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SECOND BOSTON BOMBING SUSPECT IS CAPTURED AFTER MASSIVE MANHUNT
[Boston Marathon Bombing]The second suspect in the Boston bombing was captured Friday after a daylong search hours after his brother was killed earlier in a gunfight with police.Captured late Friday...
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ALVAREZ Vs. TROUT: SOMEONE COULD GET ROCKED AND KNOCKED OUT TONIGHT
[BOXING]After all that was said and done the “Cinderella Man” of the W.B.A. Super Welterweights, Austin “No Doubt” Trout, will be defending his world crown and trying to unify both the W.B.A. and...
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Abandoning America's Children: U.S. Politicians Sacrifice Our Children To Gun...
There were enough Senators who were unmoved by the Sandy Hook victims' fate so they rejected gun safety measureThe United States Senate’s failure to pass common sense gun safety measures, including the...
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BLACK STAR SCORES DRAW; JUDGES SEE CANELO; BUT TROUT MAY HAVE WON FIGHT
How can a person watch a boxing match and feel assured that the most active fighter is probably the winner only to see the official victor is the opponent who looked like the loser? Oxymoronic?On...
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Immigrants To USA Need Lessons In Racial Justice
Black Struggle And Sacrifice Paved Way For AllImmigrants to America would gain tremendously by learning of the struggle for racial justice.Millions of immigrant families are navigating American life...
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American Star Explores "American Dream" at the Theater for the New City
I had the privilege of seeing “American Star,” written and directed by the highly acclaimed and truly insightful William “Electric” Black, also known for his work in My Boyfriend Is A Zombie, The...
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THE MISEDUCATION OF OUR CHILDREN: Too Much Emphasis on High-Stakes Tests
John C. Liu: Tests Alone Don't Equal EducationThis week New York City students in grades 3 through 8, with their No. 2 Ticonderoga pencils nervously in hand, are struggling through the math portion of...
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JOHN KERRY SPITS ON MADURO'S HAND: HOSTILITY PROMOTES VENEZUELA INSTABILITY
Nicolas Maduro Moro beat Henrique Capriles Radonski by less than 240,000 votes. Still, a win is a win.Must Maduro behave as if he lost?Capriles, hot-headed, behaves as if he won. He has insulted Maduro...
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NIGERIA OFFICIALS STEAL $7 BILLION IN CORRUPTION, U.S. SAYS IN REPORT
No luck for President Jonathan?The United States government has severely criticized Nigerian government officials of massive, widespread, and pervasive corruption, affecting all levels of government...
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BLACKOUT: MILLIONS STILL DISENFRANCHISED BY JIM CROW FELONY LAWS
Kemba Smith-Pradia only regained voting right in 2012Last week, the Delaware State legislature approved a constitutional amendment to all but remove the last Jim Crow-era voter suppression law from its...
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William P. Kelly Is CUNY Interim Chancellor
The Board of Trustees has announced that William P. Kelly, President of The Graduate Center of the City University of New York, will serve as Interim Chancellor of the University starting July 1,...
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JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER'S, DUKE ELLINGTON FESTIVAL
April 25 at 7pm and 9pm The Allen Room Tickets Start at $55 - On Sale Now Throughout his orchestra's half century, Duke Ellington deployed the individuality of his players to infinitely creative...
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SUMMER STAGE 2013 LINEUP MEANS.....IT'S ALMOST SUMMER
SUMMER STAGE 2013Over 100 FREE music, dance, film, comedy, family and theater programs in 17 parks across all 5 boroughs.Season Features Special Premieres for Music, Dance and TheaerSeason runs June...
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DEMOCRACY OUTGUNNED: PROPOSED SAFETY BILL KILLED
NRA's Wayne LaPierre Asks: 'Who's Your Daddy?'This week former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and her husband have unleashed the first of a set of radio advertisements attacking Republican lawmakers...
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CICELY TYSON SHINES IN A BOUNTIFUL PLAY
“The Trip to Bountiful” at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre, located at 124 West 43rd Street, in Manhattan, is really Cicely Tyson’s own vehicle.Yes, Cuba Gooding and Vanessa Williams are definitely...
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Lynne Stewart: Compassionate Release Recommended By Prison Warden
Editor's Note: Lynne Irene Stewart is 73 years old. She earned her reputation by representing poor, and often unpopular defendants. The government charged her with helping to pass messages from her...
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All Our Children Must Dream Big
Marian Wright Edelman--children's championEvery day four children in America are killed by abuse or neglect.More than 750,000 children are abused or neglected each year. Even when children survive or...
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Black Star Writer Predicts Danny Garcia To Knockout Zab Judah
There's a big fight at The Barclays Center, Brooklyn, New York’s-newest boxing emporium tonight between Danny “Swift” Garcia, 25-0-0, 16 knockouts, W.B.A & W.B.C. Super Lightweight World Champion...
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THIS POEM OF YOURS
This poem of yours, it represents more truth than I can bear.So please stop speaking of horror and death,I don't want to hear it no more. I want to see an evil enemy,not babies crushed and torn;I...
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NAACP Creates Award In Bill Lynch's Name
The NAACP has created a new award to honor Bill Lynch, the star political strategist and the Chairman and Founder of Bill Lynch Associates, LLC, the premier Black owned and operated political...
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