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North Carolina “Voter ID” law Condemned By Lawyer's Committee
North Carolina Governor Pat McCroryThe Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law (Lawyers’ Committee) issued the following statement by President and Executive Director Barbara R. Arnwine in...
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ACLU To Sue If Kansas Fails to Comply With Federal Voting Law
Kris Kobach: One man, one vote--but not every man?The American Civil Liberties Union today put Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach on notice that it will take legal action if the state does not...
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Join Historic March On Washington 50th Anniversary -- Marc Morial
“The hour is late. The gap is widening. The rumbles of the drums of discontent resounding throughout this land are heard in all parts of the world.”--Whitney M. Young, Jr. at the 1963 March on...
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Remembering a Truly American Moment March on Washington at 50: The nation's...
(The Root) -- In the opening line of his "I Have a Dream" speech, delivered at the Lincoln Memorial on Wednesday, Aug. 28, 1963, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. predicted that the March on Washington...
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How Can We Run The Country With Such A Divided 'No-Compromise-Allowed'...
Lee Hamilton, former member of Congress[Op-Ed: National]Deeply unpopular and flagrantly unproductive, Congress is on its August recess right now. It won’t return until Sept. 9, after a five-week...
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LOCAL 372's Thumbs Up For Ken Thompson For King's County DA
Ken Thompson[NYC Elections 2013]Local 372-New York City Board of Education Employees, is proud to endorse Ken Thompson for Brooklyn District Attorney."Ken Thompson has a proven history of serving the...
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De Blasio Slams Bloomberg On Plan to Appeal Stop-And-Frisk Ruling
Public advocate and mayoral contender de Blasio[NYC Mayoral Election 2013] Leading mayoral contender Bill de Blasio today slammed Mayor Michael Bloomberg's announcement that he'll appeal U.S. District...
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City Parks Foundation: CHARLIE PARKER JAZZ FESTIVAL, August 21 – 25
City Parks Foundation: CHARLIE PARKER JAZZ FESTIVAL, August 21 – 25August 6, 2013 – New York, NY– City Parks Foundation proudly announces the 21st edition of the beloved late summer jazz favorite, the...
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NYC Comptroller John C. Liu Sharply Denounces Bloomberg On Stop-and-Frisk Appeal
NYC Comptroller LiuNew York City Comptroller and mayoral candidate John C. Liu has sharply denounced Mayor Michael Bloomberg's decision to appeal the ruling that Stop-and-Frisk is unconstitutional by...
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Judge Scheindlin Speaks Truth To Power: Stop-and-Frisk Is Racist And...
Scheindlin: America's most honest judge?Rejected Bloomberg's Black bogeyman fear-mongering[Speaking Truth To Power]On Monday, U.S. District Court Judge Shira Scheindlin decided what we already knew:...
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Measuring A Non-Profit's Profitability
Pearl and Mel Shaw[Fundraising Good Times]Board members with experience and connections in the private sector can help nonprofit organizations grow and think in new ways.And nonprofit service can help...
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Fingerprinting NYCHA Folks: Mayor Bloomberg Versus Black And Latino...
The Mayor as PreCog?[Black Star News Editorial]Mayor Michael Bloomberg wants to fingerprint residents who live in so-called "housing projects" operated by the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) to...
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Teshima Walker, NPR EXECUTIVE PRODUCER, Succumbs To Cancer At 44
[Passings]The award-winning executive producer of NPR’s Tell Me More, Teshima Walker, died this morning at the age of 44 after a two-year battle with colon cancer. She is survived by her husband,...
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Egypt Solution: Fire Gen. Al-Sisi, Restore Morsi, Halt Violence, Start...
Gen. Al-Sisi, the man behind all the bloodshed[Black Star News Editorial]It's clear as daylight that Egypt's best hope is for the military regime to restore the legitimately elected President Mohamed...
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Judge Scheindlin's Stop-and-Frisk Ruling Means Black And Latino Officers Also...
Bloomberg, shown with Commissioner Kelly, was dealt a blow by Scheindlin ruling[Pardon My Rant]It was 12:10pm on a Tuesday. The date was December 12, 1967. The place was Washington D.C.The Farmer’s...
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Adepero Oduye: Actors Are Bountifully Empowered
[Theater]Good luck comes to those who are prepared.In the case of Adepero Oduye, one might add, to those who deserve it as well.After many years of hard work mastering her craft, Broadway came knocking...
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VINCENT J. GENTILE, Third NYC Councilmember, Taps Surging De Blasio's Mayoral...
Bill de Blasio has surged ahead in the latest polls outpacing Quinn[NYC Mayoral Race 2013] Brooklyn Council Member Vincent J. Gentile has endorsed New York City Public Advocate and Democrat Bill de...
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Support Lee Daniels'"The Butler": Truth-Telling To Power
[Commentary]I attended the O magazine screening of our friend Lee Daniels' brilliant new film, The Butler, followed by a powerful interview with the lead actors and producer conducted by Gayle...
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MOTOWN THE MUSICAL: NATIONWIDE CASTING SEARCH--“MAKIN’ IT MOTOWN”
MOTOWN THE MUSICAL: NATIONWIDE CASTING SEARCH--“MAKIN’ IT MOTOWN"LAUNCHING WITH FIRST OPEN CALL AUDITION IN NEW YORKON STAGE AT BROADWAY’S LUNT-FONTANNE THEATRE, HOME OF THE SMASH HIT MUSICALFRIDAY,...
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Veteran Somalia radio technician shot dead in Mogadishu
[Media]Three assailants killed veteran radio technician Ahmed Sharif Hussein outside of his home in the Shibis neighborhood of Mogadishu on Saturday, according to news reports and local...
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