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This Earth Day stand with America's family farmers, tell Prez Obama to stop the Keystone XL Pipeline

Posted by TheBlackList-Publisher on April 21, 2013 at 9:00pm

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

News and updates from the Network of Black Farm Groups and Advocates

Posted by TheBlackList-Publisher on April 20, 2013 at 10:09pm

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

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EVENT ALERTS: Farmers Boulevard Empowerment Week; Caribbean Heritage Month; Black Music Month; NAACP March Against Stop & Frisk; & An Obama-A-Day Keeps the Stupids Away

Posted by Gloria Dulan-Wilson on June 13, 2012 at 10:00am

By Gloria Dulan-Wilson ~

Well we're nearly in the middle of June, and this month has just been moving on, NON-STOP. There is so much going on simultaneously, you practically have to be on rollerblades, or clone yourself to do it all.

Not only is June Caribbean Heritage Month, celebrating the accomplishments and contributions of our brothers and sisters throughout the Caribbean, but it's also Black Music Month, celebrating the vast treasure trove of music we have contributed and continue to

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Obama Administration takes from American Farmers and gives to Israel

Posted by jo wescott on October 23, 2009 at 9:22pm

Obama Administration Takes from American Farmers, Gives to IsraelPolicy change slips in under the radarAlison WeirOctober 23, 2009At a time of financial crisis in the United States in which thousands of Americans have lost their jobs and homes, an Israeli news service reports that President Obama has just signed a presidential memo eliminating a tariff on Israel that protected American dairy farmers and that raised money for the American economy.1In addition, according to the Israeli report, US

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This Earth Day stand with America's family farmers, tell Prez Obama to stop the Keystone XL Pipeline

News and updates from the Network of Black Farm Groups and Advocates

EVENT ALERTS: Farmers Boulevard Empowerment Week; Caribbean Heritage Month; Black Music Month; NAACP March Against Stop & Frisk; & An Obama-A-Day Keeps the Stupids Away

Obama Administration takes from American Farmers and gives to Israel

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