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Voter ID Laws Discriminate Against African American And Latino Youths
Posted on 18 March, 2013 | 2 CommentsWASHINGTON– At polling places in November, Latinos and African Americans under age 30 were disproportionately asked for identification, even in... -
Remembering Oscar Grant
Posted on 5 March, 2013 | No CommentsPowerful ‘Fruitvale’ at Sundance Film Festival reopens wounds FinalCall.com) – PARK CITY, Utah – Journalists are supposed to be go-getters.... -
Angela Davis: A Radical Look in Film
Posted on 1 March, 2013 | No CommentsLOS ANGELES-Angela Yvonne Davis has come a long way. In fact, some may say that Davis has come full circle... -
Obama Gets Involved in Chicago’s Sports Progam Aimed to Deflect Violence
Posted on 16 February, 2013 | 13 CommentsCHICAGO– In recognition of a youth counseling and after-school sports program that demonstrably increases high school graduation rates and decreases... -
Amnesty International, Activists Speak In Support of Repealing Death Penalty
Posted on 16 February, 2013 | No Comments(ANNAPOLIS, Md.) – Following House and Senate hearings on the bill to abolish the death penalty today in Maryland, Amnesty International USA interim... -
Dorner Saga Puts Scrutiny on LAPD
Posted on 13 February, 2013 | No CommentsLOS ANGELES-In the end Christopher Dorner proved to be more coward than hero. He ran and hid instead of standing... -
How High a Price for a Good Name?
Posted on 11 February, 2013 | No CommentsThe great national gun debate has a new twist to it now that a former police officer has gone rogue... -
NAACP Image Awards Turns Out to be A Big Night for Actress Kerry Washington
Posted on 2 February, 2013 | No CommentsLOS ANGELES-Actress Kerry Washington had a big night at the 44th NAACP Image Awards, claiming three honors, being part of... -
NAACP Gears Up for Image Awards
Posted on 28 January, 2013 | No CommentsBEVERLY HILLS-The 44th NAACP Image Awards, which takes place Friday, is certain to be a grand event with comedian and... -
Shell Oil Presses Supreme Court to Deprive Torture Victims of Justice
Posted on 17 January, 2013 | No CommentsBy Bashe Yousuf America’s Wire Writers Group WASHINGTON-Will victims of distant genocides and crimes against humanity be allowed to continue using... -
Americans And Their Guns
Posted on 18 December, 2012 | No CommentsWhen I went to college in Atlanta Georgia, my friends and I would go to the shooting range at local... -
Literature Can Help Bridge America’s Racial Divide
Posted on 14 December, 2012 | No CommentsBy Paul Young America’s Wire Writers Group PORTLAND – As America re-elected President Obama, it sent a comforting and positive... -
A Domestic and Unthinkable Tragedy
Posted on 6 December, 2012 | No CommentsMy introduction to domestic violence took place early in my life. I saw it firsthand and often in my mother... -
“The Central Park Five” Reclaims Justice
Posted on 30 November, 2012 | No CommentsHOLLYWOOD-On a searing hot summer night in 1989, a white woman was nearly raped to death in New York’s famed... -
California Wellness Foundation Announces Peace Prize Honorees
Posted on 15 November, 2012 | No CommentsLos Angeles - Three community leaders will be honored by The California Wellness Foundation (TCWF) with the 2012 California Peace Prize for... -
Landslide Victory for LGBT Equality Up and Down the Ballot
Posted on 7 November, 2012 | 1 CommentFrom marriage campaigns to reelecting President Obama and other priorities, LGBT Americans were the big winners on election night WASHINGTON, Nov.... -
Blacks Can’t Lose Sight of Social Justice
Posted on 16 October, 2012 | No CommentsCommentary By M. Starita Boyce Ansari, Ph.D. (Black News)-Fifty years ago, Americans from community after community came together and committed... -
New Constitutional Amendment Needed to Protect the Right to Vote, Advocate Claims
Posted on 11 October, 2012 | No CommentsNew America Media, Question & Answer, Khalil Abdullah Editor’s Note: The struggle over state-sponsored legislation limiting or redefining how and when citizens... -
Smoked!!
Posted on 4 October, 2012 | No CommentsMy first impression of the debate tonight between President Barack Obama and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney was that the... -
Rail Project Gets Washington Backing
Posted on 3 October, 2012 | No CommentsWASHINGTON—U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood has approved a $545.9 million Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) loan that will... -
Nations, Religious Groups Celebrate World Peace Festival
Posted on 21 September, 2012 | 1 CommentSeoul, South Korea — For the first time since 1988, the Olympic torch at the Seoul Olympic Stadium was lit... -
Romney Makes His Presidential Case to Hispanic Business Leaders
Posted on 18 September, 2012 | 1 CommentLos Angeles-Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney may have bigger problems than trying to sway Hispanic voters to look his way.... -
Voters Face Elimination by ID Laws
Posted on 12 September, 2012 | No CommentsWASHINGTON – Election turnout among young people of color, including African Americans, Latinos and Native Americans, may drop by nearly 700,000... -
Black, White and Denial of Justice
Posted on 12 September, 2012 | No Comments“You are now white,” Dr. Mostafa Hefny was told by a government interviewer once he was admitted into the United... -
The Roadmap to Prosperity
Posted on 10 September, 2012 | No CommentsWhen I heard the talking heads ridiculing President Barack Obama’s acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention, I wondered what... -
Bill Clinton Broke it All the Way Down
Posted on 6 September, 2012 | No CommentsCharlotte, N.C.-Last night, former President Bill Clinton literally took the Democratic National Convention and the national television audience to school. ... -
Blacks Still Back President Obama
Posted on 23 August, 2012 | No CommentsLOS ANGELES-With many citing the economy as the most important issue for the 2012 presidential election, Loop21.com, a leading digital... -
Are We Still Cowards on Race?
Posted on 2 August, 2012 | No CommentsIt’s time to call a spade a spade. Thanks to lapdog congressional leaders sucking up oxygen from the lack of... -
NAACP Leader Was A Giant Among Men
Posted on 30 July, 2012 | No CommentsHeroes sometimes relinquish their immortal status and become human. Once they become human they become mortal like the rest of...