• The Future of Democracy & Development in Africa and the Caribbean

Dr. Ralph Gonsalves, current Prime Minister of St. Vincent and the Grenadines and Hon. Pedro Pires, former President of the Republic of Cape Verde will deliver keynote addresses to an international symposium on The Future of Democracy & Development in Africa and the Caribbean at the Metropolitan AME Church, one of Washington DC’s most historic African-American institutions. 

Members of the US Congressional Black Caucus, ambassa

Why I Am Campaigning for My Son - Dafinone

Renowned accountant and elder statesman, Chief David Dafinone on October 2, 2013, began the campaigns of the Democratic Peoples Party (DPP) for the Delta Central bye election and gave reasons why the people should vote for Chief Ede Dafinone.

The second republic senator who is leading the campaign of his son, the DPP candidate across the senatorial district said his decision to campaign for his second son was born out of sincere conviction.

“In my fami

WHAT CAN YOU SAY ABOUT A SYSTEM LIKE THIS? #1 & 2

May 15, 2013—A judge in New York throws out the charges against a cop who gunned down 18-year-old Ramarley Graham in his own home while his grandmother and six-year-old brother look on in horror. The judge found that prosecutors had erred in their instructions to the grand jury that issued the indictment against this killer cop.

June 18, 2013—A mistrial is declared in the case of the Detroit cop who killed seven-year-old Aiyana Stanley-Jones. Despi

I would like to request all Barbadian and Caribbean people to make it
a point of duty to deliver a simple verbal message to any citizen of
the United States of America (USA) that they come into contact with.
And the message is as follows:-

“You are simply a human being ---- no different from and no greater
than the other 8 billion human beings who inhabit this planet.
Furthermore, the nation of which you are a citizen is no different in
legal or moral status from any of the other 200 odd nations that m

Today, on the one year anniversary of their initial complaint with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the National Fair Housing Alliance and four of its member organizations, the Denver Metro Fair Housing Center, Metro Fair Housing Services Inc. (Atlanta), Miami Valley Fair Housing Center (Dayton), and Housing Opportunities Project for Excellence, Inc. (Miami), announced that they have amended their federal housing complaint, alleging that Bank of America continues to ma

Within the Republican Party, there is what I call this mystery of the Black conservative.  Let me explain.

Over the years, I have had this conversation with people from the likes of Rush Limbaugh, Ollie North, Mike Huckabee and Haley Barbour, etc. They would argue that there was this growing trend of “conservatism” within the Black community.  I told them all categorically that this was bull.

Blacks have always been conservative or, more accurately, traditionalists.  This DNA was embedded in us f

Everest Base Camp Trek is the world famous trekking set among breathtaking high mountain is situated on the khumbu glacier. Getting to know the topography and collecting the valuable experience and at once is everyone dream. This lodge-based trek follows in the footsteps of the great climbing parties. The trail passes through Sherpa country past cultivated fields and small villages, we follow the Dudh Kosi before the hard work begins as we climb up to Namche Bazaar. Above the tree line the scene

President Bashir Has an Unquestionable Legal Right to a Visa to Attend the U.N. General Assembly

The Embassy of the Republic of the Sudan in Washington, DC hereby states the following regarding president Omar al-Bashir's participation in the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) meetings:

H.E. Omar al-Bashir, the president of the Republic of the Sudan, intends to visit the UN headquarters, and participate in the meetings of the 68^th session of the UN General Assembly.  Accordingly, Sudan has re

•  NEW MOBILE APP GUARANTEES FLUENCY IN ANY LANGUAGE; NOW AVAILABLE ON INDIEGOGO
• -- The innovative app was developed by 29-year old African-American tech CEO and Co-Founder Leonardo Hudson.

Seln (Celine) which stands for "Simple Enough to Learn Now," is a mobile app, designed to make the user fluent in any language. Seln is leveraging innovative technology and combining it with entertaining audio and video lessons, games and other features to create an engaging learning environment perfect for f

Originally Aired Friday 13, 2013 on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon Tonight Show

Ever since last night I've been listening to "Too Much" over, over, and over again... And it seems to get better every time. I've tuned in to it through my speakers and with my headphones and of course when you go Hi-Def you're gonna hear every thang! You'll receive that layer that is signature in many Drake's songs. Either way it goes, nothing can surpass a moment in the spotlight with his pianist/singer guest Sampha.

O22: National Day of Protest to Stop Police Brutality, Repression and Criminalization of a Generation

Interview with Carl Dix

September 16, 2013 | Revolution Newspaper | revcom.us

Carl Dix is a founding member of the Revolutionary Communist Party and one of the initiators of the October 22nd Coalition to Stop Police Brutality, Repression and the Criminalization of a Generation. He was recently interviewed by Revolution/revcom.us correspondent Sunsara Taylor on a range of questions relating to the