The Fresno Poems: "Date with my Son"

Again the vines orchards
Amtrak to the valley
hesitation fear
the love the hate
return to old battlefield for righteousness justice
battle I didn't need to fight
death of warriors who battled beside me
Pat and Barbara, mothers who blessed me
disciplined children
never raised my voice with them, ever
never whipped them
wives now gone from my life
girlfriends growing fat like myself
insane from valley heat



again the vines orchards
coming winter
my sick son
calls me to valley
Nada

~ By Stefanie DeLuca ~

 Social scientists and policy makers have long understood the harmful effects that living in high poverty neighborhoods can have on children and adults. Numerous studies underscore the links between neighborhood disadvantage and a host of social problems, including high school dropout, infant mortality, cognitive difficulties, teenage childbearing and exposure to violence.

These studies show that families living in high poverty neighborhoods face burdens beyond th

New York City-based South African Arts International, Ltd. is proud to announce that the Republic of Equatorial Guinea has been selected for the 2012 Convener of the Year.

This newly awarded accolade is being bestowed to a country that has showed great skill, courage and humanity in bringing Heads of State, government officials, International Humanitarian Agencies, Non Governmental Agencies, International Sports Governing Body’s, Artists, Artisans, Intellectuals and the Diaspora together.

“H.E. Ob

Pfleger: ‘Deacon Harold Neiman was a gentle spirit’

‘A good man who loved the Lord’

By Chinta Strausberg

Funeral services for 61-year-old Deacon Harold Neiman was held Saturday at Saint Sabina Church where Father Michael L. Pfleger, friends, family and representatives from the Archdiocese who said he had a “gentle spirit,” a dedicated deacon, a great dancer, a dapper dresser and a man who loved his wife, Fabienne, whom he married 17-years ago.

Recalling a telephone call he received from Deacon Nei

For Jayne Cortez in Memoriam

BN-W Snapshot DjangoUnchained
BN-W Says…Worthy
N-word Yes, n-word used more than 100 times (set in the year 1858, when New World enslavement was in its approximately 239^th year)…
Miscellaneous Whatever weird dynamic of admiration/disrespect/fear that writer and director Quentin Jerome Tarantino may harbor for Blacks, particularly Black males, it’s clear that he definitely has a huge n-word obsession, which is solidified with this film and officially sealed with the final scene – which appears AFTE

EBONY ANNOUNCES THE PASSING OF ITS MANAGING EDITOR, TERRY GLOVER

by Chinta Strausberg on Thursday, December 27, 2012 at 3:43am ·

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EBONY Announces the Passing of its Managing Editor Terry Glover

EBONY Magazine announced today that it has lost one of its own—Terry Glover, the magazine’s Managing Editor. Ms. Glover passed away December 24, 2012.

A valued friend and a key member of the Johnson Publishing family, Ms. Glover joined the company in 2006. She was appointed Managing

Marvin X Returns to the Source: Fresno, California

My daughter Amira urged me to spend Xmas in Fresno with my 85 year old father in law, Mr. James Hall, who lives alone on five arcres in Fresno, not far from the 2 1/2 acres of land once owned by my mother before she joined the ancestors. I hesitated before agreeing to ride down to the Central Valley with my attorney daughter and her children, Jah Amiel, 5, and Naeemah Joy, 1, but I finally packed my bags and joined Amira for the ride to Fresno, 2

THE NEWS AIN'T GOOD!

As usual the television in my bedroom is on all night with the exception of GOD’s Holy Sabbath of Complete REST.  And this morning I awoke to the news about the President of Syria hitting his own countrymen with a missile as they stood in a queue waiting to buy bread.  The feelings I experienced watching and hearing people yelling out in pain and in horror were awful.  What I saw was horrible.

I remember calling on the CREATOR to RETURN to HIS Place to end this death and dest

As I was waiting in line behind an older gentleman at Wendy's recently, I heard him ask for his senior discount. The girl at the register apologized and charged him less. When I asked the man what the discount was, he told me that seniors over age 55 gets 10% off everything on the menu, every day.
Being of 'that' age myself, I figured I might as well ask for the discount too.

Fresno Writers Played role in The Black Arts Movement

Egypt and the Politics of the Arab Spring

Saint Sabina’s 3^rd Annual ‘OPERATION HOPE’ Provided 2,300 Free Dinners to Community

By Chinta Strausberg

The third annual “Operation Hope” free hot dinner giveaway was a huge success Monday thanks to Father Michael L. Pfleger and his sponsors including the Johnson Publishing Co., WVON, Terry Peterson, Senator Jacqueline Collins (D-16), the Chicago Urban League, the Faith Community of Saint Sabina and BJ’s staff who prepared 2,300 dinners that were all given away to grateful residents.

A line of men

Rev. James Sims: “The shooting of 20 children, 6 adults was Satanic”

By Chinta Strausberg

The shooting spree allegedly by Adam Lanza, 20, who mowed down 20 children and 6 adults at a Newtown, Connecticut school was called “Satanic” by Rev. James Sims, pastor of the Outreach Church in Harvey, Illinois.

“I think it’s satanic. Anyone could be sick enough to harm innocent people especially children I think we all have to admit that is not normal. I think the young man was mentally ill, and I think the

THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER

CONCERNING THE MURDERS

IN NEWTOWN, CONNECTICUT, ETC.!

December 17, 2012

The shootings at the Sandy Hook School in Newtown, Connecticut where twenty-six people were killed by twenty-year-old Adam Lanza is a tragedy of major proportions.  And of a truth, the world is crying for the parents and their painful losses.  Unless someone has lost a child, they can only imagine the abysmal grief these parents are enduring.  As I listen to the many comments about the events of Friday’

                                         Jim Corbett National Park Tour Packeges Start 2014

Welcome to corbett national park our delightful forest loges and architecturally beautiful aria is conveniently situated in Dhikala, Bijrani , ramnagar, lies near corbett national park. corbett resort is a well-furnished resort with the unique advantage of being ideally placed near Corbett national park.

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STARTING JANUARY 2013 CHEF ANISSA DAVIS IS A NEW FACE FROM NEWARK ON THE WEB IN THE URBYN KITCHEN

“It’s not the ghetto kitchen, it’s the Urbyn Kitchen” is the tagline for Chef Anissa Davis’ new web series. Viewers can get a sneak peek on YouTube.

NEWARK, NJ – December 19, 2012 –Chef Anissa Davis, native of Newark, will debut her new cooking series Urbyn Kitchen, Thursdays on the web beginning January 2013. Chef Anissa mixes her classical culinary skills with an urban flair to create amazing dishes