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Ugandan Opposition Forging United Front Against Museveni, Dictator Of 28 Years
Gen. Museveni; master of divide-and-rule[Uganda Elections 2016]Demands Negotiations About Electoral Reforms To Start By End Of April 2014In the afternoon of Monday 10 February 2014, at St. Francis...
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Mayor De Blasio Urges Commuter Caution As City Faces Winter Storm
Mayor De Blasio[New York City Hall]Hazardous Travel Advisory issued for Thursday, February 13, and Friday, February 14Heavy, Wet Snow Expected; Rain, Freezing Rain And Sleet Forecast for Late Afternoon...
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Mayor De Blasio Presents Preliminary 2015 NYC Budget
Mayor De Blasio[New York City Hall]So today I am pleased to share with the people of New York City our preliminary budget for Fiscal Year 2015. This is the first step in a complex and collaborative...
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Rep. Rangel 'Fight For Freedom Must Also Include Economic Justice'
Rep. Charles Rangel[Black History Month]Black History Month is time to recognize the Black experience as an integral part of American history.As one of the founding Members of the Congressional Black...
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Lawyers' Committee Hails Attorney General Eric Holder Jr.’s Call to Repeal...
Attorney General Eric Holder[Justice] Holder Is Right In Seeking To End Disenfranchisement Of FelonsThe Lawyers' Committee applauds Attorney General Eric Holder Jr.’s call to action to repeal felony...
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Tavis And Cornel Are The Kind Of Men Who Sold Black Folk Into Slavery
West and Smiley[Beneath The Spin]I'm Opposed To Those Who Pimp Black People Here's the follow-up on yesterday's discussion that I promised you. Yes, I'm on an absolute mission, and if I'm successful,...
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Central Brooklyn Weathers Stop And Frisk, "Gentrification," Hospital...
Ken Thompson made history by ousting Charles Hynes as D.A.[Central Brooklyn: State Of Siege]A siege, according to one definition in the American Heritage Dictionary is -- a prolonged period of...
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Uganda's Kill The Gays President: Shame On U.S. And U.K. For Enabling...
Gen. Museveni taking aim -- how many more times can he play the Gay Card?[Publisher's Comment]Uganda's Gen. Yoweri Museveni has ruled ruthlessly for 28 years largely with financial and military support...
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Tamara Leacock's Jewelry And Clothing Collection From Recycled Materials At...
Tamara, center, shown with models. Photo: Stephen Elliot[FASHION 2014]Tamara Leacock has showcased political wearable art since 2010. Now she will be presenting her sixth collection, “Fall 2014:...
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Sports, Sexism And Sexual Orientation
Michael Sam[K-Fabs Korner]Richard Petty, Danica Patrick, Lolo Jones, And Michael SamMany of us can remember being given a four square math or alphabet assignment in which we had to circle the one...
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Theater: “The Great Divas of Gospel” And All-Star Reading of “The People of...
[Theater]Woodie King Jr’s National Black Touring Circuit. 2014 Black History Month Play Festival on February 22 – 23 in HarlemS. Epatha Merkerson, Geoffrey Owens and Roscoe OrmanWoodie King Jr’s...
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The Chief Justice Roger Taney Ruling Still Applies In Michael Dunn And...
Michael Dunn, killer of Jordan DavisThis is what Chief Justice Roger Taney said in the infamous Dred Scott v. Sandford decision of 1857:“Can a Negro, whose ancestors were imported into this country,...
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American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Saved/Created Six Million Jobs --...
Jason FurmanThe Fifth Anniversary of the American Recovery and Reinvestment ActFive years ago, on February 17, 2009, less than a month into his first term, President Obama signed into law the American...
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Theater: Dr. DuBois and Miss Ovington
[Theater]Woodie King Jr's New Federal Theatre and Castillo Theatre Present: Dr. DuBois and Miss OvingtonOn a bright Sunday 16 February 2014 this mesmerizing play written by Clare Coss and directed by...
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America Could See Food Shortages If Wall Street Grabs Farmland -- Report
Could Wall Street spell danger to U.S. food security?[Sustaining The Earth]The wolves of Wall Street are eyeing millions of acres of U.S. farmland that will soon come up for sale, much of which has...
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Former Museveni Minister Alleges $5 Million Was Stolen Monthly From Country's...
[FOLLOW THE MONEY]Part One of A Two-Part SeriesIn an exclusive interview with The Black Star News and SaharaTV, Uganda's former minister for Gender, Labor and Social Development, Zoe Bakoko Bakoru...
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Deficit Versus Debt: How Republican Spinmasters Confuse American Public And...
Columnist Spriggs says Republicans yelling "fire! fire!" have blocked policies that could have created jobs[The Economy]Republicans in the House of Representatives recently caved and allowed a simple...
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In U.S., Civic Groups, Mayor, Back Constitutional Govt of President Nicolas...
President Nicolas MaduroStatement From Venezuelan Embassy to the U.S. In light of recent violent events produced by the Venezuelan fascist right, the American people through various organizations,...
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Former US Congressman Arrested In Zimbabwe
Melvin Reynolds[Global: Africa]Former United States Congressman for Chicago Melvin Jay Reynolds, who came into Zimbabwe last year purporting to be a middleman for foreign investors in the tourism...
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Careers In Acting: “Made in NY” Talks -- African American Actors
Uzo Aduba “Made in NY” Talks: African-American ActorsMonday, February 24 at 7:00 p.m.In Honor of Black History Month, "Made in NY" Talks Feature Prominent African-American Actors Working in Film, TV...
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