Background On What the Annual UN General Assembly Is All About
U.N. headquarters. Photo: Javier Carbajal Commons Wikimedia World leaders meet at the United Nations headquarters in New York City for about 10 days every year starting on the…
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AFRICAN UNION COMMISSION CONVENES 11TH AFRICAN PRIVATE SECTOR FORUM IN MADAGASCAR THIS NOVEMBER
"The African Union Commission through the Department of Economic Affairs, is convening the 11th African Private Sector Forum set to be hosted in Antananarivo, Madagascar, on the 6-8…
Why We Need Common-Sense Gun Safety Reform — Obama
President Obama Five years ago this week, a sitting member of Congress and 18 others were shot at, at a supermarket in Tucson, Arizona. It wasn’t the first…
President Obama: A Mighty Duck
So I was having a conversation the other day with a relative who was visiting this area for the holidays. To say that this relative cannot stand President…
U.S. Veterans Have Earned Our Gratitude And Support — Obama
Hi, everybody. This week, America came together to salute our veterans – to express our appreciation to all who served so that we might live free. But our…
With $15 Minimum Wage We Won’t Be Subsidizing McDonald’s Anymore — Gov. Cuomo
Cuomo Let’s hear it for George Gresham and 1199 – our brother in progressive politics in New York. To Mary Kay Henry, SEIU, that has organized all across…
Breaking The “Pipeline of Incarceration” — Barack Obama
President Obama THE WHITE HOUSE REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM Rutgers University Center for Law and Justice Building, Newark, New Jersey Well, good afternoon, everybody.…
I Support U.S.-Iran Deal Because Diplomacy Must Supercede War
Rep. Charles RangelFourteen years ago a terrible thing happened to our country, to our city, when terrorists attacked us on September 11. Then there were no Republicans, there…
Obama: Congress Must Pass New Voting Rights Act
First of all, I love John Lewis. And I don’t know where he gets the energy, where he gets the drive, what stores of passion he’s still able…