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

My verses inspired from MR .Mansur nabeeli's poem:
He tells: "world is our home"
My chorus inspired from MR. Mansur Al-Hallaj's idea
He told: "I'm a God"
(People killed him while he was laughing)
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Intro:
We need globalization, not prison!

Verse1:
Demon's the first drawer of boundary & division
Demon's the creator of antagonism & deportation
Demands of freedom raise the flags of grimace
A Hand of human draw the line of separation

Ch

The Bay Area Celebrates the 80th Birthday of Dr. Nathan Hare in Oakland at Geoffery's Club, Saturday, April 13,3-5pm

You are cordially invited to attend a birthday celebration of 
our esteemed sociologist and clinical psychologist, the father of Black Studies in America, the Honorable Dr. Nathan Hare.


Geoffery's Club will host this event at 410 14th @ Franklin, downtown Oakland. 

The following friends and supporters of Dr. Nathan Hare and Dr. Julia are cordially invited to attend and/or support this

"The State of Equality and Justice in America" is a 20-part series of columns written by an all-star list of contributors to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law. The contributors include: U. S. Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) LCCRUL 50th Anniversary Grand Marshal; Ms. Barbara Arnwine, President and Executive Director, Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law (LCCRUL); Mr. Charles Ogletree, Professor, Harvard University Law School/Director, Charles H

Eric Hamilton, chief marketing officer of Around the Way, and Ron Busby, president of the U.S. Black Chambers, Inc.,  announcing the partnering on the new mobile app that finds local and national Black-owned businesses.

Yes! There's (Now) An App For That!

WASHINGTON, DC - Supporters of African-American businesses across the country can now access real-time information to locate providers of goods and services, no matter where they are in America.

Through a groundbreaking partnersh

From The Ramparts Junious Ricardo Stanton

I Hate To Say This, But I Told You So

“For years now I’ve been telling you how the Kleptocrats were plotting to bankrupt this country, steal all our wealth and reduce us to peons, serfs and slaves. The housing boom and bust crisis is one example, the economic collapse, spending our tax money on no win wars, the deliberate under funding of pensions and the planned cutbacks on social programs are how they are doing it. Stop and think about this for a minute,

03 APRIL 2013

BY RAYNARD JACKSON, NNPA COLUMNIST

Several of my readers of have questioned why I am writing positive articles about my Republican Party.  The simple answer is that they deserve it. In the past, I have been very critical of my party because they have ignored the Black community, disrespected our current president with incendiary language, and strayed away from our core principles and values.

Since last November’s elections,  my party has seemed to have reflected on what happened durin