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De Blasio Lauds NY State's $300 Million For Pre-K Education
Mayor De Blasio[City Hall]New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has lauded the $300 million slated for Pre-K education in the State budget agreement calling it a "powerful and historic decision that will...
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Ugandan Drama: Dictator Museveni vs. Enforcer Mbabazi
The dictator and the enforcer: Museveni shown with MbabaziA Shakespearan power struggle is underway in Uganda between the U.S.-backed dictator of 28 years Gen. Yoweri Museveni and his prime minister...
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Albuquerque Mayor Claims 'Mayhem' As Demonstrators Protest Police Shootings
[National](AP) — Albuquerque's mayor said that a more than 10-hour protest over recent police shootings turned from peaceful into "mayhem," as officers in riot gear clashed with hundreds of protesters...
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Play tackles Story Of Woman Whose Cells Were Stolen For Medical Research And...
Henrietta Lacks[Theater]Cynthia Stephens learned well the value of giving back to whence one comes.A speech pathologist for the deaf, with degrees from City College (CUNY) and New York University, Dr....
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Blanket "Exemptions" For Govt Officials Weaken Ghana's Right To Information...
Ghana's President Mahama[The Media And Justice]An access to information bill currently under consideration in Ghana will do more harm than good, according to the Coalition on the Right to Information...
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Twitter War Exposes Rwanda Govt's Media "Spin" And Press Intimidation
Rwanda's Gen. Kagame [Media And Justice]An international journalist was denied entry to Rwanda after discovering that a pro-government Twitter account had been falsified by someone within the office of...
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Mayor De Blasio Talks Pre-K, Budget, Baseball, Before Throwing "First Pitch"
Mayor Bill de Blasio[City Hall]Mayor Bill de Blasio: Well good morning everyone. We are going to have City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito join us in just a few moments, but we wanted to get...
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Like Sinatra, Obama Does Obamacare His Way: “Over 7,000,000 Served”
Obama delivers on his vision -- it's a terrible day of mourning for Karl Rove and Co.[Affordable Care Act]Here are lyrics famously sung by one of my very favorites – the iconic Frank Sinatra:“And now,...
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Israeli teens dressed as KKK and in ‘black face’ for mock lynching at school...
Photo depicts teens in clothing simulating the KKK and some in blackface and 'afros' enacting mock lynching. Photo: MizbalaA group of Israeli high school boys dressed as members of the Ku Klux Klan and...
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ADVERTISING BLITZ AS NEW YORK CITY’S PAID SICK LEAVE LAW GOES INTO EFFECT
Mayor de Blasio [City Hall]Mayor Bill de Blasio and the Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA) First Deputy Commissioner Alba Pico announced that the city’s new paid sick leave law is now in effect and...
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Republicans' Budget Harms Middle Class While Rewarding Multi-Millionaires --...
The 'I'm a multi-millionaire so what do I care?' look: Republican House budget chairman Paul Ryan [The While House]Statement released on behalf of President Obama by his Press SecretaryTo build real,...
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REP. JEFFRIES DENOUNCES REPUBLICAN PLANS TO TURN MEDICARE INTO VOUCHER PROGRAM
Rep. JeffriesCongressman Hakeem Jeffries (NY-8) issued the following statement today after House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan released the fiscal year 2015 House Republican budget:"House...
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Year 45 As Dance Theatre of Harlem Celebrates 2014 Season
DTH performersNYC SEASON AT JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER’S Frederick P. Rose HALLTime Warner Center, New York CityAPRIL 23 THROUGH 27WILL FEATURE NEW WORKS PAST-CARRY-FORWARD, DANCING ON THE FRONT PORCH OF...
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Without End To Conflict Widespread Development Will Elude Much Of Africa
Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma Chairperson of the African Union CommissionAfrican leaders have agreed that conflict resolution is a prerequisite to development and poverty eradication.From time immemorial...
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B.B. King Brings Lucille to the Concert Stage
One of the most famous guitarists in the world of Blues, B.B. King, will be appearing at Lehman Center for the Performing Arts on Saturday, April 19th at 8:00 p.m. Known around the world, at age 88,...
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Obama Highlights ACA's Gains, From Pre-Existing Cancer Coverage To Closing...
President Obama sold ACA all over the country last year REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT ON THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACTRose GardenTHE PRESIDENT: Everybody, please have a seat. Thank you so much. Welcome to the...
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General Motors: Putting Corporate Profits Before American Lives
CEO Mary Barra [Speaking Truth To Power]This week, General Motors CEO Mary Barra apologized to the families of 13 people killed by faulty ignition switches in several models of G.M. cars—during the...
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How To Make U.S. Government More Efficient And Effective
Wilbur Mills, back in the day[State Of Our Union]In 1965, the chairman of the powerful Ways and Means Committee, Wilbur Mills, brought legislation establishing Medicare and Medicaid to the floor of the...
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Narrative Shift: U.S. Lawyer Highlights Kagame's Role In Rwanda Genocide And...
Gen. Paul Kagame -- even corporate media are now re-evaluating the narrative placing him as "savior"[The Rwanda Calamity In Perspective]April 6 marks exactly 20 years since the cataclysmic massacres...
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For Dr. King, Learn to Dream -- Let's Liberate Our Youth Through Education
Honoring Dr. King by dedicating ourselves to educating the communityIt was 46 years ago that an assassin took the life of Martin Luther King, Jr. on April 4, 1968.He gave his life implementing a plan...
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