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Carmelo Anthony's Melo7 Tech Partners Joins Forces with INTEL & others to Launch FAST A/W15 during NY Fashion Week

Curated and hosted by Carmelo Anthony, NBA All-Star and Co-Founder of Melo7 Tech Partners, FAST will feature an energetic panel discussion and interactive product showcase about the intersection of Fashion x Sports x Technology.

qp38n5x9wfdugt4tzti1.jpg?width=250 This Saturday, February 14, 2015, during the height of NBA All-Star Weekend and New York Fashion Week, Carmelo Anthony of the New York Knicks — 8-time NB

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The Ankh on Mars-Spoken Word Poetry

The Ankh on Mars is a blend of Spoken Word Poetry and Hip Hop. Kamal Imani is shining light on the link between Mars, Egypt and African people in a fun and creative way. Kamal loves Ancient history and loves to utilize it as a tool to inspire and awaken people.
Kamal was born in Harlem and raised partially in the Bronx and later Teaneck NJ
http://www.facebook.com/kamal.imani

spoken word:
Just like in khemit or so called Egypt, our ancestors use to rock the original Cross called the Ankh
It’s said

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topright.jpgLeading Free Market Group Asks Dozens of Major American Companies to Protect Workers' Right to Freely Engage in Political and Civic Activities

National Center for Public Policy Research's Employee Conscience Protection Project Warns: Millions of Americans Potentially Subject to Workplace Discipline for Private Political Actions and Beliefs

In Response, Credit Card Leader Visa Takes Steps to Protect Its Workforce From Political Discrimination While Wholesale Giant Costco Resists Employee Protection

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juliette-mayers.jpgBy Juliette Mayers:

 First, congratulations to the New England Patriots – Super Bowl XLIX Champions. What a win! I’m thrilled for my home team, for Boston and for the state of Massachusetts.   I’ve been following the Patriots and the numerous stories leading up to the Super Bowl, but not for the reasons you may think. I’m not a die-hard football fan. Sorry, please save the hate mail (LOL). My fascination with the Patriots has more to do with leadership. As an entrepreneur and speaker, I routinel

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The Coretta Scott King Honoree captures the history of Juneteenth in the new book, available now.

3828571702?profile=originalCapstone Young Readers, a leading publisher of children's books and digital products and services, announces for February release Juneteenth for Mazie, just in time for Black History Month. This beautiful story by award-winning author and illustrator Floyd Cooper will captivate both children and adults.

June 19, 2015 marks the 150th anniversary of Juneteenth, also known as Freedom Day, Emancipation

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A political earthquake shook Rivers State on Saturday, prompting the ruling party in the State, the All Progressives Congress (APC), to declare the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) dead in the State.

With relative ease, the campaign train of APC governorship candidate, Dr. Dakuku Adol Peterside, and his running mate, Hon. Honourable Asita O. Asita, stormed the strongholds of the PDP gubernatorial candidate, Chief Nyesome Wike, and the PDP State Chairman, Hon. Felix Obuah.
 

At both Obio/A

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Mayors and Police Chiefs Monitor Proceedings of President Obama's Task Force on 21st Century Policing Following Release of Report Calling for Outside Investigations of Police-Involved Deaths

MM36443LOGO?max=400The nation's mayors are playing close attention today to the proceedings of the Second Listening Session of President Obama's Task Force on 21st Century Policing in Cincinnati. 

Under the leadership of U.S. Conference of Mayors (USCM) President and SacramentoMayor Kevin Johnson, who participated in the first p

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[by BAR editor and columnist Ajamu Baraka]The ongoing humanitarian and human rights crisis in Northeastern Nigeria has deteriorated over the last week with the cross-border military clashes between Boko Haram and the military forces of Cameroon and Chad, and Boko Haram’s attacks on the northeastern Nigerian cities of Monguno and Maiduguri.

On Sunday, initial reports from the strategically important city of Maiduguri, the capital of Borno State visited by Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan only

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Dr. Sebi offers solutions to global health and nutrition issues
1-Sojourn-Front-Cover-B-10-10-14.jpg?width=750The second edition of Sojourn to Honduras Sojourn to Healing, released last November, features the elder herbalist Dr. Sebi and his ceaseless advocacy for alkaline food, natural food with a pH rating of 7.1 and above. In the print, and now eBook, version of the book, he offers insights into global health and nutrition.

At Usha Village, his healing center in Honduras, Central America, and the setting for the book, he says, “With Homo

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ain_t_nothing_like_freedom_small_0201513-332x500.jpg[© Cynthia McKinney - January 24, 2015] I am in the process of writing my Dissertation on Hugo Chavez.  I am in the final days, actually, of the writing and editing process, and all of a sudden, I find myself severely constrained by recent events. WikiLeaks is a treasure trove of information for academic research.  Yet, in a library search that I did three days ago, in preparation for a question from my Dissertation Committee on the status of my use of WikiLeaks sources, I found that only thirty

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Marvin X speaks on The History of the Black Arts Movement, Yakety-Yak Radio, Laney College

Marvin X interviewed by Chris Stroffolino, reads his poetry, some of Baraka's, talks about the founding of the Black Arts Movement, introducing Eldridge Cleaver to Bobby Seale, and the forthcoming Oakland Black Arts District on 14th St. http://www.9thfloorradio.com/…/1/22/yakety-yak-with-marvin-x

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Art from San Quentin Prison  arrives at Laney College Art Gallery for

Black Arts Movement 50th Anniversary Celebra

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5555209_orig.jpgThe "Real" Isis Attacks Gender Violence in Valentine’s Day Novel Just Released

New book revives the Egyptian Isis myth in an urban fantasy of a feminist rebellion. The Egyptian goddess becomes a feminist symbol in contrast to the propaganda, corruption and gender violence of ISIS.

New York, NY, January 22, 2015 --(PR.com)-- In the aftermath of a year in which reports of gender violence gripped college campuses, the American military and the NFL, a new novel offers an urban fantasy involving the
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PROJ21.gifWashington, DC - Commenting on President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address tonight, members of the Project 21 black leadership network saw a presidency lacking new ideas that suggested Obama may be “running out the clock” on his presidency without much vision but with plenty of continued class warfare and big government rhetoric.
“President Obama really did not offer anything new in his address to Congress. All he did was present the American people with the same old clunker policies spra

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2015-BEES-WEB-BANNER2_.pngBlack Enterprise Entrepreneurs Summit Celebrates 20 Years as it Returns to Atlanta May 13-17 for the annual business and technology summit. 

BLACK ENTERPRISE will hold its 2015 Entrepreneurs Summit hosted by Nationwide on Wednesday, May 13 through Saturday, May 16, at the Hyatt Regency Atlanta in Atlanta, Georgia, with a powerhouse line-up of some of the nation's most accomplished and celebrated entrepreneurs. Nominations and call for entries are now open for two of the most highly anticipated f

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Listen to Dr. Martin Luther King's Statement Against the War in Vietnam:  "Beyond Vietnam."  Please know that in no way would Dr. King approve of President Barack Obama's targeted assassinations, drone warfare against innocent civilians, war crimes, crimes against humanity, and torture--all military policies begun by his predecessor, but expanded by him.  Listen to Dr. King here:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OC1Ru2p8OfU 

or read the text below and know in your heart

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How to Read a Nutrition Label

Understanding how to identify what is really contained in the foods we eat is very important. Often times it is best to stop and read the label before adding it to your cart. Whether it is an allergen, avoidance of a certain ingredient, taste preference or just curiosity, let's learn how to look at a label and truly understand what it means.

Start with the serving size. This well help you to gauge the amount of calories you are eating as well as the total nutrients you will receive from your foo

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To lose a child under any circumstances is heart-wrenching for any parent. This is especially true when it is done by a representative of government. When the police kill, particularly a child, more specifically a man-child of color, it raises many questions about justification. As the rash of such police killings has created a national debate, it is important to recognize law enforcement in America has evolved into a militarized institution. Like many American institutions, it has been awarded

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Christian Terrorism

Ever heard of WWI, WWII, WWIII, yeah, the eternal war on terrorism good for business as usual
Ask Africans was the Good Ship Jesus a nice ride to Mississippi,
Jamaica, Brazil, Cuba
How did Mali music turn into Blues in the Mississippi Delta
Ever heard of the Cross & Lynching Tree
Billi called it Strange Fruit nothin' to eat
Native Americans just love the teachings of Jesus
the small pox syphilis alcoholism wife beating
oh how we love Jesus in the concentration camps
called reservation

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image.adapt_.960.high_.jpgby Ajamu Baraka / January 14th, 2015 ~
“…Je Suis Charlie has become a sound bite to justify the erasure of non-Europeans, and for ignoring the sentiments, values and views of the racialized “other.” In short, Je Suis Charlie has become an arrogant rallying cry for white supremacy that was echoed at the white power march on Sunday in Paris and in the popularity of the new issue of Charlie Hebdo.” ( Ajamu Baraka )

 

The “civilized” have created the wretched, quite coldly and deliberately, and do not

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10171051_724624240944395_3234616837195831384_n.jpg?oh=385fa2d17d824e6b3c38df4c34d99b61&oe=54FA942E&__gda__=1425807254_e1c7576005829d8b0563bc315b307f0eHip Hop Global Media & Entertainment to Assist Midtown Museum in Selecting RFP Firm in Management of $500M in Revenues Over 10 yrs. and Co-Producing 200+ Annual Concerts & Live Events

The Hip Hop Hall of Fame is seeking RFP's from local and national Venue Management and Live Event Operators & Production firms for its Restaurant & Sports Bar Food & Beverage Management, and for its Concert Venue Live Events, Shows, Booking, Production, and Tours. The long term venue management firm deal can also i

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