McConnell Knows Trumpcare Is a Total Disaster
U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand. Photo. U.S. Democrats--Flickr. Health care in America should be a right, not a privilege. The decision to pull back a vote on the disastrous…
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CBO Confirms Our Fears — Trump Healthcare Strips 22 Million of Healthcare
Governor Cuomo at the Gay Pride Parade. Photo--Flickr. The Congressional Budget Office score of the Senate health care bill confirms what we already knew. Republicans in the Senate…
At Forum, Black Star Publisher Urges U.N. to denounce Uganda Dictator Museveni’s role in South Sudan Catastrophe
Allimadi speaks at Forum. Photo-Brooklyn for Peace. A forum, “What’s Happening in South Sudan,” was held in the Brooklyn’s Friends Meeting House on Schermerhorn Street, Wednesday. The speakers…
Obama to Trump — Paris Agreement was the Right Course
Obama. Photo: Intel. Flickr A year and a half ago, the world came together in Paris around the first-ever global agreement to set the world on a low-carbon…
Security Council: U.S. Supports Violent Groups As Venezuela Seeks Internal Dialogue
Ambassador Rafael Ramírez Carreño Security Council meeting on Venezuela First of all, I would like to express our strongest repudiation to the failed attempt of the United States…
President Trump — A Dictator for the Oligarchs
President Eisenhower feared the emergence of a ruler like Trump -- confluence of "misplaced power" and the "unwarranted influence" of the military-industrial complex. Photo Flickr “…The history of…
Role of the Diaspora in Shaping U.S. Policies Toward Africa
Melvin P. Foote After an introduction by Executive Vice President, Michael Van Dusen, Steve McDonald, Director of the Africa Program and Project on Leadership and Building State Capacity…
U.S $1 Billion for Emergency Aid and Famine Relief Including for — South Sudan, Somalia, Nigeria, Yemen
South Sudan's Ugandan-backed dictator Salva Kiir -- widely blamed and denounced for man-made famine in the country U.S. Representatives Karen Bass and Barbara Lee have praised the inclusion…
U.S. Ambassador To U.N. To South Sudan’s Salva Kiir — “Send Troops Back to Barracks”
Ambassador Nikki Haley U.S. Ambassador To U.N. To Salva Kiir "Send Troops Back to Barracks" Remarks at a Security Council Briefing on South Sudan Ambassador Nikki Haley U.S.…
U.S. Still Backs South Sudan Deal Signed by Kiir and Machar
Exiled VP Riek Machar with President Salva Kiir The text of the following statement was issued jointly today by the Governments of the United States of America, the…