Celebrating 50 years of the Civil Rights Act
Long Island Black Pride Weekend
SECOND ANNUAL LONG ISLAND AFRICAN AMERICAN-CARIBBEAN PARADE & FESTIVAL SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2014 AT 10:00AM
A DAY TO C ...
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As of now, the petition has received 4281 signatures! To really make a difference, we need a lot more people to
Then, forward the email below to everyone you know.
Thanks!
—Joe Dinkin
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Posted Wednesday, August 27th 2014 at 2:46PM
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Orlando Jones may be a funnyman, but the “Bullet Bucket Challenge” he created is no laughing matter. The “Sleepy Hollow” actor launched a campaign reminiscent to the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge in hopes of effecting change in our world. The tragic kill ...
Posted Tuesday, August 26th 2014 at 7:56PM
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A Catholic Archdiocese is warning pro-life advocates about the final destination of donations for the popular Ice Bucket Challenge, which has become a pop culture and social media phenomenon. The popularity of the #IceBucketChallenge continues on s ...
Posted Tuesday, August 26th 2014 at 3:15PM
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Q&A: What are ways to keep weight off after middle age? It seems much harder to lose! – D. Thomas LIKE BlackDoctor.org on Facebook!
A: The hormonal changes of menopause might make you more likely to gain weight around your abdomen than around y ...
Posted Tuesday, August 26th 2014 at 2:58PM
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As hundreds of Ferguson, Mo., residents attended the funeral of teenager Michael Brown on Monday, the New York Times came under fire for claiming that Brown, who was shot and killed by a white police officer on Aug. 9, was "no angel." Here's the offe ...
Posted Tuesday, August 26th 2014 at 10:17AM
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August 25, 2014- The Associated Press Mourners filled an enormous church in Ferguson, Mo., to remember Michael Brown, recalling him as a "gentle giant," aspiring rapper and recent high school graduate on his way to a technical college.
(He will b ...
Posted Tuesday, August 26th 2014 at 10:06AM
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The former Death Row label head was at 1OAK in West Hollywood around 1:30 a.m. on Sunday when someone fired shots in the packed club. TMZ.com reports that witnesses claim Suge was struck in the arm and stomach. At first, he was reportedly shot twice, ...
Posted Sunday, August 24th 2014 at 9:04PM
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August 24, 2014 -U.S. Journalist Held by Qaeda Affiliate in Syria Is Freed After Nearly 2 Years
An American journalist held captive for nearly two years by Al Qaeda’s official branch in Syria has been freed, according to a representative of the jour ...
Posted Sunday, August 24th 2014 at 3:18PM
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At the government hospital in Kenema, Sierra Leone, the deputy nurse matron is one of perhaps three women on the original Ebola nursing staff who have neither gotten sick nor fled. ...
Their sacrifices are evident from the statistics alone. At le ...
Posted Sunday, August 24th 2014 at 11:09AM
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President Goodluck Jonathan has said that no group or person can threaten him before he will perform his official duties.
Jonathan, who was responding to an October deadline given to him on Monday by members of the Northern Elders Forum to ensure the rescue of the abducted schoolgirls, said the ...
Posted Saturday, August 23rd 2014 at 7:39PM
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Afraid of contracting the Ebola virus, health workers at the Yaba Mainland Hospital, Lagos have been running away from patients isolated in the hospital, thus putting intense pressure on the few ones still treating victims.
Impeccable sources at t ...
Posted Saturday, August 23rd 2014 at 7:19PM
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YOUR WORLD NEWS
DAY 22
AUGUST
Paris, FR
Iraqi Christians flown to Paris in order to escape carried horrific stories of the treatment of Islamic State the held them captive. Two testified that they were raped and overcome with fear at their ha ...
Posted Saturday, August 23rd 2014 at 10:08AM
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YOUR NATIONAL NEWS
DAY 22
August 2014
Russia
They're holding up the whale!
In brief. ..
A Japanese whaling ship entered forbidden territory in Russia which caused Russia to take hold of them for questioning. The ship was said to have sail ...
Posted Saturday, August 23rd 2014 at 9:43AM
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