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Mayor Bill de Blasio's Plan To Drastically Cut Traffic-Deaths Through Vision...
Mayor Bill de Blasio has released his administration’s Vision Zero Action Plan, laying out a comprehensive roadmap to drastically reduce traffic-related deaths on New York City streets.An interagency...
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FUEL EFFICIENCY STANDARDS, ENERGY INDEPENDENCE AND ECONOMIC GROWTH
Remarks February 18 at Safeway Distribution Center, Upper Marlboro, MarylandWell, good morning, everybody. It is good to be here. And I want to thank Jack Jacobs and all the folks at Safeway for...
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AILEY II CELEBRATES 40th ANNIVERSARY WITH TWO-WEEK NEW YORK SEASON
Ailey II's Tyler Brown. Photo by Eduardo PatinoAT THE AILEY CITIGROUP THEATERAiley II, the youthful and gifted second company of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, returns to its home, the Ailey...
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Executive Orders While Sometimes Necessary, Erodes Concensus Building
President Obama In his State of the Union speech to Congress last month, President Obama drew widespread attention for pledging to use his executive authority to advance his priorities. He insisted he...
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New York: Lone Demonstrator Wants UN Sanctions On Ukraine
Olga Borynetz, a Ukrainian artist in front of UN. Photo: The Black Star News[European Turmoil]After the death of more than 26 people died this week in the ongoing uprising in Ukraine, President Viktor...
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I Charge Treason: Africa Faces Socio-Economic Collapse While Uganda Dictator...
Museveni -- as Rome burns Nero launches anti-gay campaign[Op-Ed]Dictator's Gay-Baiting Meant To Extend Politically Bankrupt Regime's Life Fellow Ugandans today, I wish to address three main issues.The...
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Black History Month: Education Scholarships
There are only 28 days in Black History month, so the month does seem to go fast. As a part of their celebration of African American culture, many companies launched initiatives including special...
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South Sudan 'Rebels' Take Oil City After Desertions -- Report
Salva Kiir February 19, 2014 (JUBA) - A high ranking military official claimed on Wednesday that an internal conspiracy within the ranks of the South Sudan army (SPLA) had helped rebel forces allied to...
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LEHMAN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS'S 2014 SPRING SEASON SHOWS
JOSÉ FELICIANO[Music]Lehman Center for the Performing Arts continues its amazing season with seven new shows added to its 2014 roster. The new shows include:-- Saturday, March 1st -- The Latin-flavored...
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Vision of Flight Is Dedicated To Tuskeegee Airmen
Mckenzie[Black History Month Tribute]A 1925 U.S. Army War College Study declared: “Blacks are mentally inferior, by nature subservient, and cowards in the face of danger. They are therefore unfit for...
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Updates From Wangechi Mutu Studio And Welcome To wangechimutu.com
Wangechi Mutu[Art]Roslyn Bernstein for Guernica: "Mutu refuses to give in to the mythology of woman as the seductress in the Garden of Eden. In her version of biblical history, the woman in the collage...
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Kain Colter And The Next Generation Of Americans: Organizing Unpaid...
Kain Colter -- a trailblazerMy “day” job is to train the next generation at Howard University and students who hopefully can fulfill the legacy of the likes of David Dinkins, Elijah Cummings and...
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Michael Eric Dyson Is Commencement Speaker At Medgar Evers College
Dr. Michael Eric Dyson[Graduations]Dr. Michael Eric Dyson, nationally-acclaimed writer, author and radio host, will deliver the 2014 Medgar Evers College commencement address, at 10:00am Saturday, May...
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Fifty Years Ago Malcolm X Knew The Importance Of African American Economic...
Malcolm X[Vantage Point]February 21st marks the 49th anniversary of the assassination of El Hajj Malik El Shabazz, Malcolm X.This year is also 50 years since Malcolm delivered The Ballot or the Bullet...
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Book: Rwanda and the New Scramble for Africa
Gen. Kagame; his portrayal as a savior was elaborate fiction [Books]From Tragedy to Useful Imperial FictionRobin Philpot’s important new book Rwanda and the New Scramble for Africa is an eye-opener and...
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RIVERSIDE CHURCH'S SCREENING OF ROBERT REICH’S DOCUMENTARY “INEQUALITY FOR ALL”
Robert Reich’s “Inequality for All” As part of its newly established economic justice initiative Now is the Time: Justice for All and a nationwide grassroots campaign, The Riverside Church is...
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As Gen. Museveni's Dictatorship Disintegrates Will Uganda's Fate Be Similar...
Heil! Heil! Gen. Museveni-- Uganda's Porfirio Diaz?[Commentary]Ugandans are sitting on an active volcano that could erupt any time as the 28 year dictatorship disintegrates.Those who are living in...
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In London Protest Nigerian LGBTIs Say President Jonathan Is Badluck
DemonstratorsHomophobic law and mob violence condemnedSixty people, most of them Africans, protested against Nigeria’s draconian new anti-gay law outside the Nigerian High Commission in London...
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Boost Fundraising By Building a Successful Alumni Relations Program
[FUNdraising Good Times]Colleges and universities look to alumni for financial support. If you attended or graduated from college you likely receive fundraising solicitations from your alma mater. Some...
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Swan Song for Bedford-Stuyvesant Murals
One of the impressive muralsThe frigid weather was no deterrent for art aficionados who filled the reception area of the Bedford Library on Thursday, Feb. 11th for the opening of “A Neighborhood in...
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