Community activist Eddie Rye, Jr. expresses his...
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Community Members Urge Seattle City Council To Help Preserve CAMP
On Monday, a chorus of members from the African American community urged Seattle City Councilmembers to take action against Centerstone, formerly known as the Central Area Motivation Program (CAMP), in an effort to “preserve” and “reinstate CAMP as an organization to meet the needs of African Americans and others in need of social...
Mayor's Council For African American Elders To Honor Fathers
The City of Seattle Mayor's Council on African American Elders (MCAAE) will host A Toast to Fatherhood, in honor of African American fathers, on Sun., June 9 at ''The Central'' (formerly the Central Area Senior Center located at 500 30th Avenue South in Seattle.
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Consumer Warning Issued For Tornado Charity Scams
In the wake of the massive tornados that touched down in Oklahoma this week, Better Business Bureau (BBB), the Washington State Attorney General’s Office (AGO) and the Secretary of State (SOS) are warning of opportunistic fraudsters.
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President Obama speaks to graduates at Morehouse...
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Obama Approval Ratings Rise Amidst Scandals
(TriceEdney Wire) - The 2013 Morehouse College Commencement theme, “Keeping Our Focus,” defined by the university’s President John Wilson as attending to important matters “to the exclusion of distractions” appears to also describe the strategy employed by its graduation speaker – President Barack Obama.
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Zimbabwe On Path To Regain International Acceptance
HARARE, Zimbabwe (NNPA) – With several low-key, but unmistakable gestures, the United States has signaled that it is moving toward normalizing relations with Zimbabwe, the former White minority-rule nation once known as Rhodesia.
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New FCC Chair Continues Prison Phone Battle
(TriceEdney Wire) - Mignon Clyburn, a veteran policymaker from the Public Service Commission of South Carolina, has been appointed acting chair of the Federal Communications Commission, the first woman to ever hold the post.
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It’s Time To Eliminate The Let Out
This weekend we were once again confronted with deadly violence. This time in Auburn, yes Auburn. It appears that violence will...
A New Season A New Day
Roosevelt Heights Church of God in Christ, 4819 South 12th, Tacoma, Washington to host its 1st Church Anniversary after 19 years of service. “It’s time to appreciate the past and march onward and ...
Obama’s Troubles Aren’t Comparable To ‘Watergate’
The Obama administration deserves to be richly criticized for surreptitiously obtaining the telephone records of reporters for the Associated Press, especially for bypassing court proceedings ...
Applicants Sought For Seattle Youth Commission
The City of Seattle is looking for applicants aged 13-19 interested in helping to represent the voices of the city's youth to elected officials.
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