Black Midwives and Healers Attendees 2013 ~
It is fitting that the 9th…
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From The Ramparts
by Junious Ricardo Stanton
“Ferguson, Missouri helped bring attention to the extent of ‘offender-funded’ criminal justice services. The city was relying on fees, fines, and court costs for 20 percent of its budget, effectively turning it into an occupied…
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According to recent studies, African Americans are incarcerated at nearly six times the rate of white people in America. And yet, African Americans and Hispanics make up less than 25% of the American population. Let me reiterate, although African Americans and Hispanics comprise less than 25% of the…
Added by TheBlackList-Publisher on April 17, 2015 at 11:51am —
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By Orrin Hudson, former police officer-turned-community activist.
I've said it before, and I'll say it again: In a situation with the police, it’s not immediately about who is right or wrong, it’s about staying alive. If the police are making a wrongful…
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Added by SendMeYourNews on April 14, 2015 at 8:30am —
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This is a question we must confront, given the most recent executions of Black men at the hands of American police in different states and cities across America, we cannot ignore the possibility that an implied agenda may be in the works. Let us briefly consider some facts that led to the cessation of…
Added by Rudwaan on April 13, 2015 at 10:30pm —
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~ From The Ramparts ~
By Junious Ricardo Stanton ~
“As the media continue to consolidate and corporate ownership amasses greater power, money, and influence and control over the public and government officials, in effect creating a plutocracy, the public interest is increasingly marginalized and negatively…
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[By Stuart Slavin, MD, MEd ] Those in our lives whom we consider to be most objective, who in many ways are paid to be objective, have repeatedly been shown to be anything but objective. Rather, they make…
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Added by SendMeYourNews on April 12, 2015 at 4:32pm —
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African Man Can’t be called a Foreign National In the soil of Africa
We call up on Africa Union not to use member states polarizing words calling Africa Nationals a Foreign Nationals in his own continent Africa. Africa unification is only realized by reclaiming our right and by practicing the right policy implementation to the way forward to meet the agenda 2063. We all share the same consanguinity and history. We shouldn’t be victim of wrong connotation…
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Added by Seife Tadelle Kidane on April 12, 2015 at 12:33pm —
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In all probability Global population will exceed 10 billion by the year 2050. The impact of such an influx growth of the world's population on existing food supplies without first increasing the resources to avail more harvestable edible food crops the world will come face to face with a Global Famine that would trigger a catastrophe of…
Added by TheBlackList-Publisher on April 9, 2015 at 10:30am —
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West Papua must be given full membership at the Melanesian Spearhead Group, says the Pacific Freedom Forum.
"The people of West Papua have long been denied basic human rights by their own government," says PFF Chair Titi Gabi.
"They are therefore justified in seeking…
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Added by SendMeYourNews on April 8, 2015 at 10:23am —
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The first time I was arrested for subversion, I was forced to sit at a table in a police station; an Indonesian police officer sat across from me and placed a gun on the table near his burly hands. I remember the gun was large and dark silver. He told me they could kill me if they wanted and…
Added by SendMeYourNews on April 7, 2015 at 10:26am —
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Africans,
If we are to win Black Power in MertoEast in Saint Louis, Missouri, we must deal with the issue of crime there. I have decided to go for it. I need your feedback and input. I think this is the right approach is for no other reason that it is unavoidable. Every time I deal with Brooklyn or Washington Park, I am…
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Added by Abdurrahman T. L. Nelson on April 4, 2015 at 12:00pm —
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The Lindbergh Foundation launched Indiegogo Campaign: Air Shepherd Drones Stop Elephant & Rhino Poaching to fund an anti-poaching initiative that combines DRONES and DATA to successfully stop poaching of rhinos and elephants in southern Africa…
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