MONSANTO & Co: The Scramble For Africa’s Seed Industry
The private seed industry has made dramatic gains in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) in recent years, gains that are likely to have profound negative impacts upon millions of small-scale…
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Polls Show Sanders Would Perform Better Than Clinton Against GOP Candidates
Bernie Sanders--without either Iowa or New Hampshire doors closed? Those Bernie supporters who saw media reports yesterday of the latest national Presidential poll by Quinnipiac couldn’t feel too…
ACTRESS/SINGER NICHELLE NICHOLS TO APPEAR AT QUEENS COMIC CON EXPO
Star Trek legend, Nichelle Nichols, who played Uhura in the original TV series will appear at the NY Winter Con this weekend. Before being cast in Star Trek,…
Tipping Point: Top 400 Americans Wealthier than 190 million people
When should we be alarmed about so much wealth in so few hands? The Great Recession and its anemic recovery only deepened the economic inequality that’s drawn so…
Bill Bratton Is Callous On Homeless Plight
Bill Bratton In a Wall Street Journal article by Josh Dawsey Bratton Cites City Mistake on Homeless on November 20, New York Police Department (NYPD) Commissioner Bill Bratton…
The Apollo Celebrates African and French Soul: Manu Dibango
Manu Dibango Apollo Theater and Jazz à Vienne’s Artistic and Cultural Exchange Continues with Je Suis Soul: A Salute to French and African Jazz and Soul A Weekend…
Alvin Ailey Kicks Off Season With Fund-raising Gala
Honorary Chair Brandy Norwood. Photo by Christopher Duggan Last night, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater’s holiday season at New York City Center kicked off with an Opening Night…
Gun Buy-Back And Warrants Adjudication Hosted Saturday By District Attorney Ken Thompson
Ken Thompson King's County District Attorney Ken Thompson's office is hosting a gun-buy-back and warrants-adjudication day on Saturday December 5. People can get rid of outstanding arrest warrants…
Chicago: Firing of McCarthy Won’t Cut It — What Did Mayor Emanuel Know And When?
Mayor Emanuel -- will throwing McCarthy under bus be enough? Mayor Rahm Emanuel did the right thing by firing Police Superintendent Garry F. McCarthy in Chicago in connection…
On Parental Involvement, STEM Education And U.S. National Security
Author sees danger unless there's significant increase in U.S. STEM education Since last year, Black and Latino children attained majority status in our nation's public school system. Notably,…