SPIKE LEE PREMIERES NEW FILM TO MESSAGE OF ENDING GUN VIOLENCE
Rev. Al Sharpton & Filmmaker Spike Lee rally for march at Tuesday night's screening of Chi-raq Director Spike Lee donned the color of orange at the New York…
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WORLD BANK UNVEILS AMBITIOUS CLIMATE BUSINESS PLAN FOR AFRICA
Nov. 30 (GIN) "Africans had the least responsibility for putting carbon in the air and yet they're feeling the brunt of climate change." That was the view expressed…
IN VISIT TO NAIROBI SLUMS, POPE DECRIES GREED OF THE ELITES
Nov. 30 (GIN) –The head of the Catholic Church, making a historic trip to three countries in Africa, stopped in Nairobi’s Kangemi “informal settlement”, one of the city’s…
WORLD AIDS DAY SEES SETBACK AS DEATHS SOAR AMONG TEENS
Nov. 30 (GIN) – In an alarming new report by the children’s rights agency Unicef, AIDS was called the number one killer of adolescents in Africa and the…
Policing: We Must Bring Down Blue Walls of Silence Starting In Chicago — Rep. Jeffries
Rep. Jeffries Last night on the House floor, U.S. Representative Hakeem Jeffries (NY-08), a member of the House Judiciary Committee and Whip of the Congressional Black Caucus, assailed…
Today: Rev. Al Sharpton And Spike Lee Lead Anti-Gun Violence March After Chi-Raq Premier
Filmmaker Spike Lee shown with Sharpton Spike Lee’s new film Chi-Raq calls attention to the gun violence crisis in Chicago and nationwide; premieres at the Ziegfeld Theatre tonight.…
Ted Cruz Revives Romney’s “Self Deportation” As His Immigration Policy
Ted Cruz In a recent interview with NBC’s Kasie Hunt, Ted Cruz was reluctant to specify what constitutes “amnesty” since he’s been trying to pin the A-word on…
Rosa Parks’s Singular Courage Helped Change America — Obama
Rosa Parks held no elected office. She was not born into wealth or power. Yet sixty years ago today, Rosa Parks changed America. Refusing to give up a…
Kabila’s Speech to the Nation: A path to President for Life in the Congo?
In less than one year (November 2016), the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is scheduled to hold presidential and legislative elections. However, a tremendous amount of uncertainty surrounds…
At Fifth African Diaspora Awards, Knowledge Transfer Were Buzzwords
Political strategist Thione Niang receiving the TRANSFAST Advocate of the Year Awards, co founder and president of Akon Lighting Africa Thione Niang, president and co-founder of The Akon…