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Should UN peacekeepers leave the Democratic Republic of Congo?

UN “peacekeepers” in Congo by Ann Garrison The UN has a long, storied history in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission (MONUSCO) was created by the UN Security Council nearly 20 year...

Restrictions on First Amendment speech rights warrant congressional investigation – later for impeachment

Ruchell Cinque Magee, gravely wounded, was the sole survivor of the Marin Courthouse Slave Rebellion on Aug. 7, 1970, led by George Jackson’s little brother Jonathan. That incident is still, a lifetime later, the Parole Board’s excuse for denying hi...

Wanda’s Picks for December 2019

Don’t miss Performing Diaspora 2019 at CounterPulse Dec. 12-14 by Wanda Sabir Season’s greetings! I hope 2019 was kind to everyone and if not kind, at least full of important lessons and opportunities for growth. Alas, we are almost through...

To solve multiple crises at once, Sanders and Ocasio-Cortez unveil ‘Green New Deal for Public Housing’

AOC, aka Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., thrilled Iowans when she traveled to Des Moines to join Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, at the Climate Crisis Summit at Drake University on Nov. 9, where they drew the...

Janette Sherman: Scientist, colleague, friend

Dr. Janette Sherman was an invaluable advisor to the struggle for environmental justice at the Hunters Point Naval Shipyard because in the early 1950s she had worked as a researcher at the U.S. Navy Radiological Defense Laboratory located here in th...

California prison authorities are punishing hunger strike veterans by starving them

James Baridi Williamson, then buried alive in the dreaded Pelican Bay Security Housing Unit (SHU), is one of those who fought back and is now being punished for his participation in the 2011 and 2013 California mass hunger strikes, including the lar...

HP Biomonitoring awarded Packard Foundation grant

Genora Givens, research analyst with the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, is sponsoring the Hunters Point Community Biomonitoring Program. She is a fellow at the UC Berkeley Haas School of Philanthropy and a 2009 graduate the Yale School of Env...

Powerful Senate Democrat BLASTS CIA over Spying

The following article, Powerful Senate Democrat BLASTS CIA over Spying, was first published on The Black Sphere. As if the spy agencies haven’t had a bad enough week, they get even more bad news. It’s one thing to spy on a bombastic billi...

IG Report Hammers Mainstream Media

The following article, IG Report Hammers Mainstream Media, was first published on The Black Sphere. If you go through the IG report point by point, it’s pretty obvious that we already knew most of what we’re learning. For example, the Ste...

SCARY Statistics From Trump’s Rally in PA

The following article, SCARY Statistics From Trump’s Rally in PA, was first published on The Black Sphere. If Democrats need proof that Impeachment Hoax and the attempted coup of President Trump failed, just look at the numbers at the Pennsylva...

Changes Expected Under New Democratic Leaders

By Leonard E. Colvin Chief Reporter New Journal and Guide When the next Virginia General Assembly is sworn in next month, members of the Virginia Legislative Black Caucus (VLBC), all of whom are Democrats, are positioned to secure some very powerful...

House Chairman Scott Praises Passage of Bill Affecting HBCU Funding

WASHINGTON The Senate and the House have voted to pass the FUTURE Act, a bipartisan proposal to authorize permanent funding for Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), Tribally Controlled Colleges or Universities (TCUs), and other Mino...

Abuse of power push Democrats on towards impeachment of Trump

By Bobby R. Henry, Sr. For what they consider to be abuse of power and obstruction, the Democrats have declared two articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump, creating a much stronger pathway to a significant full House vote next w...

Emotional constipation

A Message From The Publisher The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding. —Proverbs 9:10 By Bobby R. Henry, Sr. One morning while having breakfast with some friends, the topic of manhood came up...

‘Code Red’

Growing the Voices of Our Future The Westside Gazette Newspaper is honored to feature these editorial contributions made by local students. Leja Williams, 15 By Leja Williams On December 2, 2019, one of the students on my school campus came to school...