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LIVE STREAMING: Homegoing of Poet Amiri Baraka at the Newark Symphony Hall, New Jersey

• January 18, 2014 • Comments Off

Posted in African American History, African History, American History, American Politics, Black People, Books, Class, Cultural History, Diabetes, Drama, Love, Music, Public Access, Race, Religion, Spirituality, Television, The Rest of the World
Tags: African Americans, Amina Baraka, Amiri Baraka, Blacks, Cultural Nationalism, Drama, Essays, LeRoi Jones, Marxism, New Jersey, Newark, Newark New Jersey, Playwright, Poetry, Politics, Racism, United States

Some Sunday Love: “Stand!” Sly and the Family Stone, 1969

• September 9, 2012 • Comments Off

Posted in American History, Class, Cultural History, Democrats, Love, Music, Obama Administration, People of Color, Sexuality, Sly and The Family Stone, Spirituality, Stevie Wonder, Television, The Economy, Women
Tags: "Fulfillingness First Finale", "I Want to Take You Higher", American Politics, Cynthia Robinson, Everyday People, Gospel, Gospel Extension, Gospel Music, Jerry Martini, Love, Politics, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Simple Song, Sly, Sly & The Family Stone, Sly Stone, Standing Up, Struggle, The 2012 Presidential Campaign, The Democratic National Convention 2012, The Democratic Party, The Sixties, United States

That Cartoon From Facebook

• January 3, 2012 • Comments Off

Posted in African American History, American Foreign Policy, American History, American Politics, Black People, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Labor History, Labor Relations, National Issues, The Economy, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, Unions/Union Busting
Tags: African Americans, Arts, Cartoon, Cartoons, Facebook, GOP, Online Communities, Political Cartoons, Politics, Posters, Racism, Republicans, Social Media, Social Networking, The Other 98%, Twitter, United States

Flip The Bird at Barack Obama, and You May Get Fired. Even in Russia…

• December 2, 2011 • Comments Off

Posted in African American History, Africans, American Foreign Policy, Black People, Class, European History, Journalism and Ethics, Obama Administration, Race, Russia, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: African Russians, Anti-Americanism, Barack Obama, Black Russians, Blacks, Dr. Jason Johnson, Faux Noise, Fox News, Insult, Obama Haters, Oligarchy, Politics, President Barack Obama, President Obama, Racism, REN-TV, Russians of Color, Social Media, Tatyana Limanova, The Kremlin, Twitter, Vladimir Putin, You Tube

Mildred Patricia Baena Revealed As The Mother of Schwarzenegger’s Child; But Rumors Abound That There Is Yet Another Child

• May 18, 2011 • 2 Comments

Posted in Celebrities/Royals, Chicanos/Latinos, Class, Cultural History, Film, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, People of Color, Sexuality, The Kennedys, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Baena, Brea Olinda High School, Brentwood CA, California, Children, Common Sense, Daily Mail, Daily News (New York), Drama, Drudge Report, Employer, Gawker, Guatemala, Guatemalan, Housekeeper, L.A. Times, L.A. Weekly, LA Weekly, Latina, Latinos, Los Angeles Times, Love, Maidservant, Maria Shriver, Master, Mel Gibson, Mildred Patricia Baena, National Enquirer, Patty Baena, Politics, Radar, RadarOnline.com, Servant, Tanner Tousignant, TMZ.com, United States, Wendy Leigh

Another View About How The Media Lies–Yes, YOU Too Faux Noise, NPR, MSNBC, CNN…

• May 3, 2011 • Comments Off

Posted in American Foreign Policy, American Politics, Class, Crime, Democrats, Democrats in Name Only, Education, International Terrorism, Journalism and Ethics, National Issues, Public Intellectualism, Public Television, Race, Religion, Television, The Economy, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, War Crimes, Wisconsin, Women
Tags: "Manufacturing Consent", Beauty Contest, CNN, Conservatism, Corporate Media, Edward Herman, Junk Food, League of Women Voters, Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media, Noam Chomsky, NPR, Politics, Showcase, The Mainstream Media, United States, Viewpoints

Have You Voted Yet? If Not, Vote Democratic Party Today No Matter What

• November 1, 2010 • Comments Off

Posted in African American History, American History, American Politics, Bailouts, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Democrats, Democrats in Name Only, Domestic Violence, Hate Crimes, Health, Homelessness, Joblessness, Journalism and Ethics, National Issues, Obama Administration, People of Color, Police Misconduct/Killings, Race, Subprime Loans-Foreclosures, Teabagging Party, Television, The Clintons, The Economy, The Iraq War II, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Tea Party Movement, Wisconsin
Tags: African American, Birth Certificate, Birthers, Black Middle Class, Black Youth, Blacks, Christian Right Wing, City Clerk, Clintonistas, Dane County Sheriff David Mahoney, David Mahoney, Democratic, Democratic Leadership Council, Democratic Party, Democrats in Name Only, Domestic Violence, Eleanor Roosevelt, Eugene Walker, Ex-Convict, Ex-Girlfriend, Faux Noise, Food Stamps, Fox News, Franklin Roosevelt, Gallup Polls, GOP, Grassroots Democrats, Health Care, Hippie Punching, Illinois, K Street, Kendrick Meek, Lower Class Blacks, Madison Farmers' Market, Milwaukee County, Milwaukee WI, Mother, Parties, Pat Buchanan, Pat Moynihan, Police Murder, Police Shooting, Politics, President Barack Obama, President Obama, Privatizing Social Security, Republican, Richard Nixon, Roger Ailes, Rupert Murdoch, Senator Russ Feingold, Tea Party, Teabagging, The Democratic Party, The Green Party, The Koch Brothers, The Tea Party, United States, Voter Suppression, Wisconsin

The Ancestors Claim South African Writer Lewis Nkosi, 73, Author of “Mating Birds”

• September 10, 2010 • Comments Off

Posted in Africans, Arts, Books, Class, Comedy, Drama, Fiction Writing, Film, Love, Nonfiction/Essays, People of Color, Public Intellectualism, Race, Sexuality, South Africa, Stroke, The Rest of the World, Women
Tags: "Drum", "Mandela's Ego", "Mating Birds", "Rainbow Nation Speech", "Rainbow Nation", "Underground People", Albert Camus, Apartheid, Astrid Starck, Commonality, Drama, Durban, Essayist, Existentialism, Funeral, Glenn Masokoane, Identity, IsiZulu, Johannesburg, Joy Nkosi, Lewis Nkosi, Louise Nkosi, Nadine Gordimer, Nelson Mandela, Nieman Fellowship, Nostalgia, Playwright, Politics, Race, Racism, Random House Struik, Relationships, Resistance, Self Image, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Sex, Sexuality, Sibiya, South Africa, Stroke, The Eighties, The Treason Trial, Vusi Mchunu, Zulu

First Black Elected to Public Office in Russia

• July 25, 2010 • 2 Comments

Posted in Africans, Black People, Class, European History, Love, Race, Russia, The Rest of the World
Tags: African, African Immigrants, Benin, Common Sense, Corruption, Criminal Elements, Jean Gregoire Sagbo, Moscow, Nationalists, Novozavidovo, Politician, Politics, Racism, Right Wing, Russia, Russian Mafia, Sagbo, Soviet Russia, The Grio

Sean Bell’s Killers Are Not Going to Face Trial

• February 17, 2010 • Comments Off

Posted in Black People, Chicanos/Latinos, Crime, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Murder/Manslaughter, People of Color, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: Attorney General Eric Holder, Constables on Patrol, Death by Cops, Exoneration, F.B.I., Flight Risk, Johannes Mehserle, Justice Department, L.A. County, L.A. County Sheriff's Department, Michael Oliver, Mitrice Richardson, Nicole Paultre-Bell, Obama Administration, Oscar Grant, Oscar Grant III, Police Commissioner Kelly, Politics, Queens N.Y., Sean Bell, Steve Gilliard, The News Blog, Undercover Cops, William Shatner

“Cold Cash” Jefferson Gets 13-Year Jail Term

• November 15, 2009 • Comments Off

Posted in Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Barack and Michelle Obama, Black People, Class, Crime, History, Hurricanes, New Orleans, People of Color, Political Malfeasance
Tags: "Cold Cash" Jefferson, "Dollar Bill" Jefferson, Adam Clayton Powell, Africa, Barack Obama, Bribery, Cameroon, Constituents, Corruption, Democrats, Ego, Ghana, Graft, Greed, Harlem, Illinois, Jr., Nigeria, Philip and John Burton, Politics, Reconstruction, Rep. Carolyn Kilpatrick, Rep. Charlie Rangel, Rep. Jane Harman, Rep. John Murtha, Rep. Maxine Waters, Rep. Nancy Pelosi, Rep. William Jefferson, Republicans, Rod Blagojevich, Speaker of the House, Willie Brown

King Siblings Avoid Jury Trial; Agree to Independent, Court-Appointed Custodians for Estates of Father and Mother

• October 14, 2009 • Comments Off

Posted in Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, History, Love, Race, Religion, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: Acting, Actor, Alveda King, Animal Rights Activist, Auto Accident, Bernice King, Birthplace, Black Christian Right Wing, Black Health, Blacks, Cash Rules Everything Around Me, Conservatism, Coretta Scott King, Corruption, CREAM, Denials, Dexter King, Dirty Laundry, Documentary Filmmaker, Ebenezer Baptist Church, Estate, Family Quarrel, Gay Rights, Gravesites, Health, King Inc., Letters, Malibu CA, Martin Luther King III, Martin Luther King Jr., Money, Nonviolent Creed, Peace, Politics, Progressive, Progressive Activism, Saint of the Sixties, The Grio, The King Estate, The Nobel Peace Prize, Vegan, Wheelchair, Yolanda King

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The New York Times

Highland Park Shooting Reveals Limits of Illinois’s Gun Restrictions July 7, 2022
Legislators and gun control advocates are asking how the 21-year-old suspect was able to buy several weapons despite alarming police encounters and relatively strict state laws.
Witnesses in Young Thug Case Have Been Threatened, Prosecutors Say July 6, 2022
Following a May indictment accusing the rapper and 27 others of gang-related crimes, defense lawyers must now withhold witnesses’ contact information from their clients.
‘Ghost Flights’? The Facts Behind Transporting Migrant Children June 24, 2022
Government flights carrying undocumented children from the border to federally licensed shelters around the country are being criticized by conservative politicians in an election year.
How to Prepare for California’s Wildfire Season July 6, 2022
Tips for readying your home and packing your emergency bag.
Yellowstone Flooding Is a Sign of What’s to Come for National Parks June 30, 2022
Record rainfall and mudslides forced closures just as tourism season ramped up. Virtually none of America’s national parks are untouched by extreme weather and climate change.
A Decade After DACA, a New Generation of Undocumented Students Rises June 16, 2022
A vast majority of undocumented teenagers are graduating high school this year without protection from deportation and the ability to legally work.
Photos of Flooding Damage in Yellowstone June 16, 2022
Flooding and mudslides from recent storms have collapsed bridges and washed away roads in the national park.
Southern Baptists, Battling Divisions, Elect Bart Barber as President June 15, 2022
The nation’s largest Protestant denomination, a bellwether for conservative Christianity, chose a rural Texas pastor and approved actions to address its sex abuse crisis.

The Guardian, UK

Teenager saves baby from shipwreck during Mediterranean crossing July 6, 2022
‘I went to help people,’ says Togolese boy, who was among 71 survivors rescued nine days after boat sank, killing at least 30The actions of a teenager from Togo have been lauded after video footage was published of him supporting a baby he saved from a shipwreck in the Mediterranean Sea last week in which at least 30 people died.The 17-year-old, whose identi […]
Suspected Islamist attack frees hundreds of prisoners in Nigeria July 6, 2022
Inmates on the run after gunmen armed with explosives attack prison near capital, AbujaHundreds of prisoners, including scores of terrorists, were on the run in Nigeria after suspected Islamist militants attacked a prison near the capital, Abuja.Gunmen armed with explosives blasted into Kuje medium-security prison, on the outskirts of Abuja, at about 10pm on […]
Famine: what is it, where will it strike and how should the world respond? July 6, 2022
A toxic combination of climate emergency, conflict and Covid is pushing some of the poorest countries into an acute hunger crisisGlobal hunger toll soars by 150m as Covid and war make their markThe world is in the grip of an unprecedented hunger crisis. A toxic combination of climate crisis, conflict and Covid had already placed some of the poorest countries […]
Sierra Leone backs bill to legalise abortion and end colonial-era law July 6, 2022
Country hails ‘monumental step’ towards expanding reproductive rights at a time when the US has overturned themMinisters in Sierra Leone have taken a major step towards decriminalising abortion and overturning the country’s colonial-era law, in a move hailed by campaigners and women’s rights activists.President Julius Maada Bio said his cabinet had unanimous […]
Lean times for Ghana’s yam traders as cost of living crisis bites July 6, 2022
People are buying less, costs are up, and profits are dwindling for traders at Kaneshi market in Accra On a quiet stretch amid the sprawling buzz of Kaneshie market in Accra, a group of traders sheltering under canopies from the blazing sun sell yams stacked along the roadside.Rita Oboh, 32, has worked the spot, or one nearby, since she was six, following in […]
Zimbabwe to introduce gold coins as local currency tumbles July 5, 2022
Soaring inflation piling pressure on country already struggling with shortages and stirring memories of Mugabe chaosZimbabwe will start issuing gold coins as legal tender in late July, its central bank has said, as the country battles to control runaway inflation that has considerably weakened the local currency.The inflation rate more than doubled last mont […]
Venezuela Indigenous leader’s killing terrifies defenders of Amazon lands July 7, 2022
Virgilio Trujillo Arana, who led community defense from criminal groups and illegal mining, was gunned down in broad daylightVirgilio Trujillo Arana knew that he was risking his life by defending the Amazon lands on which his Indigenous Uwottuja community had lived for centuries.“Whatever happens, happens,” he said, in a video recorded before his death. “[Bu […]
Woman set on fire in Toronto bus attack dies from her injuries July 6, 2022
Woman in her 20s was assaulted by another passenger in a suspected hate crime last monthA Toronto woman who was set on fire last month on a public bus in a suspected hate crime has died of her injuries, police say.On 17 June, a woman in her 20s who was travelling to her job as a caregiver, was sitting on an idling bus in the city’s west end when she was assa […]

The BBC

Boris Johnson: World reacts as UK PM endgame unfolds July 7, 2022
President Putin's spokesman says "he doesn't like us and we don't like him either".
Ukraine war: 21,000 alleged war crimes being investigated, prosecutor says July 7, 2022
Top prosecutor gives the new figure to the BBC, but admits many trials will be held in absentia.
Genoa bridge: Hopes for new Italy as disaster trial opens July 7, 2022
Families of the 43 people killed look for justice four years after a Genoa highway bridge collapsed.
Kazuki Takahashi: Yu-Gi-Oh! manga comic creator found dead in sea at 60 July 7, 2022
Kazuki Takahashi's comic series was turned into TV shows, films and a hugely successful card game.
Nicaragua expels Mother Teresa's nuns in latest crackdown July 7, 2022
The Missionaries of Charity nuns left after their organisation was stripped of its legal status.
Brittney Griner: Basketball star's wife calls on US to secure her release July 7, 2022
The US basketball star detained on drugs charges will not get justice in Russia, her wife says.
Egypt arrests organisers of joke 'Helwan Real Batman Battle' event July 7, 2022
Four people who set up a Facebook event to find "the real Batman" are charged with "planning a riot".
Lithuania donates crowdfunded drone to Ukraine July 7, 2022
The drone was originally crowdfunded, but the manufacturer decided to donate it without cost.