Venezuela

Black History: Its Meaning, Message and Forward Motion Dr. Maulana Karenga

Dr. Maulana KarengaFebruary 6, 2020

As we contemplate various ways to celebrate Black History Month, we must ask ourselves how do we pay proper hommage to this sacred narrative we know as Black History? How do we think and talk about this, the oldest of human histories and about the fathers and mothers of humanity and human civilization who made it? And how do we honor the lives given and the legacy left in and on this long march and movement through African and human history?

News Political

Rep. Waters: ‘The President of Haiti Needs to Take Responsibility for the Current Political Crisis in His Country; Protests Will Not Stop Until He Does’

LAWT News ServiceDecember 13, 2019

Congresswoman Maxine Waters (CA-43) delivered the following statement at the December 10 Western Hemisphere Subcommittee of the Foreign Affairs Committee hearing entitled, “Haiti on the Brink: Assessing U.S. Policy Toward a Country in Crisis”:

National News

Black Press Joins Congressional Black Caucus in Denouncing New Cuba Travel Ban

Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior CorrespondentNovember 7, 2019

Rep. Karen Bass (D-Calif.), the chair of the CBC, said suspending flights from the United States to all destinations outside of Havana is yet another cruel and counterproductive policy put forth by the Trump administration.

News Political

Rep. Bass Responds To Trump’s Embargo Threat Against Cuba

Sentinel News ServiceMay 7, 2019

Rep. Karen Bass (D-Calif.), Chair of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights and International Organizations issued the following statement after President Trump threatened a “full and complete embargo, together with highest-level sanctions” against Cuba.

International News

State Dept Raises Travel Warning Over Haiti Unrest

Global Information NetworkFebruary 22, 2019

The straw that broke the camel’s back, according to Kim Ives, writing for Haiti Liberte, was the apparent betrayal of President Moïse against the Venezuelans after their display of solidarity. On Jan. 10, 2019, in a vote at the Organization of American States (OAS), Haiti voted in favor of a Washington-sponsored motion to say that Nicolas Maduro was “illegitimate,” despite winning an election in May 2018 with over two-thirds of the vote.

Dr. Maulana Karenga Opinion

Excising America’s Cancer of Racism: Turning Left from the Far Right Lane

Dr. Maulana KarengaFebruary 7, 2019

It is all there, the beginning of another myth-making drama of an America honestly engaged in coming to terms with its racist past and present, openly discussing the grievous hurt and harm White racism causes to its victims, and making a united front and consensus call for the resignation of a governor caught with his white Klan cape up and his blackface guard down in a pre-selfie photo for his med school yearbook. Clearly, it must be an important issue, for it is on all the media: corporate, social and otherwise. And if it drags out long enough, it could inspire the making of a movie or at least lead to other goodwill tours inside the alternating racist and reformist mind of America.

Entertainment Music

Sounds Of L.A. Returns With A Collection of Performances by Masters and Up-And-Coming Musicians From Around The Globe

Sentinel News ServiceJanuary 18, 2019

Sounds of L.A., the Getty’s annual concert series exploring the city’s varied musical landscape, kicks off the 2019 season on January 19. Each month features two concerts by charismatic musicians who combine global influences in unexpected and original ways.

Larry Aubry Opinion

Institute of the Black World 21st Century Conference

Larry AubryAugust 9, 2018

More than two thousand came from the greater Newark/New York region, Black America and the Pan-African world, drawn by the urgent impulse to connect, network, bond, share and unite in the wake of the most hate-filled, demagogic and divisive presidential campaigns that produced a presidential regime, elected by less than a majority of the popular vote, embedded with racism, white nationalism and Islamophobia. It was one of the most threatening moments since the arrival of Africans on these hostile American shores.

Baseball Sports

Dodgers Announce Signings Of International Prospects

July 9, 2017

The Dodgers signed 19 players out of the Dominican Republic, while three were signed out of Venezuela and one player each from Cuba, Curacao, Aruba and Nicaragua.

Opinion Rev. Jesse Jackson

Venezuela needs helping hand, not a hammer blow

REV. JESSE JACKSONMay 25, 2017

If you have a hammer, everything looks like a nail. The United States has a big hammer: the military, plus the intelligence community’s covert intervention forces. So we are dropping bombs from drones in seven countries.