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Black Men Raised By Single Parent And High Blood Pressure
High blood pressure and hypertension are conditions especially endemic among the Black population in the US. Societal disadvantage, proliferation of fast food restaurants in predominantly Black...
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NO Martin BASHIR, Instead Of Consuming Fecal Matter, Sarah Palin Should See...
Sarah Palin[Black Star News Editorial]Former Alaska governor Sarah Palin recently compared the U.S. debt to slavery.She was harshly blasted by MSNBC host Martin Bashir on his show.Bashir apologized for...
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Play: Welcome Home Sonny T
Nestor Carrillo, Richard Pryor Jr., Kadeem Harris. Photo by Jonathan Slaff.[Theater]In a neighborhood torn by gun violence between black and Mexican youth, a prominent black minister, haunted by the...
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Immigration: New Fasters Join Campaign For Comprehensive Reform
[Immigration: Commentary]After 22 days of a water-only fast on the National Mall, four long-term fasters of the “Fast for Families” announced an expansion of the action as they passed the fast on to a...
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As Expected de Blasio Taps Bratton To Head NYPD; Charles Barron Vows Protest
Charles and Inez Barron. Photo Black Star News[New York]Within hours of Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio's announcement that he was appointing Bill Bratton as New York Police Commissioner Councilmember...
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NELSON MANDELA, MOST ILLUSTRIOUS OF ALL, Now SUPS WITH AFRICA'S LEGENDS
Madiba[Black Star News Editorial]NELSON MANDELA now sups and keeps company with Africa's Greatest Ancestors.And he is the most illustrious of them all.Look at the honor guard as he walks through the...
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TRIBUTES: NELSON MANDELA
Roslyn Brock, Chairman of the NAACP Board of Directors:“The Honorable Nelson Mandela embodied the hopes, dreams, aspirations and values of all who seek justice against tremendous odds. He responded to...
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Obama:Mandela bent the arc of the moral universe toward justice
At his trial in 1964, Nelson Mandela closed his statement from the dock saying: “I have fought against white domination, and I have fought against black domination. I have cherished the ideal of a...
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Mandela The Boxer: He Was A 'Contender'
Hevyweight-Nelson Rolhlahla MandelaPhotograph by Drum photographer © Baileys ArchiveThe last good man of good men who refused to bend to racial inhuman cruelties inflicted by so-called other “humans”,...
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National Civil Rights Museum's Growing Success
Beverly Robertson[FUNdraising Good Times]This is the biblical quote Beverly Robertson, president of the National Civil Rights Museum used to begin our conversation: “To everything there is a season and...
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Fearing Gag, Kenya's press takes to the streets against Draconian bill
A banner tied to the gates of Parliament protests a media bill under review. (CPJ/Tom Rhodes)[On The Media]"Mr. President, you gagged us!" said a banner tied to the gates of Parliament.Kenya's Editors...
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ICC: Assembly of State Parties Creates one Law for the Poor, another for...
Kenyatta and Ruto. No immunity but may defer some ICC appearances[Comment]Prior to the Assembly of States Parties, the African Union (AU) and Kenya consistently advocated for immunity from prosecution...
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Freedom Fighter Madiba: Let's Not Forget The Mandela Who Prepared To Defeat...
Mandela knew defeating Apartheid was no tea party. In 1962 he received brief military training in Algeria and in Ethiopia[Tribute To A Freedom Fighter]Former South African President Mandela has...
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MADIBA: HOMEWARD BOUND
[Tribute] Open your arms, Dear Lord!We shout today,For your messenger of justiceis on his way. It was like nothing we’d everseen before,when he left to meet youat Heaven’s door.Deep in the night,as the...
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Paulie Malignaggi Vs Zab Judah: The Battle Of Brooklyn
It's On! Judah vs Malignani[BoxingGlove Notes]After many years of talks, agreements, disagreements, finally Brooklyn’s 2 favorite sons former world champs, Paulie “The Magic Man” Malignaggi and Zab...
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Madiba Mandela Proved Nothing Is Impossible
Always on a mission...[Tribute]On Thursday, Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela – anti-apartheid revolutionary, philanthropist, author, spiritual father, and former President of South Africa – passed away.We...
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Mandela: Changing Lives Worlds Away
Mandela shows his moves[Tribute]I had never heard of Nelson Mandela, of South Africa, of apartheid, until I was an 18-year-old college freshman at Rutgers University in the mid-1980s. At that time I...
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Can Jets Revive Hopes This Afternoon Following November Meltdown?
Geno Smith will operate under a lot of pressure today[Sports]The Miami Dolphins 23-3 drubbing over the New York Jets at MetLife Stadium last Sunday cast a dark shadow on their hopes of making the...
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Mandela: Venezuela Has Three Days Of Mourning
[Mandela: Tribute] Your ExcellencyJacob ZumaPresident of the Republic of South AfricaMr. President: My dear friend.The people of Simón Bolívar and Hugo Chávez are deeply saddened by the death of the...
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History of the African National Congress
THE ANC: Our struggle for freedom has a long history. It goes back to the days when the African people fought spear in hand against the British and Boer colonizers.The ANC has kept this spirit of...
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