Colombian president calls for an end to the War on Drugs
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In his speech to the UN General Assembly, the Colombian president highlighted the necessity of ending the war on drugs and...
Mississippi Man Charged With Federal Hate Crime For Cross Burning
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Photos: Harrison County Sheriff's Dept.Mississippi Department of CorrectionsThe Justice Department announced that Axel C. Cox, 23, has been charged with hate...
Fighting For Social Change Requires Respecting All Humanity
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Photos: YouTubeI learned a very important lesson in 1964 in a hot and crowded church one night at Enfield, in Northeastern...
Stephanie Mills And The Whispers Return To NJPAC In January
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Photos: NJPAC(NEWARK, NJ – September 26, 2022) New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) welcomes the return of Stephanie Mills with legendary...
Earl Hutchinson, Bill Fletcher and Dr. Ron Daniels on the state of the mid-term...
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September 26, 2022 — On this edition of Vantage Point, Earl Ofari Hutchinson and Bill Fletcher join the Professor Dr. Ron...
California Governor Rejects Mandatory Kindergarten Bill
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Photos: YouTubeSACRAMENTO -- Beyond what they learn academically in kindergarten, students learn everyday routines: how to take care of class materials...
Dark Money Campaign Reform Bill Blocked In U.S. Senate
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Photos: YouTubeLast week,senators voted on whether to advance the DISCLOSE Act, a campaign finance bill that would have required dark money...
Black Software Engineer Launches Successful Vegan Cheese Brand
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Black Star News has been producing stellar investigative journalism since 1997, including focusing on police brutality and other abuses targeting marginalized...
Exploding the Myth of African Responsibility for Slavery (Part 1)
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By David Comissiong —
Now that our Caribbean governments have launched a serious effort to secure the payment of Reparations for the...
Ime Udoka Scandal Has Exposed Shallowness of Sports Media
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Photos: YouTubeThe only thing we know for sure is that Celtics coach Ime Udoka has received a one-year suspension from the...
CPR Denounces NYPD’s Expansion of Policing, Surveillance In Subway
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Photos: YouTubeNEW YORK, NY – Last week the NYPD released a video touting its increased presence in the New York subway...
The Time Has Come To Repeal The Second Amendment
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Photos: YouTubeIt is long past time to repeal the Second Amendment.Why?To strengthen democracy. Without the Second Amendment, wrote Supreme Court Justice...
Morgan State University To Open First HBCU Medical School In 50 Years
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Photos: TwitterMorgan State University is one step closer to opening the first new medical school affiliated with a historically Black college...
Riders Alliance Launches Campaign For More Frequent Buses, Trains
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Photos: Riders AllianceBrooklyn, NY--The Riders Alliance, New York's grassroots organization of subway and bus riders, held a rally Sunday, urging New...
Rally, Vigil At White House Denounces America’s Racist Treatment of Haitian Migrants
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Photos: YouTubeWashington, DC – Immigrant advocates, faith groups, and Haitian leaders rallied outside the Customs and Border Protection (CBP) headquarters and...
CARICOM: Online Marketplace To Facilitate Intra-Regional Trade Launched
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CARICOM is launching a major regional platform to facilitate intra-regional trade in goods and agricultural products. This CARICOM Marketplace dubbed...
Poor People’s Campaign Launching Massive Effort To Mobilize 5 Million Voters
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Photos: Poor People's CampaignWASHINGTON—Seeking to build on success in 2020, the Poor People’s Campaign is undertaking a massive campaign across multiple...
Black Americans Must Make Necessary Shifts Regarding Sustainable Employment
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Photos: YouTubeIn July 2021, BlackEconomics.org released a Report Brief entitled “Black American Employment Representativeness.” We revisit that Report Brief here because...
CARICOM: Online Market Place To Facilitate Intra-Regional Trade Launched
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CARICOM is launching a major regional platform to facilitate intra-regional trade in goods and agricultural products. This CARICOM Marketplace dubbed...
Congressional Black Caucus Issues Statement On Public Safety Legislation
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Black Economic Alliance PAC Endorses Val Demings for U.S. Senate
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Photos: YouTubeWASHINGTON, D.C. – (September 23, 2022) Today, the Black Economic Alliance PAC (BEA PAC), a nonpartisan group of Black business...
Dr. Calvin Mackie Discusses Importance of Advancing STEM Education
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Photos: Stem NolaYouTubeOn the fall 2022 debut of the Let’s Talk STEM with Dr. Calvin Mackie podcast, Dr. Mackie discusses the...
Day 3 of General Assembly’s Annual Debate: Speakers Call For Vaccine Equity, Climate Justice,...
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Photos: YouTubeThe deepening of inequalities and lack of fair representation in multilateral financial and economic institutions is impeding the international community's...
60+ Black organizations send CBC letter opposing “Fund the police” bills.
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65 Black-led Organizations Urge the Congressional Black Caucus to Oppose H.R. 6375 and H.R. 6448
To: Congressional Black CaucusDate: September 21, 2022RE:...
