2016 Budget Resolution Paves Way For Millions, Including Children, To Lose Healthcare Coverage
It was a generation ago that Harry Truman said, and I quote him: 'Millions of our citizens do not now have a full measure of opportunity to achieve…
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Authoritarian African leaders with a thin veneer of democratic legitimacy
Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza is seeking a third five-year term in office, despite violent street protest, and a failed coup détat. Burundi's Parliament elected Nkurunziza in 2005, and…
KIRIKOU AND THE SORCERESS AND OTHER SCREENINGS: African Diaspora International Film Festival
Today's screenings: Kirikou and the Sorceress, Ava and Gabriel & Daratt/Dry Season GREAT ADIFF FILMS - PART 1 263-Macy Teachers College, Columbia University 525 W. 120th St New…
In Defense of the “Divine 9” Fraternities & Sororities
The Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. – founded in 1906 on the campus of Cornell University in Ithaca, NY. ΑΦA’s colors: black and old gold. ΑΦA’s motto: “First…
DOMINIQUE SHARPTON TO MEDIA: “I AM NOT ‘SHADY!'”
Dominique Sharpton, courtesy of Facebook The daughter of Reverend Al Sharpton finally spoke out against a backlash of media attacks regarding her lawsuit against the city and the…
The Archives: Obote’s 1990 Expose Of Gen. Museveni’s Genocidal Appetite
Gen. Museveni -- genocidal appetite of many years The following is from the conclusion to "Notes On The Concealment of Genocide in Uganda," Milton Obote's well-referenced long essay…
Will Buhari’s presidency offer change or a charade?
Nigeria’s President-elect Muhammad Buhari is being inaugurated today as the country’s third democratically elected president since its return to constitutional democracy in 1999. Since his election in March,…
U.S. Senator Schumer Wants FIFA Chief, Blatter, To Release 2014 Report Documenting Corruption
Newly re-elected FIFA President Sepp Blatter U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer today urged FIFA President Sepp Blatter to make the first action of his new Presidential term the…
Cuba Taken Off U.S. List Of State Sponsors Of Terrorism
President Obama greets President Raul Castro The U.S. and Cuba are moving closer to establishing full diplomatic relations with the removal Friday of Havana from the list of…
African-American Music Appreciation Month 2015
Blues legend B.B. King, who died May 13, at age 89 BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION For centuries, African-American musicians have shaped…