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Freedom Is Not Free But Worth Fighting For Every Day
My wife took me to see the movie Selma this weekend and it stirred up vivid memories of my life during the fifties, sixt... Read more
Jimmie Lee Jackson Inspired Selma March
(NNPA) Although Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and John Lewis captured the headlines, it was the death of 26-year-old Jimmi... Read more
Julianne Malveaux
The Real Barack Obama Re-Emerges
(NNPA) President Barack Obama knocked it out of the park during the State of the Union address. He was strong, progressi... Read more
Terror in the Name of Religion
(NNPA) It has been deeply disturbing to hear and read suggestions that there is something inherently violent in Islam th... Read more
California News
275,000 Students Receive Free Tickets to Academy Award®-Nominated "Selma"
Los Angeles is one of 12 new cities to join the movement HOLLYWOOD – Los Angeles has joined the growing movement led by African-American business lea... Read more
New Report: Former Prisoners Often Don’t Know They Can Vote
BERKELEY – California permits former state prisoners to vote once they have completed their sentence or parole, but many formerly incarcerated Califor... Read more
YMCA of Metropolitan Los Angeles Hosts 44th Annual MLK Brotherhood Breakfast
Honorable Jackie Lacey Receives Brotherhood Award & Business Leade…
New Campaign Shows How California Climate Change Laws Help Disadvantaged Communities
BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA – Today The Greenlining Institute launched a new …
California Congregations Celebrate Passage of Proposition 47
People of faith encouraged support of redemptive social justice polici…
U.S. & International
Michael Steele to be Guest Speaker at Annual Southern Maryland MLK Prayer Breakfast
St. Mary’s City, MD -- The 11th Annual Southern Maryland Martin Luther King, Jr. Prayer Breakfast will be held Jan. 19 at St. Mary’s College... Read more
Art & Entertainment
National Association of African American Owned Media Plans to Hold Sony Fully Accountable for their Racist Emails
LOS ANGELES -- The National Association of African American Owned Media (NAAAOM) recently sued AT&T and DirecTV for $10 billion for racial discrimination in contracting... Read more
BVN Tech Review
New Rumors Surface About the Highly-Anticipated Samsung Galaxy S6
By BVN Staff Very little can be confirmed about the Samsung Galaxy S6, which could be one of the iPhone 6’s fiercest competitors whenever it... Read more
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Free Will Volition
At age six, following the removal of my tonsils, Mamma Clara, Aunt Julia, and Aunt Cherry—the most l…
What is Volitional Thinking?
To understand the concepts involved in Volitional Choices is to step back into the cross-road of eve…
