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Law/Politic 365: Michael Baisden and the Assault on Black Radio: A Question of Leadership.


Crew of 42: Zero Progress: Hakeem Jeffries Asks AG for Update on Stop-and-Frisk Meeting.


Kurth/Detroit News: Former Detroit City Council president, Monica Conyers, completes prison term today.


Sneed/Chicago Sun-Times: Obama eyes Gov. Deval Patrick to replace Eric Holder at Justice.


(A mainstream media organization finally reports on CIA's role in Benghazi). Tapper/CNN 'Analysis: CIA role in Benghazi underreported.


Reid/Grio: Where was the outrage over IRS' NAACP audit?


Viser/Boston Globe: Obama tries to control damage on three fronts. The White House is seeking to insulate itself from the fallout over Benghazi, IRS scrutiny of conservative groups, and monitoring of phone records at AP.


Detroit News: Changes for Detroit City Hall include mayor's exit, new council and top cop.

Milwaukee Community Journal: 1 in 8 Black Men Are Currently in Prison in Wisconsin.


Wetzstein/Washington Times: Black pastors demand broader probe after Kermit Gosnell abortion trial. Call on Congress to investigate the entire industry & and especially those serving Black communities.


Glueck/Politico: Rep. Elijah Cummings: “I think laws were probably broken...on the part of the IRS.”


Seitz-Wald/Salon: Meet the Former Aide to Dick Cheney and Wife of a Mitt Romney Advisor Who Happens to Be at the Center of the Benghazi Scandal.


Caputo/Miami Herald: How Rep. Frederica Wilson spared dad of four from 4 a.m. deportation. "It's like this is all my office does," she said. "It’s immigration. Immigration. It tops veterans’ issues. Prisons. Housing. Everything. It’s immigration.”


Marder & Spiro/Jerusalem Post: 50 Most Influential Jews List. US Treasury Secretary Jack Lew, John Stewart, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Eric Cantor, Elena Kagan & The commissioners of the NHL, NBA and MLB are some mentioned.


Detroit Free Press: Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick asks judge to toss conviction, says rights were violated during trial. He wants his conviction in the corruption case tossed out, citing media bias, conflicts with his attorney and other issues.


AlHajal/Michigan Live: NAACP lawsuit claims emergency manager law violates voting rights of half Michigan's African Americans.


Dade/Root: Black Voter Turnout Is Up. Will That Persist? NAACP claims a key role in the rise, and a strategy for the post-Obama world.


Protess/NYTimes: The Mellowing of Maxine Waters. Since becoming the top Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, Representative Maxine Waters has softened her tone and vowed to protect bankers’ interests.


Williams & Silverstein/New Republic: Dozens of Think Tank Scholars are also Beltway Lobbyists. Why D.C.'s policy shops need to be transparent about who else is paying their scholars.


Schroeder/Hill: Rep. Issa: IRS apology to Tea Party groups ‘not an honest one’. Issa accused the IRS of leaking a watchdog report in an effort to spin its findings.


Eilperin/Washington Post: Audit: IRS eyed groups critical of U.S. government. Agency targeted nonprofit groups that criticized the government & sought to educate Americans about the U.S. Constitution, an IG report shows.


Kavanaugh/NY Daily News: NYPD Police Commissioner Ray Kelly defends stop-and-frisk & targeting African-Americans. Kelly says almost 75% of violent crime committed by Blacks.


Roberts/Guardian UK: US drone strikes being used as alternative to Guantánamo, lawyer says. Lawyer who drafted White House drone policy says US would rather kill suspects than send them to Cuban detention centre.


Riley/Detroit Free Press: Detroit leader forgoes mayoral campaign, but campaigns for a better Detroit anyway. People's Campaign begins with the goal of visiting every neighborhood in Detroit.


Dawsey/Detroit Free Press: Roy Roberts, Detroit Schools emergency manager, to step down.

Muhammad/Final Call: Confronting purveyors of hate against the Nation of Islam.


Forward: ADL at 100 still sees stubborn anti-Semitism, especially among minorities. Foxman pointed to the continuing attraction by NOI leader Louis Farrakhan. “I don’t know of any other African-American leader who can gather a crowd of 20,000.”

ADL: Louis Farrakhan’s 52 Weeks Of Hate.


Alpert/Times-Picayune: Three civil rights commissioners say immigration reform bill would hurt African-Americans. Abigail Thernstrom is one of the three members. (Pictured).


Desmond-Harris/Root: Obama to Nominate Mel Watt to Head FHFA. If confirmed, the N.C. congressman and former Black Caucus chair will run a key housing-regulatory agency.


Schultz/Detroit News: Ex-Rep. Kilpatrick ready to lead global probe of UFO's. Kilpatrick introduced Louis Farrakhan, the Nation of Islam leader, who was in the audience. She said he is "one of the leaders in our nation on this topic."


Williams/Legislative Gazette: Abdus-Salaam poised to become first African American woman to serve on New York state's high court.


Haq/Christian Science Monitor: Black voter turnout up, but Dems can't take 'Obama effect' for granted.


Walsh/Detroit Free Press: Detroit Mayor Dave Bing tells says that emergency manager Kevyn Orr needs to spend more time with Detroit leaders instead of following Lansing's lead.


WBAL TV: Tavon White, Tiffany Linder plead not guilty. Accused Black Guerrilla Family gang leader moved to Hagerstown.


Baltimore Sun: Tavon White, accused Baltimore jailhouse leader of the Black Guerrilla Family gang, pleaded not guilty Monday to allegations that he oversaw a corruption scheme in the city detention center that employed corrections officers.


Crew of 42: President Obama Meets with Hispanic Leaders Again.


Barbaro/NYTimes: Weiner Makes Lucrative Name in Consulting. Companies eager to navigate federal regulations & red tape say that Anthony D. Weiner, the former congressman, is worth every cent

Herb/Hill: Reps. King, Ellison clash over surveillance of Muslim community.


Hon. Minister Louis Farrakhan: 'Be careful how you deal with my family & the Followers of the Hon. Elijah Muhammad because'...(Video).

NYTimes: New Jersey Hospital Has Highest Billing Rates in the Nation.


Warikoo/Detroit Free Press: Speaking to about 250 religious and community leaders here Thursday, Minister Louis Farrakhan urged unity among African Americans and called on them to buy up property in Detroit.


Barron/King World News: Big money is going for portable wealth, & they are doing that in the form of buying hard assets. They're exiting dollars & paper currencies, & putting it into tangibles: fine art, high end sculptures, classic cars, gold & silver.


Phillips/Businessweek: Why U.S. Manufacturing Can’t Get Off the Mat. Cheaper Asian imports and economic disaster in Europe has made U.S. manufacturing soft.


Warikoo/Detroit Free Press: Farrakhan visiting Detroit in push to help rebuild city. “Let’s try to own the city since the property is cheap & fallen down." “Why don’t we pool what resources we have & start buying up buildings..& creating opportunity.


Mirhaydari/MSN Money: Why gold won't stay down. Investors have beaten down precious metals prices even as economic signals suggest they should be moving up soon. Is this a rare buying opportunity?


Mother Jones: Elizabeth Warren to Obama Administration: Take the Banks to Court, Already! Senator also asks federal agencies to justify their policy of settling with law-breaking financial institutions.


Reuters: Philadelphia Fed President Plosser says Fed should start tapering asset buys in June.


Victoria-Burke/Politic365: But No Bankers Indicted? Ballentine, AP, Chesimard: 3 Strange Decisions by Obama's Dept of Justice.


Fortune: The 10 highest earning U.S. athletes. The 10th annual list is headlined by a boxer, but dominated by baseball players, who take up half of the spots.


Schneider/Washington Post: In global currency war, a new front opens in the South Pacific.


Spielman/Chicago Sun-Times: City to phase out health-care subsidy for 30,000 retirees but 5,500 oldest will be covered.


Rosenbaum & Dean/Center on Budget & Policy Priorities: House Agriculture Committee Farm Bill Would Cut Nearly 2 Million People off SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program [SNAP], formerly known as the Food Stamp Program).

Zero Hedge: Indisputable Proof Paper Gold Markets are Massively Manipulated.


Domm/CNBC: Cold and Rain Stall US Corn Crop Planting. Corn Crop Planting At Third Slowest Pace in Three Decades.


Guardian UK: (2.18pm BST) Portugal has no intention selling its gold reserves to fund any future aid package, the head of the country's central bank has pledged.


Prince/Afro American: The once-towering stature of the Black bank has diminished. After almost 125 years of serving, the Black banking community has been brought low by a shrinking clientele, questions of relevance, & competition from big banks.


Hurley/Reuters: High court rules Indiana farmer violated Monsanto soybean patent. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Monday in favor of a Monsanto Co.'s soybean patent.


WIBW: US Retail Sales Of Farm Equipment Surge In April.


Lewis/Forbes: Bitcoin Is a Junk Currency, But It Lays the Foundation For Better Money.


Lipton/NYTimes: The prospect of an overhaul of the immigration system has spurred lobbying from many nations seeking a little something extra, like additional work permits or visa-free tourist visits.

Cedric Muhammad/Final Call: Land, Business and Gold: The Righteous Portfolio. (from June 13, 2011).


Bennett/Western Farm Press: Farmland — gold you can eat. Talk of bubbles or crashes hasn’t put a dent in the farmland market, and if the end is nigh — nobody is blinking.


Zielinski/Coin Update: American Gold Eagle Bullion Coin Sales Rise 947.5% in April.


Lesova/MarketWatch: ECB cuts rates as Draghi says more room to act. Draghi says monetary policy is “extraordinarily accommodative”.

Goldstein/Reuters: Cheap money bankrolls Wall Street's bet on housing.


Sands/Black Enterprise: Can Beats by Dr. Dre Save Retailer RadioShack? Would you spend hundreds of dollars on the headphones?


Washington Post: SEC probes firm specializing in ‘political intel'. SEC is investigating leak of a federal decision that appeared to cause a surge in stock trading of health companies.


Lynn/MarketWatch: Five places to expect a crisis this summer. Problems tend to bloom in August, not in May.


McGrane/Wall St. Journal: The Federal Reserve’s policymaking committee is expected to stick with its current easy-money policy path when it releases its official statement around 2 p.m. today. There is no press conference this time.


Tse/The Street: Stocks Slip Ahead of Fed Committee Statement. The market opens lower after a disappointing jobs report.


Sloan/Fortune: Obama has a sweet retirement package. Will you? No one says the President doesn't deserve his benefits. But it's hard to get past his plan to limit savers to half the value of what he'll walk away with.


Liesman/CNBC: Wall Street Sees No End to QE Until at Least 2014. CNBC's latest Fed Survey of economists, strategists & money managers shows they expect the Federal Reserve to keep its foot on the accelerator.


Lloyd-Smith/Bloomberg: Australia’s Perth Mint Works Through Weekend on Highest Demand Since ’08.


Crudele/NY Post: This Friday, at precisely 8:30 a.m., everyone will be asking the same question: Why aren’t companies hiring more workers? Because corporate executives don’t want to.


Murphy/Mother Jones: The United States of Sequestration. It's not just White House tours and airplanes. Here's how budget cuts are hurting people in 50 states.


Chicago Tribune: Relatives fight over estate of poisoned lottery winner. The family of businessman who died of cyanide poisoning after winning a $1 million lottery is disputing that he signed leaving his share of dry cleaning stores to his wife.


Sim/Bloomberg: Gold Rush From Dubai to Turkey Saps Supply as Premiums Jump.


Chang/Forbes: China Goes on Epic Gold-Buying Binge. Why Now?


Conway-Smith/Global Post: Is this the end of expensive air travel in Africa? Government regulations & fuel costs mean even short flights in Africa carry exorbitant prices, but a new airline is trying to bring that cost down.


Thomas/CBS Detroit: Developers Want To Turn Old Tiger Stadium Site Into Entertainment Complex Showcasing African Culture. (Francois DeMonique, pictured).


Coleman/Global Grind: Ja Rule Comes Home From Prison With Body Builder Physique.


Afro-American/AP: Black Artist’s Painting Fetches $48.8 Million in New York. Jean-Michel Basquiat’s “Dustheads” Sets Auction Record.


Dobruck/LA Times: UC Irvine probes hate incident involving racist note. UC Irvine's chancellor pledges to find and discipline whoever slipped the note into a Black female student's backpack. The student found the note on May 7.


Dorsey/Bleacher Report: Does Kevin Durant Get a Free Pass for Failing in the Clutch?


Final Call: 80 Years of Grace: Celebrating the birth anniversary of Minister Louis Farrakhan.


Us Weekly: Jay-Z "Melts" When Blue Ivy Says "Papa," Says Mom Gloria Carter.

Logan/New Pittsburgh Courier: Black community not to blame for August Wilson Center crisis.


Telegraph UK: Lenny Henry, actor & comedian, says he was left disappointed by the lack of 'Black talent' celebrated at the Bafta (British Academy of Film & Television Arts) television awards on Sunday.


LA Times: Baseball is diamond in the rough to Black players at Gardena Serra. 'In the inner city, all you hear is that baseball is racist,' says a player, which boasts predominantly Black roster. Playoff bound, the team has a vibe good for the sport.


Breen/Philly Inquirer: Rap videos cost football star his scholarship. Michigan State strips local star's scholarship after explicit rap video.


Desmond-Harris/Root: I Hate My 'Ghetto' Name. Can I Change It? Race Manners: The problem here isn't your mother's choice. It's widespread disdain for poor Black people.


Langhorne/SOHH: RZA Rips Tag Off Wu-Tang Reunion LP: "You Can't Buy It Nowhere Else."


Illseed/All Hip Hop: Hip-Hop Rumors: Did The Government Try To Use Jay-Z To Get To Assata Shakur?


Stewart/Root: The Bronners: Twin Success at Spelman. Co-valedictorians and hair-care scions Kristie and Kirstie told us what propelled them to the top.


Bedard/Huffington Post/Washington Examiner: Soledad O'Brien Calls Out 'White People' Over 'Black In America' Series.


Crew of 42: Howard University Awards 96 PhD Degrees.


Trice/Chicago Tribune: Chicago's Black legal community meets to stem youth violence. U. of C. law professor spearheads effort to find solutions for problem that plagues city's teens.


Freund/Times Picayune: NOPD releases video of Mother's Day shootings suspect.


Fisher/Washington Post: Charles Ramsey, who rescued Cleveland women held captive, enjoys fame in DC.


Diaz/BET: Toni Braxton Blasts Shemar Moore for Relationship Comments about Her & Halle Berry. Moore dished recently about his famous flings.


Hack/Staten Island Advance: Tour of Historic Black Colleges helps 80 Staten Island students broaden their horizons.


Harris & Boorstein/Washington Post: Dismal parting for storied mostly White D.C. church and its first Black pastor.


Senghor/Chicago Sun-Times: Shaka Senghor shares how he transformed his life while in prison.


Diep/XXL Magazine: Jermaine Dupri Pens Letter to Remember Chris Kelly.


LA Times: Mayweather-Guerrero fight almost gets dad-vs.-dad preliminary bout. At a news conference in advance of Saturday's fight, Guerrero's father, Ruben, verbally attacks Mayweather's father. They almost come to blows.


Washington/Philly Tribune: Protestors condemned Shaquille O’Neal for the decision by his CityPlex-12 Theater to cancel a critically acclaimed Mumia Abu-Jamal documentary movie scheduled to screen at that facility last Friday.


Zonyee/Mstars: Frank Alexander, Tupac's Bodyguard Is Dead. Did He Know Too Much?


Bell/Philly Tribune: An invitation to the Rev. Kevin R. Johnson, senior pastor of Bright Hope Baptist Church, to be the baccalaureate speaker May 18 at his alma mater, Morehouse College, has been rescinded after criticizing Pres. Obama.


Norris/NPR: For A Black Doctor, Building Trust By Slowing Down.


Schottey/Bleacher Report: NFL Power Rankings: Where Do Teams Stack Up After the Draft?


Korecki/Chicago Sun-Times: Conservatives and Black Clergy unite against same-sex marriage.


Dr. Lomax/CNN: Historically Black Colleges as relevant today as when they began.


Wickham/USA Today: '42' Movie Overlooks Black Journalist. Sam Lacy was instrumental in helping to break baseball's color barrier.


Goff/Root: Black Producers Still Rare on Broadway. Finding diversity behind the scenes on the Great White Way is an issue even in the age of Obama.


Khan/Grio: American Muslims must fight stereotypes, suspicion together. Now to my fellow Muslims: whether you consider yourself devout or barely practicing, it’s important that we don’t separate ourselves along those lines.


Ritzel/Washington Post: Dallas Black Dance Theatre again proves its place in contemporary dance.


Ziezulewicz/Chicago Tribune: Rapper Lil Reese arrested while sleeping in car.


Gottlieb/LA Times: The trial in the wrongful death lawsuit filed against Anschutz Entertainment Group by the late singer's mother and three children begins today.


Hoppert/NYTimes: Kevin Krigger wins this year’s Kentucky Derby, he will become the first Black jockey to take the honor since 1902. But Krigger is focused simply on winning the race.


Maritz/How We Made It In Africa: Lagos could soon be Africa’s 13th biggest economy – equivalent to that of Ghana. Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial hub, could soon have a US$45 billion economy.


Wafula/Africa Review: ICC to 'explore other options' if Kenya fails to cooperate. (International Criminal Court Chief Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda, pictured).


Houston Chronicle: Officials assess twister damage. Authorities confirm at least six people are dead and more are missing after Wednesday's outbreak of tornadoes in Granbury and other parts of North Texas.


Al Jazeera: UN envoy says CAR in 'state of anarchy'. Representative to Central African Republic says time has come to impose sanctions on rebels and deploy security force.


Sinclair/Jamaica Gleaner: Cops Target Assets - Investigators Eye $300m In High-End Properties Thought To Be Proceeds Of Cocaine Trade.


Adetayo/Punch: The Nigeria Federal Government on Weds said contrary to concerns being raised on the nation’s debt profile, Nigeria is not borrowing enough and that it is in the best interest of the country to borrow more.


Makinana/Mail & Guardian: State Security Minister Siyabonga Cwele has indicated that South Africa might consider sending its troops back to the Central African Republic.


Jehron Muhammad/Final Call: Well-behaved’ African leaders rewarded by President Obama.


Dube/Africa Review: Malema not welcome here, says Botswana politician.


Miami Herald/AP: Haitian President Michel Martelly defended his administration Tuesday as he marked two years in office, pointing to a national school-tuition program, social protection projects and the return of tourism as his leading achievements.


Times Picayune: Mother's Day shooting suspect was out on too low of a bail, officials say.


Fox News/AP: 47 structures destroyed as northwestern Wisconsin wildfire burns 8700 acres.


Sudan Tribune: Disgraced former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn arrived in South Sudan on Monday to open a new bank, marking a rare return to the financial world since his career was derailed by a lurid sex scandal two years ago.


RFI: Marine Le Pen says not to forget France's positive contribution to Africa, despite its connection to slavery.

This Day: Boko Haram Leader Reiterates Conditions for Peace.


Selemogwe/Botswana Guardian: There is no demand for Botswana beef in Europe says former Botswana Meat Commission (BMC) Chair Gubago.


Russia Today: 'Rapid descent into sectarian violence': Video shows Syrian rebel biting into soldier's heart.


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Cedric Muhammad/Forbes: What Nikolas Kozloff Misses In Brazil's 'Scramble' For Africa.


Charles/Miami Herald: Two years after his surprise return from seven years in exile, former Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide breaks his silence.


Al Jazeera: Global lenders 'linked to Vietnam land grabs'. Global Witness accuses companies bankrolled by World Bank and Deutsche Bank of driving land-grabbing crisis in region.


Fackler/NYTimes: China’s growing industrial might is likely to allow it to mount an increasingly formidable challenge to the military supremacy of the United States in the waters around China that include Japan & Taiwan.


Neuman/NYTimes: President Evo Morales expelled the U.S. Agency for International Development from Bolivia on Wednesday, suggesting that it had conspired against his government.

Irungu/Business Daily Africa: Kenya to start oil production in six years, says IMF.


Tamayo/Miami Herald: U.S. officials: Cuba will be kept on list of nations that sponsor terrorism. Cuba will get off the list only if the White House certifies that it has promised not to engage in terrorism.


BBC Africa: The FBI distributes photos of three men it says were on the grounds of the US consulate in Benghazi, Libya, when it was attacked last year.


Reuters Africa: Nestle to open Cameroon's 1st coffee processing plant.


Rwanda New Times: President Paul Kagame yesterday delivered the keynote address at an event held on the sidelines of the Milken Institute Global Conference in Los Angeles, US, which attracted leaders from the profit and non-profit sectors.


Nyathi/Africa Review: Rev. Jesse Jackson condemns Zimbabwe sanctions after meetings with both President Mugabe & Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai.

Maodza/Herald: American civil rights activist Rev. Jesse Jackson pledged to work for the removal of the West’s economic sanctions against Zimbabwe.


Greenwald/Guardian UK: A young Yemeni writer on the impact and morality of drone-bombing his country. The 24-year-old Ibrahim Mothana speaks eloquently and insightfully about what the US is doing to his country. We should listen.


Harris/Guardian UK: Obama vows Guantánamo closure as hunger strike worsens.


Daily Nation/AFP: China nears US in money to Africa says study.


Molele/Mail & Guardian: Rev. Jesse Jackson: South Africa is free, but not equal. Jackson speaks on South Africa's new struggle for freedom.


Schleifstein/Times-Picayune: Rising Mississippi River prompts inspections, restrictions on work near levees.


Dixon/LA Times: Uganda widow wins compensation after fight. In Uganda, where women have few rights, the widow of a slain soldier had to vie with her brother-in-law for a share of the money paid by the African Union.


Guardian UK/AP: US film-maker formally charged in Venezuela over conspiracy claims. Timothy Tracy accused by officials of paying right-wing groups of provoking post-election unrest on behalf of US intelligence.


Nimmo/InfoWars: All In The Family: Uncle Ruslan Married to Daughter of Top CIA Official.


Hooper/Guardian UK: Italy's first Black minister attacked by Northern League. Rightwing party labels appointment of DRC-born Cecile Kyenge as 'the symbol of a hypocritical, do-gooding left'.


Reporters Without Borders: Former journalist and government opponent back in Gabode prison in Djibouti.


Charles/Miami Herald: Haiti launches vaccination campaign against fatal childhood diseases.


Rosenberg/NYTimes: With Bags of Cash, C.I.A. Seeks Influence in Afghanistan.

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