[Entertainment News\Reggae]
Vaughn Benjamin has made over 55 albums—likely much more if all of his collaborative efforts are counted. A look at his discography online will attest to this. It is worthy of noting that the Midnight Raver music website lists the 2000 “Jubilees of Zion” as the best album of the new millennium and the 2014 “Beauty for Ashes” as the third best album of the new millennium. Since the reformation of the group as Akae Beka, the Midnight Raver website referred to the group as “the most revered, influential and prolific reggae act in two decades.”
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Colin Benjamin
BLACK AMERICANS MUST FORCE THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY TO ADDRESS RACIAL POLICING IN THE 2020 ELECTIONS
[“Speaking Truth To Empower”]
Previously, I’ve called for primary challenges against Democrats—including Black ones—who are unresponsive to the needs of our people. We must escalate this strategy…If the Democratic Party wants our votes next November they must be must be forced to fight against racial policing.
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WAS JOSHUA BROWN’S MURDER DRUG-RELATED OR “STATE-SANCTIONED?”
[“Speaking Truth To Empower\Racial Policing”]
Botham Jean’s lawyer Lee Merritt: Joshua “Brown lived in constant fear that he could be the next victim of gun violence, either state-sanctioned or otherwise.”
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“KILL FIRST” COP GUYGER GIVEN LENIENT 10-YEAR SENTENCE FOR KILLING BOTHAM JEAN INSIDE HIS HOME
[“Speaking Truth To Empower”\Eyes On Policing]
Amber Guyger should be thankful the largely Black and minority jury had mercy for her—mercy also exhibited by the forgiveness she was shown by Botham Jean’s brother, Brandt Jean.
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“MOTHER’S TONGUE: PERSPECTIVES OF MOTHERS EXHIBIT” ON STATEN ISLAND EXPLORES RACIST POLICING AND MASS INCARCERATION
[Police Brutality\Visual Art]
Kyoko Heshiimu: “My hopes for this exhibit is to open a dialogue about the overall impact that these tragedies have on not only the victims but the families and communities as a whole. Mothers are after all the foundation of each family, and therefore in effect, they are the ones who hold our communities together.”
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BUSINESSMAN SOLOMON ALI: BLACKS FACE A “SLANTED FINANCIAL SYSTEM” IN AMERICA
[Black Star News Exclusive]
CEO Solomon Ali: “It’s such a slanted market because our awareness and knowledge is not where everyone else is. You have 5 million companies in the United States of America, approximately, you have less than a hundred thousand Black-owned businesses throughout the United States.”
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IS JAY-Z NFL “PARTNERSHIP” ANYTHING MORE THAN A DEAL WITH THE DEVIL?
[NFL]
NFL deal with Jay-Z is coming under serious scrutiny.
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MASS MURDERS IN AMERICA: “CHICKENS COMING HOME TO ROOST?”
[“Speaking Truth To Empower]
Colin Benjamin: “Unfortunately, many who are now decrying the crisis in domestic gun violence have been either woefully unaware—or don’t care when American killing machines are hurting people elsewhere.”
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POLICE REFORM GROUP CPR IS FIGHTING TO CHANGE RACIAL POLICING IN NEW YORK
[Racial Policing News]
CPR’s Anthonine Pierre: “De Blasio has a lot of things to say about racial justice, when it comes to policing. The question to your readers is: what have they seen happen in the last five years as we have been waiting for justice on this particular [Eric Garner]case?”
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ERIC GARNER’S FAMILY GOT ZERO JUSTICE BECAUSE NEW YORK OFFICIALS PROTECTED HIS KILLER PANTALEO
[“Speaking Truth To Empower”]
DOJ’ decision not to indict Officer Pantaleo was recommended by New York prosecutors…
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