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Be A Father-figure To Someone: President Obama Promotes 'My Brothers Keeper'...
Pressident ObamaWEEKLY ADDRESS: The President Wishes America's Dads a Happy Father's DayIn this week’s address, President Obama wished America’s dads a happy Father’s Day and underscored the crucial...
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Museveni Regime Acknowledges Army Desertions
Even regime now acknowledges mass desertions. Photo is said to show the tank crew commander, Lt. Alfred Ntale, holding stick, before desertionPress Statement:Freedom and Unity Front welcomes all...
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POEM: DIFFERENT ROUTES ONE AFRICA
DIFFERENT ROUTES ONE AFRICAOh Resourceful AfricaOh Populace AfricaOh Mighty AfricaOh Shine Shine AfricaDifferent routes One AfricaClimax of Optimum WeatherAfrica A dawn with PlentitudeWhat do you...
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The Benefits Of Private/Public Partnerships: Case Study
Pearl and Mel Shaw[FUNdraising Good Times]Part one of a three-part series on private/public partnershipsPrivate/public partnerships are promoted as a collaborative way to bring people and resources...
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Liberia And Its Conflicting Narratives Of Conflict
Author says President Tolbert, assassinated during 1980 coup, paid "more for the sins of the past" Long before the Marcus Garvey "Back to Africa" Movement was born, there was already Liberia.It is even...
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Urgent Meeting Of Stop Mass Incarceration Network
Michelle Alexander's book on Mass Incarceration -- your understanding begins by reading it [Community Bulletin]Stop Mass Incarceration Network Meeting: Monday, June 16, 2014 - 7:00 PMThe Riverside...
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New York City: Comptroller Stringer Calls For $13.13 Hourly Minimum Wage
Scott M. Stringer[New York City]Raising the minimum wage to $13.13 in New York City would benefit nearly 1.2 million City residents by an average of $100 a week, according to an analysis released today...
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Syrians Strive To Preserve Cultural Heritage Amidst Ruin And Destruction
Syrian Students Restore Our Global Cultural HeritageThe Damascus Citadel, SyriaDuring mid-July, 2013, the General Directorate of Antiquities and Museums (DGAM) of the Ministry of Culture in Damascus...
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Obama's Ban On LGBT-Discrimination Praised; Called On To Halt Deportations
President Obama to sign order barring discriminating against LGBTQ from Federal contractors President Barack Obama is set to sign an executive order prohibiting federal contractors from discriminating...
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Soweto Day: Elombe Brath, Pan-African Hero Celebrated
Elombe Brath [Community Announcement: Celebration And Tribute]Commemoration of a Pan African Hero: Elombe Brath. Soweto Day - June 16The founding members of the December 12th Movement will honor their...
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Kutesa's UN Bid Cast Global Media Spotlight On Uganda Regime's Corruption,...
Uganda's Foreign Minister Sam Kutesa [Publisher's Commentary] Sam Kutesa's candidacy for the presidency of the United Nations General Assembly opened a can of worms as global media for the first time,...
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Everywhere Is War
Bowe Bergdhal soured on the war-- he's being villified Summer approaches and the stench of war is all around. Or, as the great Bob Marley put it, Everywhere is War.Start with the commemorations over a...
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In Support Of Obama: Everything You Don’t Know About the GOP Philosophy,...
President Obama -- author says his accomplishments greatly under-appreciated [Beneath The Spin]A gentleman by the name of Wallace Nixon wrote the publisher of Black Star News and said the...
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AIDS United Elects Diverse New Trustees
Michael Kaplan, AIDS United President & CEO. The AIDS United Board of Trustees has elected four new members to join the Board, bringing the total number of Trustees to 18. AIDS United works...
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BCA Global's Annual Global Food and Wine Experience
Scene from last year's event[Global Cuisine] BCA Global will celebrate culinary diversity at its 10th annual Global Food and Wine Experience, the event will take place at Espace, located at 635 West...
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Brooklyn Marks Nelson Mandela Day On Saturday
Nelson Mandela -- Long And Mighty MarchSaturday, June 21, 2014, twenty-four years to the date, from 10:00 AM to 12 noon, the people of Brooklyn will commemorate the 24th anniversary of Nelson Mandela’s...
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Eric Cantor’s Defeat Means Congress Will Do Even Less For Next Two Years
Eric Cantor -- Mr. Obstruction himself has been obstructedLast Tuesday's stunning defeat of House Majority Leader Eric Cantor is reverberating throughout Washington—especially, among Republicans who...
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How New York's Election Law Prevents Millions From Voting In Primaries
Voting Rights are PrimaryIndependent voters in New York City are coming together on Primary Day, June 24th, but not to play the role we are typically cast in – as “swing voters.” Instead, we will be...
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Ruby Dee: Beyond Screen And Stage
Ruby Deeshown with her beloved Ossie Davis[To Be Equal]Ruby Dee once put it this way: “The kind of beauty I want is the hard-to-get kind that comes from within: strength, courage, dignity.”In the past...
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"PAINTED RED" With Black Blood
There's an off-Broadway play I saw a few weeks ago that's still building a huge after-buzz and needs to make a quick return at some theater in New York City.“Painted Red” is a play created, directed...
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