Two Die In East Harlem Building Explosion; 23 Reported Hurt; More Possible
Mayor de Blasio at the scene. Pic: NY1 NewsThe cause of a massive explosion and double building collapse in East Harlem Wednesday morning that left two people dead and nearly two dozen others injured...
View ArticleTwelth National Black Writers Conference At Medgar Evers College
Derek Walcott is one of the honorees this yearThe Center for Black Literature at Medgar Evers College, CUNY, is set to host the Twelfth National Black Writers Conference (NBWC) which will be held on...
View ArticleRep. Rangel To Work With Cuomo To Secure Resources For Victims Of Harlem...
Rep. RangelCongressman Charles B. Rangel issued the following statement after heading straight from the airport from Washington, DC, to the site of the massive explosion that occurred in East Harlem to...
View ArticleWhy Paul "Brown Paper bag" Ryan Should Never Be U.S. President
Empty soul Ryan: Senator who lied about his time on marathon is at it again[Speaking Truth To Power]Paul Ryan and The Republican Rightwing War Against Poor PeopleWisconsin Republican Senator Paul Ryan...
View ArticleMoving Beyond 'Let's Stay Stupid' As Republican Party Prefers
Piyush Bobby Jindal and his 'Stupid party...' The Republican Party is invested in stupidity because the party needs it and depends on it.The even advertises stupidity.If someone called me stupid I...
View ArticlePresident Obama Calls For Stronger Over-time Pay Protections
President Obama[The White House]After weathering the Great Recession and through five years of hard work and determination, America is creating jobs and rebuilding our economy. But as a result of...
View ArticleUnited Nations Hears Of Human Rights Abuses In U.S. Prisons
Kemba Smith. Photo: Larry Brown, NAACP[United Nations] GENEVA, The United Nations--The NAACP released the following remarks read before the United Nations Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights by...
View ArticleAgriculture and Youth Employment: The Missing Link
Agriculture and Youth Employment: The Missing LinkPosted: 02/06/2014 3:42 pm EST Updated: 02/06/2014 3:59 pm ESTPrint Article share 17 tweet 26 12 Email 6 Comment 1 Share on...
View ArticleAnti-Gay Bill: EU backs sanctions on Uganda, Nigeria
Yoweri MuseveniThe European Parliament backed sanctions on Uganda and Nigeria Thursday in protest at their recent passing of anti-gay laws.MEPs approved a non-binding resolution by a large majority...
View ArticleAsking Shift In U.S.-Kigali Relations, Powerful Congressman Condemns Rwanda...
No aces left? Pressure piling up on Gen. Kagame Says Left Unpunished Will 'Embolden' Kigali Regime Congressman Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, has written a...
View ArticleHow To Make Your Comprehensive Fundraising Campaigns Successful
Pearl and Mel Shaw[FUNdraising Good Times]We were taken aback when, in casual conversation, an acquaintance blurted out, “comprehensive campaigns are nothing but a con game.” We listened as he shared...
View ArticleGeorgia House Bill 875: Guns In Church Would Make Georgia New Wild West
All these -- inside a church as well?Places of worship are sacrosanct. The houses of The Lord are supposed to be set aside for the uplifting of God’s most holy name through song, praise, prayers,...
View ArticleOvertime Pay: President Obama On Treating Employees Fairly
[The White House] THE WHITE HOUSE, March 13, 2014REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT ON OVERTIME PAYEast Room Thank you, everybody, thank you. (Applause.) Thank you so much. Please. Thank you, guys. Please...
View ArticleEast Harlem Explosion: New York City To Provide Housing For Victims Displaced
Mayor de Blasio at scene of tragedy[City Hall]REBNY to provide 15 apartments on the East Side for displaced residents, New York State Association for Affordable Housing to assist with securing...
View ArticleMOTORING FORWARD: TRANSPORT WORKERS UNION, LOCAL 100, ENDORSES ESPAILLAT FOR...
Espaillat accepts endorsement[Elections 2014]The Transport Workers Union Local 100 (TWU), which represents more than 64,000 active and retired members in New York, announced their support for Adriano...
View ArticleMurder In Uganda
Ugandan MP Cerinah Nebanda and President Yoweri Museveni, from the cover of a Ugandan news magazine. Pic: Arne Doornebal Helen Epstein reports in The New York Review of Books (excerpt below) on the...
View ArticleJD Livingstone, NAN Member And Producer of Gary Byrd's Shows, Succumbs
J.D. Livingstone, second from left, with two members of Guerrilla Journalism workshop when he paid a visit in NovemberIt is with sadness that I share with you, that today we lost a member of our...
View ArticleBoosting Minimum Wage Feeds Over 16 Million American Children
Grow up Congress: Let the children eat. Image: IndianaresourcecenterOne of our country’s most cherished values is the idea that if you work hard you can get ahead, be part of the middle class, raise a...
View ArticleHow Uganda's 1995 Constitution Has Been Abused To Support Land-grabbing
Eric KashambuziThe land-grabbing in Buganda that started in 1900 needs to be corrected.The 1992 Odoki Commission in Uganda reported that the major land complaint during the consultation was about...
View ArticleSharpeville Massacre; We Must Never Forget
The infamous massacreOn March 21, 1960, in the apartheid state of South Africa, the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) launched its anti-pass campaign. Indigenous African people were required to carry...
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