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Credits: Photos from Ghana by Wendy Johnson/Age of Awareness and from One Nation rally in Washington by Amber Smith/Howard University News Service
Ganging Up
A group of rival crews shot up a funeral procession in Washington, leaving one dead and two injured. Untold innocent bystanders are caught in cross fire intended to settle beefs. Gang activity has also shaken cities around the world from Chicago to Capetown, South Africa. What’s being done to combat this problem? FullyConnected.com looks [...]
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‘African Village’ Emerges on Chicago’s 79th Street
After establishing political and economic bases around the Windy City, African immigrants are trying to do the same on 79th Street. “We see this as an anchor around which we can see other community development aspects flourishing and, over time, use it to create our resources and, hopefully, our political power, just like in other [...]
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Turning the Tide on AIDS
Danny Glover celebrates each birthday at a place of social significance. For his 66th birthday, he was in Washington, D.C., for the 19th International AIDS Conference, where the prevailing sentiment was that the epidemic’s end is in sight. “We need to be part of the dialogue,” said Glover, who watched a close friend with AIDS [...]
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The Insurance Gap
For three weeks, Khary A. Matthews has watched fellow patients come and go in a three-bed ward at Howard University Hospital, where he says he was recovering from a seizure and meningitis. Like 50 million people nationwide, Matthews is uninsured—a situation that could be eased under the Affordable Care Act. Besides lacking insurance, Matthews knows [...]
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Another View of Kony Campaign
Roughly 100 million people saw the ”Kony 2012” clip that Invisible Children posted on YouTube in early March, making it one of the most viral videos ever. “Joseph Kony, the Ugandan warlord and leader of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), recently gained a sudden fame which he probably would have preferred to do without,” Cameroonian freelancer Julie [...]
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The Black Dollar Today
Even in a recession, black America’s spending power is robust in several economic sectors. We will explore and attempt to forecast where the dollars are going.
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Ganging Up
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Lyrical Language
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Time to Be on Time
CP time. Island time. African time. Call it what you’d like. The real question is, why are so …
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Film
Haile Gerima’s ‘Teza’ Available on DVD
Action. Romance. Historical facts. Humor. “Teza” has it all. Ethiopian-born filmmaker H…
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Business Boom
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