W.K. Kellogg Foundation Conference Urges Americans to Heal Racial Wounds and Work Together toward an Equitable Future      

Will take "sustained, hard work" says keynote Michelle Alexander

Asheville, N.C. - The W.K. Kellogg Foundation (WKKF) opened its four-day 2013 America Healing conference with a rousing appearance by civil rights lawyer and advocate Michelle Alexander, who decried the mass incarceration of people of color as intolerable.

Alexander, an associate professor of law at The O

Will America follow Spain: Expel All Muslims?

Paul Robeson as Othello, the Moor (Muslim) in Shakespeare's Classic

Near the beginning of the eighth century, a Muslim army, made up largely of Moors and some Arabs, invaded and conquered nearly the entire peninsula. During the next 750 years independent Muslim states were established and the entire area of Muslim control became known as Al-Andalus. Meanwhile the Christian kingdoms in the north of the peninsula began the long and slow Christian recover

Finally the time has arrived! I’m proud to announce the OFFICIAL launch of RPRAI’s newly designed homepage http://www.rprai.com/. I’m inviting you and your friends to this special viewing and hope you will return again for the latest updates! I’m optimistic you will take as much from it that the effort and determination was put into making it possible. Artists wanting to showcase their work in the gallery contact SerenadasPen@gmail.com #RPRAI #Share #Post #RT #Tumble #Stumble #Bookmark
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WANT TO WORK FOR PRESIDENT OBAMA?

AFRICAN AMERICAN INTERNS WANTED FOR 2013 WHITE HOUSE INTERNSHIP PROGRAM

Washington, DC (BlackNews.com) -- The 2013 White House Initiatives Year-round Internship Program provides current undergraduate and graduate students with an opportunity to learn about African American-focused education policy, communications, and outreach at the U.S. Department of Education in Washington, D.C.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to: Collecting and compiling re

URGENT: Farmers tell President Obama: Stop Keystone to save the Planet!

This Earth Day the stakes couldn’t be higher, Obama has a choice: climate redemption or permanent climate chaos.

Tomorrow is Earth Day, the day that millions of Americans pause to celebrate the wonders and natural beauty of our planet and the movement that has grown in the past 40 plus years to protect it.

Ironically, April 22, 2013, is also the final day of a final public comment period on the controversial Keystone

As the Pigford I Settlement comes to a close: The Network of Black Farm Groups and Advocates state it was a productive beginning to redress decades of discrimination

The Pigford consent decree on April 14, 1999 marked the first step to offer compensation for thousands of black farmers who faced decades of discrimination from the US Department of Agriculture. That first step is now coming to a close. In fact, recently, a motion was filed to "wind down" the Pigford I consent decree. Fourteen year

National Bar Association and Constituency for Africa Caucus on Capital Hill to Strengthen Engagement in Africa

The National Bar Association (NBA) and the Constituency for Africa (CFA) convened a “brainstorming” session in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capital Hill yesterday, to discuss ideas and strategies for scaling-up and strengthening Diaspora engagement in Africa.  The focus of the brainstorm was on economic development, democratic reform, good governance and the rule of law in Afric

I am proud to share the news that the Northwest Bronx Community & Clergy Coalition has finally signed a Community Benefits Agreement for the Kingsbridge Armory!  We believe it is the best in the nation and will set new precedent for community-driven development!  In addition to the benefits listed in the press release below and attached, we have ensured:
- wall-to-wall green jobs;
- at least 51% Bronx procurement, which will serve as a long-term economic engine for our local contractor and supply

 Time to Get Smart on Crime
By Benjamin Todd Jealous

 The United States has five percent of the world's people but twenty-five percent of the world's prisoners. For the sake of our families and future we must do better.

Our nation leads the world in the incarceration of our own citizens, both on a per capita basis and in terms of total prison population. The problem stems from the decades-old "tough on crime" policies from the Nixon/Reagan era. We are stuck in a failed "tough on crime" mind

By Dr. Gail C. Christopher
America's Wire Writers Group

 ~Just 100 miles from where Trayvon Martin was killed, the slaying of an unarmed black teenager that unleashed intense racial anger and antagonism, there is a new example of the racism and racial insensitivities that continue to punctuate our society.

With Martin's death still a bitter memory, a Port Canaveral Police Department firearms instructor did the unthinkable - Sgt. Ron King offered paper targets resembling Martin to fellow offi

On May 11, 2013, history will be written in the Ugandan town of Jinja, when the first African Ice Swimming Championship is arranged. Jinja residents received inspiration for this from the city of Skellefteå in Northern Sweden, where over the past two years the Swedish and Scandinavian Winter Swim champi-onships in have been arranged and hosted. "In order to succeed in implementing this spectacu-lar event, we will fill a swimming pool with about 50 tons of ice," says Jinja's Mayor, Mo-hamm

New sampling program targets Hispanic and African American Events.

Over the past several weeks, longstanding tensions on the Korean peninsula have intensified. U.S. diplomats, news media, and political leaders have portrayed the small, impoverished nation of North Korea (formally the Democratic People's Republic of Korea) as a belligerent bully, a threat to its neighbors, and a nuclear-armed threat to world peace.

 

Unemployment Numbers
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By Benjamin Todd Jealous

Coming the day after the 45^th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the new unemployment numbers show that unemployment is still high - and remains much higher for African Americans.

One thing hasn't changed in the last half century: if you're a person of color, you're more likely to be unemployed. Even though the black unemployment rate fell by .05% this month, it still sits at nearly 13.3%, nearly double the overall ra