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Special To The Black Star News
June 19,2013
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 Maria Salazer [On Media] CPJ launches 2012-2013 Journalists in Exile special report Fifty-five journalists from 21 countries fled their homes due to violence, imprisonment, and death threats in the past year, according to a new report from the Committee to Protect Journalists. The annual survey, marking World Refugee Day on June 20, spotlights the plight of journalists who have been forced into exile... |
Special To The Black Star News
June 19,2013
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 [Education] Touro College’s Division of Graduate Studies held commencement ceremonies for the nearly 2,000 candidates for master’s degrees or advanced certificates from six graduate schools on June 13 in Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. The audience of approximately 2,700 included parents, well-wishers, Touro administrators, faculty and staff, and the degree candidates from the graduate schools of business, education, Jewish studies, psychology, social work... |
Special To The Black Star News
June 18,2013
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 Zulay Henao, Metta World Peace, Caryn Ross and Craig Ross [Movies] Celebrities turned out in Hollywood yesterday for a VIP screening of "WORLD WAR Z," starring Brad Pitt at Paramount Pictures. It was the ultimate screening experience as stars, including LA Lakers star Metta World Peace and his son Ron Jr., placed their 3D glasses on for the action thrill ride of their lives. After screening WORLD WAR Z, celebrity guests... |
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Patrick Delices
June 18,2013
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 [Education: History] On June 15, 2013, Dr. Leonard Kweku Jeffries, the co-founder and vice-president of World African Diaspora Union (WADU) gave an excellent allocution on “Zumbi dos Palmares and the Global African Revolution” at the Malcolm X & Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial and Educational Center in Washington Heights. Prior to Dr. Jeffries’ delivery, the Peoples Survival Program, Universal Zulu Nation, and the Kemetic Masters of the Martial Arts showed the... |
Donald H. Smith and Sam Anderson
June 18,2013
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 Carter G. Woodson penned a timeless classic on mis-education [On Education] Common Core State Standards created by the Council of State School Officers and the National Governors Association are inadequate for all American school children. Now adopted by 45 states, the District of Columbia and four territories, the Standards are demeaning and particularly unacceptable for students of African descent. While there is presently... |
Special To The Black Star News
June 18,2013
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 [Books]
PAPERBACK EDITION "This is the book to read for those who want to understand the agenda that is bringing the West to its knees." THE FAILURE OF LAISSEZ FAIRE CAPITALISM and the Economic Dissolution of the West: Towards a New Economics for a Full Worldby PAUL CRAIG ROBERTS available in US/Canada and Overseas "In his inimitable way, Roberts describes how the rhetorical patter talk about free-... |
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Colin Benjamin
June 18,2013
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 Hamster's brain? We take Holder over Lupica any day [Speaking Truth To Power] Historically, in this country, many have seen the police in a favorable light. But in the Black community the police are seen very different: as an occupying force sent there to criminalize, brutalize, and even kill Black folks. This thinking has, usually, been viewed with derision by Whites who either have no idea of the dissimilar policing methods... |
Special To The Black Star News
June 17,2013
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 NAACP's Benjamin Jealous In a 7-2 decision the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Arizona’s proof of citizenship requirement is preempted by the federal law requiring states use the federal voter registration form. “State government should encourage voting, not discourage it,” says NAACP President and CEO Benjamin Todd Jealous. “The Supreme Court made the right decision... |
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Special To The Black Star News
April 10,2013
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[Policing The Police] Commissioner Ray Kelly shown in picture. NLOA Chairman Anthony Miranda will join a distinguished panel of speakers to discuss Police Misconduct and Civil Liability at CUNY School of Law in Queens. We invite you to attend. Location: The City University of New York, CUNY SCHOOL of LAW. Law in the Service of Human Needs. Thursday, April 11, 2013 at 5:30 p.m: Room 1-202 at the CUNY School of Law; 2 Court... |
Special To The Black Star News
April 06,2013
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The US Department of Labor Reports that Blacks have the lowest median family income the highest unemployment rate, as well as the highest consumer debt of all ethnic groups in America. At the same time African Americans spend as much as $1 Trillion dollars annually. Where Is The Money Going? Don’t Miss this very important community Forum. "Turning Black Spending Into Real Power," with Dr. Claud Anderson The Powernomics Plan To... |
Special To The Black Star News
March 23,2013
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On March 22, 2013, as thousands of Swedish citizens of Eritrean origin were demonstrating in Stockholm, Sweden to condemn the criminal and cowardly acts of terrorism that burned three of their community centers, Eritrean Americans across the United States visited the Swedish Embassy in Washington DC and Swedish Consular offices throughout the United States. The message that was delivered to Swedish officials condemned the heinous crime that were committed the night of February 25,... |
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Marian Wright Edelman
April 01,2013
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Why is the National Rifle Association so afraid of the truth? There are many misconceptions about guns and gun violence swirling around in Americans’ minds—and in many cases, this misinformation is no accident. For years the NRA has blocked the truth and actively fought against and prevented research in the causes and costs of gun violence because they don’t want Americans to know the truth about guns, how to prevent gun violence, and how to make themselves and their children safer.... |
Milton Allimadi
March 15,2013
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 [Editorial Comment] Jumaane D. Williams is a responsible young New York City Councilmember who represents the 45th District in Brooklyn where Kimani Gray was shot to death by New York Police last Saturday. Gray died when he was struck by seven bullets fired by two undercover officers of the New York Police Department (NYPD) under disputed circumstances. A witness who spoke to The Village Voice contradicted the NYPD's claim that 16-year old Kimani... |
Special To The Black Star News
May 13,2013
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 TWO EXCITING PANELS FOCUSED ON AFRICA AND THE AFRICAN DIASPORA PRESENTED BY AFROBEATRADIO AND WBAI 99.5 FM PACIFICA FROM JUNE 7TH TO 9TH, 2013 AT THE LEFT FORUM, PACE UNIVERSITY, CUNY, NYC. Our Panel opens up on forth coming discussions and events on Africa this year and into 2014 culminating in a conference on Africa. With a starting inquiry about what pan-Africanism for the 21st century could mean. The answer started out simply enough, that Pan-Africanism ought to be... |
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Special To The Black Star News
April 01,2013
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Earvin "Magic" Johnson teamed with OraSure and recently launched a nationwide awareness campaign to encourage everyone to learn their HIV status. OraSure Technologies, Inc., is the maker of the OraQuick In-Home HIV Test. The awareness campaign is part of an integrated national marketing program that includes events, as well as national and local radio, outdoor advertising, television, print and digital advertising. Johnson has been sharing his story of knowing, and encouraging others... |
Milton Allimadi
March 22,2013
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CHINUA ACHEBE, the father of OKONKWO, one of the greatest characters created in literature, has died. Although Achebe wrote several books he will forever be remembered as the author of "Things Fall Apart" which was his first book published in 1958. It went on to become a classic and is now found in bookstores and universities all over the world. Achebe was 82 and died this morning following an illness and hospital... |
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Special To The Black Star News
June 18,2013
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Zulay Henao, Metta World Peace, Caryn Ross and Craig Ross [Movies] Celebrities turned out in Hollywood yesterday for a VIP screening of "WORLD WAR Z," starring Brad Pitt at Paramount Pictures. It was the ultimate screening experience as stars, including LA Lakers star Metta World Peace and his son Ron Jr., placed their 3D glasses on for the action thrill ride of their lives. After screening WORLD WAR Z, celebrity guests... |
Matt Gertz
April 18,2013
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 [Media Matters] Glenn Beck: 'The end is nigh' As the nation mourned the April 15 bombings at the Boston Marathon, media figures used the attacks to offer conspiracy theories, make Islamophobic comments, and push petty political and personal attacks. Radio host and noted conspiracy theorist Alex Jones responded to the bombings by suggesting that they may have been a "false flag" operation staged by the government: In a... |
By Dr Wilmer J Leon III
March 22,2013
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[The View From Washington] In modern culture, an icon is a symbol; a name, face, picture, or even a person readily recognized as having some well-known significance or embodying certain qualities. That face or person begins to represent something else of greater significance through literal or figurative meaning. With his speech at the 2013 National Prayer Breakfast and his recent CPAC speech, Dr. Ben Carson has become the new Black conservative darling. He’s... |
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Deardra Shuler
June 09,2013
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 Jazz pianist Cedar Walton called into my show Topically Yours, at BlakeRadio.com, Rainbow Soul, to talk about his upcoming concert in the Allen Room, at Frederick P. Rose Hall, at Jazz at Lincoln Center on 60th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Mr. Walton will be playing a 9 foot Steinway Concert Piano along with fellow pianist Barry Harris with whom he is sharing the bill, on Saturday, June 22.nd. The two pianists will play two sets; a 7:30 pm and 9:30 pm set. Accompanying the... |
Tom Rhodes
May 16,2013
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 Museveni Son, Brigadier Muhoozi Kainerugaba [Global: Africa] While Uganda's politicians and social media are abuzz over a sensational letter reportedly written by a top security official about a high-level assassination plot, police have dutifully harassed the mainstream press in a bid to suppress the chatter. Police spent the entire day Tuesday interrogating three journalists from the private Daily Monitor over their coverage... |
Ann Garrison
June 12,2013
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 Last week, on June 4th, Jackson Mississippi City Councilman Chokwe Lumumba easily won a general election to become the city's next mayor, after upsetting Jonathan Lee in the Democratic primary on May 21st.
Peace and justice communities all over the U.S. heralded his election as historic, because of his organizing history and his longstanding commitment to Pan African liberation. Jackson native and author Tom Head, writing in this week’s Jackson Free... |
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Benjamin Todd Jealous
April 02,2013
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Robert Zimmerman One year later, the Trayvon Martin tragedy still stings and some people are still throwing salt on the open wound. Last week George Zimmerman's brother, Robert Zimmerman, posted a tweet comparing Trayvon Martin to De'Marquis Elkins, a 17-year-old African American teenager charged with fatally shooting a one-year-old baby. The tweet showed a photo of Elkins side-by-side with a photo of Martin, both making inappropriate... |
Milton Allimadi
March 14,2013
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 [Commentary]1954-2013 The headlines of corporate newspapers proclaim the death of a "fiery" leader, Hugo Chavez, the Venezuelan president who on March 5th succumbed to a long struggle with cancer. But is that reference necessarily a bad thing? Coming from corporate media outlets who are the trumpeters of monopoly capital isn't that actually a compliment? The New York Times reported on its front page that that even as unemployment remains... |
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