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Ethiopian Journalist, Woubshet Taye, On Prison Odyssey Needs Medical Care
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Attacks Against Debo Adegbile And NAACP LDF Are Unfair
Debo Adegbile[Commentary]Debo Adegbile is an excellent choice to be the next Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights. He is eminently qualified.For years, Debo Adegbile has worked tirelessly to...
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BAMcafé Live Jan 17—Jan 18: Onaje Allan Gumbs & New Vintage
Onaje Allan Gumbs[Music]Onaje Allan Gumbs’ New Vintage returns to BAMcafé Live Jan 17—Jan 18, following its triumphant engagement earlier this year. Gumbs, an acclaimed jazz pianist, producer, and...
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New York City First Lady Chirlane McCray Kicks Off Immigration Town Hall Forum
New York City's First Lady Chirlane McCray Immigration Forum Hosted By The Black Insitute And Christian Cultural CenterLaunching “The G Project” to highlight Impact of current immigration laws/reform...
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Rev. Michael A. Walrond, Jr Is Featured Speaker At Riverside Church's Dr....
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Top Lawyers Will Hear International "Peoples'" Tribunal Present Alleged War...
Mr. Courtenay Griffiths[Commentary]ICC: We Charge War Crimes And Crimes Against HumanityOn January 25, 2014, a distinguished panel of international Jurists will hear the people's prosecutors and...
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U.S. Education: Towards Dismantling Industrial Cradle To Prison Pipeline
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Boxing: We Won't Get Cotto vs. Alvarez Yet; But 2014 Packs Many Major Fights
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Here Is The Dr. King That "Mainstream" America Won't Celebrate Monday
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United Nations Development Programme's $548 Million Appeal For Central...
Chaos and bloodshed in the streets of Bangui. Photo: CNN[Central African Republic Crisis]As the violence in the Central African Republic (CAR) continues, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)...
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Uganda's General Museveni: Metamorphosis Of A Despot
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RACHEL NOERDLINGER NAMED CHIEF OF STAFF TO NYC FIRST LADY CHIRLANE MCCRAY
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"Notorious" Actor Edwin Freeman Releases New Hip Hop Album
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President Obama, First Lady Michelle And Senior U.S. Officials Honor Dr. King
President Barack Obama checks in on First Lady Michelle Obama and daughters Sasha and Malia as they prepare burritos while volunteering at the DC Central Kitchen in Washington, D.C., on Martin Luther...
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Trayvon Martin On My Mind: As Dr. King Asked Where Do We Go From Here?
Trayvon Martin -- it wasn't meant to be this way any longer[Honoring Dr. King's Legacy]Fifty years have come and gone since the 1963 March on Washington and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s soulful...
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Obama To Host U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit in Washington
President Obama during his trip to Africa -- here shown in Tanzania with President kikwete[International: Africa]The United States will host the first ever U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit in Washington, DC...
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NYC Mayor De Blasio Appoints HHC Chief and Small Business Services Commissioner
Dr. Raju and Maria Torres-Springer[City Hall]Mayor Bill de Blasio today named the new heads of the Department of Small Business Services and the Health and Hospitals Corporation, pledging to deepen...
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Amiri Baraka: Art, Black Power Movement, And Struggle For Justice
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Zombie Nation: US Drug War Should Target Pharmaceuticals
What if US focused on pharmaceuticals instead?[Speaking Truth To Power]As American public opinion shifts on the issue of marijuana legalization, some politicians are now singing a different tune and...
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Commerce Secretary Pritzker Invites U.S. Companies To Join Energy Business...
Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker [Africa: Trade And Business]March 14 deadline for businesses to applyU.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker today announced she will lead an Energy Business...
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