In a surprise move, Barack Obama's administration has rejected Sen. Mary Landrieu's recommendation to fill a federal judgeship in New Orleans, asking her to offer another candidate to replace her choice of Parish Civil Court Judge Michael Bagneris.
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Posted Friday, June 25th 2010 at 11:15AM
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from BlackAmericaWeb.com
June 22, 2010
When The Boondocks made its return to television this year after a nearly three-year hiatus, everyone was reminded why it is quite possibly the best show on television. With its interesting take on our cultu ...
Posted Wednesday, June 23rd 2010 at 2:16PM
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NEW YORK (NNPA) - Black Civil Rights leaders are furious that they will not be able to organize a march to commemorate the 47th anniversary of the historic March on Washington and Dr. Martin Luther King's famed “I Have A Dream” speech at the location ...
Posted Tuesday, June 22nd 2010 at 12:17PM
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The recent slight up tick in job creation has prompted some to declare that the great recession is over. But the numbers tell a more ominous story. It's true - the Labor Department's employment report for May showed a gain of 431,000 jobs and an over ...
Posted Tuesday, June 22nd 2010 at 12:09PM
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NOTE FROM SIEBRA:
This press conference was held on April 2, 2002 just before the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan went on his Peace Mission to the Middle East. As you read it, simply substitute the names of the parties who are, today, dealing wit ...
Posted Monday, June 21st 2010 at 5:36PM
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At least 40 people were shot over the weekend across Chicago, with eight of them slain, according to police logs.
The toll covers a period from 8:43 p.m. Friday--after violent storms hit the city--to 6:39 this morning.
On Sunday, Chicago Police ...
Posted Monday, June 21st 2010 at 5:12PM
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With 12 Democrats joining a unanimous Republican bloc, the US Senate voted Wednesday to defeat a proposed extension of unemployment benefits for workers who have been jobless for nearly two years. The bill would have extended unemployment benefits fo ...
Posted Sunday, June 20th 2010 at 3:26PM
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BP has been telling cleanup workers that they don't need to wear respirators or other protective gear.
As Jerrold Nadler, the New York congressman whose district includes the World Trade Center, said today:
We're repeating the same catastrophe ...
Posted Sunday, June 20th 2010 at 3:20PM
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From the Final Call Newspaper
June 19, 2009
As-Salaam Alaikum (Peace Be Unto You):
Think about the son or the daughter that you brought into this world that you have not even communicated with in years. Write your children if they are away f ...
Posted Saturday, June 19th 2010 at 5:39PM
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Happy Fathers Day
By Sister Siebra Muhammad
This is a day that other than you say its the day to honor you.
Father means first and further
You Blackman have proven to be the Father of all
By taking such a willingly and mighty fall,
You are the first and the last
The head and the tail
Who by nature is destined to prevail
You are the first to make war
You are the first to make peace
You are the first to make right
You are the first to make a wife
You are the O ...
Posted Saturday, June 19th 2010 at 4:36PM
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Every year on June 19th or Juneteenth 36 states in America commemorate one of the most important events in the American history: the announcement of the abolition of slavery. The announcement was made in 1865 in the US State of Texas. At the same tim ...
Posted Saturday, June 19th 2010 at 3:53PM
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NEW ORLEANS — BP has paid less than 12 percent of claims submitted by people and businesses harmed by the massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill, the federal government said Friday, while the new chief of the independent payment office promised to speed th ...
Posted Saturday, June 19th 2010 at 3:46PM
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BATON ROUGE -- The House approved and sent to Gov. Bobby Jindal late Thursday a revived bill that would allow people qualified to carry concealed weapons to tote them to their house of worship.
Lawmakers voted 64-26 for House Bill 1272 by Rep. He ...
Posted Friday, June 18th 2010 at 5:33PM
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Peace To All:
I know my questions may be deep and three of the 8 questions may be a little hesitant on rather or not to reply. Well I think we as Blackmen and Blackwomen are in need of healing before we can truly unite. Perhaps we can get out of o ...
Posted Friday, June 18th 2010 at 3:03PM
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State education officials throughout the Gulf Coast, worried about economic fallout for already-strained K-12 coffers from the massive BP oil spill, are weighing whether to seek reimbursement from BP to make up for it.
Meanwhile, at least one top ...
Posted Friday, June 18th 2010 at 2:06PM
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PHOENIX – Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer said Thursday she’s angry over comments by Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton that the Obama administration will sue the state over its new immigration law.
In a June 8 media interview in Ecuador that began ...
Posted Friday, June 18th 2010 at 10:50AM
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The author of the biography “Cleopatra: A Life” may be hailing Angelina Jolie as the perfect choice to play the queen, but some folks aren’t so sure.
On African American blogs and message boards, people are speaking out against the casting of Joli ...
Posted Thursday, June 17th 2010 at 12:13PM
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It's tough to be a black boy in Nashville, Tenn.
Nine middle schools there have suspended half of their black male students at some point, more often than any other group.
One school suspended 58 percent of its black male students, but just 10 ...
Posted Thursday, June 17th 2010 at 11:47AM
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NOTE FROM SIEBRA:
The following text is excerpted from the book “A Torchlight for America,” written by the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan, published in 1993.
THE HONORABLE MINISTER LOUIS FARRAKHAN:
It’s said that most of the congressmen ...
Posted Wednesday, June 16th 2010 at 7:12PM
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NOTE FROM SIEBRA:
The following text is excerpted from a speech delivered by the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan in 1998.
THE HONORABLE MINISTER LOUIS FARRAKHAN:
As-Salaam Alaikum (Peace Be Unto You):
To Congressman Kweisi Mfume, disting ...
Posted Wednesday, June 16th 2010 at 7:09PM
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NOTE FROM SIEBRA:
The following article is based on excerpts from a speech delivered by Minister Louis Farrakhan at Christ Universal Temple in Chicago, Illinois.
THE HONORABLE MINISTER LOUIS FARRAKHAN:
You know you are beginning to come to li ...
Posted Wednesday, June 16th 2010 at 7:07PM
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Peace To All:
The following is a six part lecture series by Minister Ava Muhammad, the National Spokesperson for Minister Louis Farrakhan speaking on the love of "self first, then others." Enjoy!
Love 2 Live & Live 2 Love,
Siebra
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Posted Wednesday, June 16th 2010 at 4:06PM
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