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International Prospects to Head to Atlanta For First NBA Academy Games in The U.S. 
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International Prospects to Head to Atlanta For First NBA Academy Games in The U.S. 

Sentinel News ServiceJune 28, 2019

The National Basketball Association (NBA) announced that the third NBA Academy Games – a series of exhibition games featuring prospects from the seven NBA Academies and other teams – will take place Tuesday, July 9 – Sunday, July 14 at the Emory Sports Medicine Complex, the official practice facility of the Atlanta Hawks, in Atlanta, Ga, marking the first time the NBA Academy Games will take place in the U.S.

NBA 2K League to Host First International Qualifying Event
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NBA 2K League to Host First International Qualifying Event

Sentinel News ServiceJanuary 25, 2019

The NBA 2K League announced today that the NBA 2K League APAC Invitational, the league’s first-ever international qualifying event, will take place Saturday, Feb. 2 – Sunday, Feb. 3 in Hong Kong.  The two-day event will identify several elite players from the Asia-Pacific region who will become eligible for the 2019 NBA 2K League Draft*.

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Ex-University Student in Poisoning Case is Ordered to Jail

Associated PressJanuary 10, 2019

Yang was initially charged this spring with vandalism and ethnic intimidation after the roommate, who is Black, found racist graffiti in the room. The roommate has since graduated, but continues to suffer effects of the poisoning, authorities said. The two had lived together for several years without incident, authorities said, adding Yang’s motives remain unclear.

The Rhetoric and Reality of Race
Larry AubryOp-EdOpinion

The Rhetoric and Reality of Race

Larry AubryOctober 25, 2018

The racial conscious­ness and discourse of the West was forged on slave ships carrying human car­gos into the Caribbean and the Americas. The search for agricultural commodi­ties and profits from the ex­treme exploitation of Black people, deemed as less than human, gave birth to the notion of racial inequality.

Uproar Over Expulsion of Famed Anti-Colonialist Professor
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Uproar Over Expulsion of Famed Anti-Colonialist Professor

Global Information NetworkOctober 12, 2018

Zambian authorities roiled the nation’s waters by deporting an influential pan-Africanist professor before he could disembark at Kenneth Kaunda International Airport and before he could address a class of graduating university seniors on the topic: “Africa in the age of China’s Global Influence and Global Geodynamics.”

African Critics See Dark Side to China’s ‘Charitable’ Loans
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African Critics See Dark Side to China’s ‘Charitable’ Loans

Global Information NetworkSeptember 14, 2018

At the confab, with representatives from 53 of 54 African countries, sky-high numbers were bandied about. Chinese President Xi Jinping announced $60 billion in funds for eight initiatives over the next three years, in areas ranging from industrial promotion, infrastructure construction and scholarships for young Africans.

Is Trump Looking Out for Workers?
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Is Trump Looking Out for Workers?

Bill Fletcher, Jr., NNPA Newswire ColumnistAugust 31, 2018

If you leave aside for a moment the horrendous assaults that Trump and his Republican allies have been conducting against American workers and their unions, it is still difficult to see how Trump’s views on trade are helping American workers.