Townhall
13th District Congressional Candidates Meet Africans to Discuss African Agenda.The 13th Congressional District African Townhall has been organized by a host of African community groups and...
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Lock Up The Men, Evict the Women and Children
Matthew Desmond’s book, “Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City,” like Barbara Ehrenreich’s “Nickel and Dimed,” is a heartbreaking snapshot of the rapacious exploitation and misery we inflict...
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NBA: Here We Go Again
Since the onset of the playoffs, my mantra has been consistent….“I’m believing in Golden State until they give me reason not to!” For a while there....specifically, three games during the Western...
View ArticleREGISTRATION OF CUSTOMARY LAND TRUSTS SPARKS DEBATE IN NORTHERN UGANDA
“There will be no customary land in Northern Uganda in the next five years if you don’t wake up now. All land will be individual lands. Even today, there are more than fifty applications for individual...
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