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*Last week I summarized some of the military actions in American history. In most cases that have become part of the American story this country can claim the moral high ground; that is, we were forced into war or a war-like situation. I argue that since this trope has taken hold in our country it [...]
*You can tell the country is moving beyond race when no one points out that Michael Vick is the black quarterback who failed in Philadelphia. And that quarterback of color Colin Kaepernick is getting a shot in San Francisco without any references to ethnicity. No one except me. This is noteworthy because just last season [...]
*Beyonce literally sang for the world on Friday. [SUBSCRIBE TO EURWEB's RSS FEED] The singer performed her track “I Was Here” in the General Assembly Hall of the United Nations in honor of World Humanitarian Day, which is Aug. 19, and received rave reviews from officials and stars, MTV reports. A music video of the performance will debut the [...]
*Michelle Obama escorted five other first ladies around her South Side Chicago stomping grounds on Sunday while they were in town for the NATO summit. The women toured the Gary Komer Youth Center, which features a gymnasium, dance studio and a theater, reports the Associated Press. The center provides tutoring, college preparation, training in culinary [...]
*Jazz is the music that belongs to African American culture and has been offered to the world. It’s pure, richness tells ancient stories of a time only this sound can tell. The creators of the genre made sure of it. One legendary jazz giant has decided to honor his beloved music with a proper celebration [...]
*Jazz pianist Herbie Hancock’s first major initiative since being named a UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador last July is to establish International Jazz Day to be held annually on April 30, which coincides with the last day of what has been celebrated as Jazz Appreciation Month in the U.S. This year’s inaugural event — organized by the [...]
*Serena Williams is venturing into a new area of charity. Williams is UNICEF’s newest international Goodwill Ambassador. UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake announced her appointment on Tuesday, saying she is also known as a philanthropist and champion of children. She’s been with the organization since 2006 when she traveled to Ghana for a huge health [...]
Rapper/actor Romeo turns 22 today *Just like the headline says, this page/board is where you can discuss the stuff that we didn’t cover in today’s issue. (It’s sort of like feedback with a twist) Remember, NO name calling, racial taunting, graphic sex talk and vulgarity in general, PLEASE. ——– EUR MOTIVATIONAL NOTE Every great dream [...]
*Actor-director Forest Whitaker will be named goodwill ambassador for peace and reconciliation for the United Nations’ educational, scientific and cultural body, UNESCO announced today. Whitaker, who won an Oscar for his 2006 portrayal of Ugandan dictator Idi Amin Dada in “The Last King of Scotland”, is to be officially named at a ceremony on Tuesday, [...]
Alicia Keys attends the panal “HIV Priorities for Positive Change – In Womans Words” during the UN conference on AIDS at the United Nations on June 7, 2011 in New York City *Alicia Keys attended a United Nations conference Tuesday in support of the fight against AIDS. The singer, who has long championed the cause, [...]
*Rev. Jesse Jackson is weighing in on the Libya debate, telling an audience in Ireland that he has apprehensions about the excessive use of international military force in the country and other parts of the Middle East. Addressing the Trinity College Historical Society in Dublin on Tuesday (March 22), Jackson said he was very concerned [...]
*On the heels of the United Nation’s no-fly zone vote yesterday, Libya has declared a ceasefire in the country to “protect civilians,” Libyan Foreign Minister Moussa Koussa said on Friday. “We decided on an immediate ceasefire and on an immediate stop to all military operations,” he told reporters. “(Libya) takes great interest in protecting civilians,” [...]
*The cholera epidemic in Haiti is getting worse by the minute. The United Nations now expects that there will be some 425,000 cases of the disease across the country in the first six months since it appeared, more than twice as many as originally projected. And the tally could reach 200,000 before the year is [...]
*Rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo gang-raped almost 200 women during a four-day seizure of a town, aid groups said. Rwandan Hutu FDLR insurgents and Mai Mai militia haunt eastern Congo, terrorizing civilians and raping thousands of women each year, despite a U.N.-backed campaign by the Congolese army aimed at neutralizing the armed gangs. [...]
*Actor Don Cheadle has been appointed the new spokesman for the United Nations environment program. UNEP Executive Director Achim Steiner delivered the news during a ceremony in Rwanda’s capital, saying Cheadle – whose 20o4 film “Hotel Rwanda” dramatized the 1994 Rwandan genocide that killed more than 500,000 people – would help raise green awareness among [...]
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