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The US Department of Justice and the FBI have opened an investigation into the “facts and circumstances” surrounding the shooting of Trayvon Martin, the Justice Department announced Monday. “The department will conduct a thorough and independent review of all of the evidence and take appropriate action at the conclusion of the investigation,” Xochitl Hinojosa, a Justice Department spokeswoman, said in a statement. “The department also is providing assistance to and cooperating with the state officials in their investigation into the incident.”
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INSIGHT NEWS March 26 - April 1, 2012 • MN Metro Vol. 38 No. 13 • The Journal For Community News, Business & The Arts • www.insightnews.com
Michelle Obama
By Harry Colbert, Jr. Contributing Writer
First Lady Michelle Obama made an official visit to the Twin Cites on Friday, March 16.
The trip was part of Obama’s and Jill Biden’s Joining Forces initiative, where the First Lady met with National Guard families and local community leaders. The First Lady was met
at the 133rd Airlift Wing by Gov. Mark Dayton, Sens. Amy Klobuchar and Al Franken and Mayors R.T. Rybak (Minneapolis) and Christopher Coleman (St. Paul) as well as several members of the
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First Lady Michelle Obama meets with military families
military and their families. Later, in a roundtable discussion about Minnesota’s practices that can be replicated nationally, Obama joined military family members, representatives from Serving
Our Troops, and three Joining Forces Community Challenge finalists from Minnesota – the Armed Forces Service Center, Defending the Blue Line and GreenCare for Troops. “We live in a great nation
and people will step up when asked,” said Obama when she addressed participants of the roundtable discussion. “We’ve got one-percent serving
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Why we must oppose a call to war By US.. Representative Keith Ellison (D-MN) A little more than 9 years ago, I wrote the opinion piece below regarding the foolishness of George Bush’s decision to invade Iraq. I hope you read my opinion piece of March 2003 with an eye towards the war some people are trying to sell us today. Specifically, the campaign for war with Iran. Check out Matthew Kroenig’s piece in Foreign Affairs Magazine (Jan./ Feb. 2012) entitled, “Time to Attack Iran.” It brings me no satisfaction to say that I was right about the Iraq War in 2003. It brings me no joy to stand up to the forces lobbying for war with Iran now. But Walter Jones (R-NC) and I are seeking
our colleagues’ support on a letter to the President, urging a robust diplomatic initiative as opposed to war. It is time to stand for peace again, and if we fail to stand up soon, it may be too late. Recently, Senator Mitch McConnell called for an authorization for use of force against Iran if intelligence suggests that it has decided to build a nuclear bomb, but about a decade ago Congress authorized the president to use force “as he determines to be necessary and appropriate” against Iraq. Déjà vu all over again. Not a single justification for the Iraq war had merit. No yellow cake uranium from Niger, no link between Saddam Hussein and Al-Qaeda, and no
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Black press
Not just doom and gloom Opinion
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Education
Youth program in East Phillips produces collegebound scholars
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Aesthetics
Review: Tuskegee Love Letters
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WASHINGTON (NNPA) – President Barack Obama expressed admiration for the balanced picture AfricanAmerican newspapers present of the Black community each week, saying such portrayal not only helps Blacks but Americans of all races and ethnicities.
Health
The benefits of the Affordable Care Act in Minnesota
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“One of the things that I always love about AfricanAmerican publications is that it’s not just gloom and doom,” the president told members of National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) last Thursday at a private gathering at the White House. “Part of what you guys do is you lift up that kid who’s overcome barriers and is now succeeding, or that family that has pulled together and helped to strengthen a community, or that church that is the bedrock of a neighborhood. “Those stories of success and hope, that’s what sustains us,
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Lifestyle
Black woman, what makes you so strong?
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