NY City Council Honors Misty Copeland
Misty Copeland On, Thursday, July 23rd, Council Member Inez Barron, Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito and other Council Members will honor Misty Copeland with a proclamation. Council Member Barron states,…
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Lessons For Next POTUS: Executive Powers, Weak Congress And Media Spin
Jeb Bush and Hillary Clinton --should either get elected, former Congressman Hamilton warns against media manipulation Before the ins- and- outs of the 2016 presidential contest become a…
Uganda Nepotism: Top Police Brass Mostly From Gen. Museveni’s Part of Country
The enforcer, Gen. Kayihura and his boss Gen. Museveni -- all in the family The dictatorship of Gen. Yoweri Museveni in Uganda is believed to be not only…
The New Victory Theatre’s 2015-16 Season
Devoted to kids and families since 1995, The New Victory Theater embarks on its 20th Anniversary season as New York’s premier destination for inventive, inspiring and international performing…
How to Keep Our Black Boys Alive: Channeling the Rage
Marian Wright Edelman The recent spotlight on systematic racial profiling and police brutality against Black boys and men has exposed a painful truth long known in the Black…
Heathcliff Huxtable is dead
“Power tends to corrupt – and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” ~Sir John Dalberg-Acton It’s true that we should all be presumed innocent until proven guilty. However, once that…
Facebook Opens Its First Office in Africa
Facebook opens its first office in Africa At the end of June 2015, Facebook opened its first office in Africa in Johannesburg, South Africa. The office will be…
Long Days of Summer: The British Open, Wimbledon & More
All Hail the Queen...of tennis, that is. Serena Williams' journey along the grass courts of Wimbledon were not drama free. A few matches were more tightly contested than…
Uber Challenges Mayor De Blasio To Public Debate On Capping Proposal
Dear Mr. Mayor, When your proposal to cap Uber was introduced, your administration said it was about congestion. The op-ed you wrote in the New York Daily News…
US STILL DEMANDING THAT BURUNDI’S NKURUNZIZA STAND DOWN
UN human rights investigators, in a press release from the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, have asked the UN Security Council to take urgent…