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U.S. Police Have Shot Dead 385 People In Five Months: REPORT
WASHINGTON, May 30 (Reuters) – U.S. police have shot and killed 385 people during the first five months of this year, a rate of more than two a day, the Washington Post reported on Saturday. The death rate is more than twice that tallied by the federal government over the past decade, a count that […]
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Monday Mind Gem
SAJI Yoga Mind Gem Affirmation Today, I open my heart to the wisdom of my higher self with gratitude. I quiet my mind releasing enslavement to all things blocking my path to truth and fulfillment. I forgive myself and others. I thankfully accept the roots of my family tree for strength. I now turn within […]
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Duane R. Folke, ESQ
In 1977 Duane R. Folke receive his Bachelor of Arts in Journalism from Pepperdine University. He received his Juris Doctorate from Michigan State University- Detroit College of Law in 1982 as the school’s first Trustee Scholar; this, after studying International Law during 1982 at Emmanual College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, England. Mr. Folke has served in […]
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Elizabeth Alexander
Professor Elizabeth Alexander is a poet, essayist, playwright, and teacher. She holds degrees from Yale University (B.A., English), Boston University (M.F.A., English), and the University of Pennsylvania (Ph.D, English). In 2009, she composed and delivered “Praise Song for the Day” for the inauguration of President Barack Obama. She has written five books of poems, two […]
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Monday Mind Gem
SAJI Yoga Mind Gem Affirmation Today, I give myself permission to accept and trust God’s guidance in my life. With every step and new direction I acknowledge my greatness owning my self worth to express confidence and wisdom. My angels now lead me towards insight that supports positive change. With an open heart I allow […]
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Nana Gyamfi
Nana Gyamfi has been a human and civil rights attorney with a specialty in criminal defense since 1994. Nana graduated from Cornell University and earned her law degree from UCLA’s School of Law. In 1992, while still in law school, Nana worked with Chokwe Lumumba at the Black Law Institute and co-organized and directed the community […]
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Anita DeFrantz
Anita L. DeFrantz is the president and member of the Board of Directors of the LA84 Foundation, which is managing Southern California’s endowment from the 1984 Olympic Games. She is an attorney and member of the International Olympic Committee and 1976 and 1980 U.S. Olympic teams. Born in Philadelphia, PA, DeFrantz grew up in Indianapolis, […]
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Should Andrew Jackson be removed from the $20, as Hillary Clinton suggests?
Hillary Clinton doesn’t seem to be a fan of a former Democratic president. Yet unlike any potshots she might take at Barack Obama or Jimmy Carter – or her husband – her stance doesn’t seem to have any negative political consequences. On Thursday, Clinton’s Twitter account voiced support for a growing effort to remove Andrew […]
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Dr. Salim Faraj, PH.D
Dr. Salim Faraji is Associate Professor of Africana Studies at California State University, Dominguez Hills. He earned his Ph.D. at Claremont Graduate University in Religious Studies and History. Dr. Faraji’s research and scholarship represents the cutting edge of Africana Transdisciplinarity, transgressing the traditional boundaries of Religious Studies, African History, Nubian Studies, Ancient History, African Diaspora […]
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Obama to Limit Military-Style Equipment for Police Forces
WASHINGTON — President Obama on Monday will ban the federal provision of some types of military-style equipment to local police departments and sharply restrict the availability of others, administration officials said.The ban is part of Mr. Obama’s push to ease tensions between law enforcement and minority communities in reaction to the crises in Baltimore; Ferguson, […]
