USA: Private for profit-prison contracting firms see boom as crackdown on illegal immigrants rise – Huffington Post

“Private prison companies invested hundreds of thousands of dollars in Donald Trump’s presidential campaign and today they got their reward: the Trump administration reversed the Obama administration’s directive to reduce the Justice Department’s use of private prisons … At a time when we already have more people behind bars than any other country, Trump just […]

Actor, David Oyelọwọ creates Scholarship for Nigerian Girls – huffingtonpost.com

  David Oyetokunbọ Oyelọwọ       David Oyelowo isn’t just a successful actor, he’s a humanitarian, too. To that end, the “Selma” actor wanted to help spearhead a scholarship which aims to ensure that young Nigerian girls have the necessary tools to excel in society. In partnership with the LA-based nonprofit organization, GEANCO, the David Oyelowo […]

USA: It’s Commencement time, again; Arianna Huffington asks Hunter new grads to “secure their own oxygen mask first …” – Huffington Post

Create a Better World, Secure Your Own Oxygen Mask First – Arianna Huffington, Founder, huffingtonpost.com to the graduating class at Hunter College, New York in the Commencement Address By Karah Preiss for huffpost.com EXCERPTS I’m proud to be at a place where nearly a third of undergraduates were born overseas, where nearly 40 percent speak […]

The Clintons and their legacy of mass incarceration of African-American males (4)

The Panamapapers(3): Leak, including the faces of the “power players”, & – oh, hum – Nigerian dramatis personae – World news

  The hands-in-the-cookie-jar-faces of alleged Panama account operators!   WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE PANAMA PAPERS LEAK http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/panama-papers-leak_us_57027188e4b0daf53af010d1?cps=gravity_5020_-6538044878759939875   GIANT LEAK OF OFFSHORE FINANCIAL RECORDS EXPOSES GLOBAL ARRAY OF CRIME AND CORRUPTION #PanamaPapers: Giant Leak of Offshore Financial Records Exposes Global Array of Corruption   LAWYER AT CENTER OF PANAMA PAPERS DATA LEAK […]

Informative but doomed-to-fail Al Jazeera America to shut down by April ending!

Al Jazeera America To Shut Down By End Of April – Michael Calderone/Huffington Post “It’s journalism, so everything’s unstable and you kind of roll with it,” said one staffer. “But there was no indication that this sort of thing was coming.” – An Al Jazeera Staffer http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/al-jazeera-america-to-shut-down_5696a615e4b0b4eb759cdead THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 2016. 2:43 p.m. [GMT]

John Boyega Silences Critics With His Best Response Yet – Huffington Post/Brennan Williams

With his on-the-money stellar performance in the blockbuster latest  STAR WARS, racists a.k.a. “critics” who have been at it since the release of the trailer are as intransigent as ever about the casting of the 23-year old actor as the lead. As in 2014, and with the movie spinning tons of money, John is, again, […]

Andy Roddick On The Ugly Truth Behind How We Treat Serena Williams – Justin Block/Huffington Post

Serena has been unfairly attacked over the years. “To see her come from the 10-year-old with beads in her hair — I mean [expletive], just to see her become just this complete icon and the best female athlete of all time. I love the respect she’s getting this week in the lead-up too. She has […]

Strong and Beautiful with “Power to Inspire” Serena stuns on New York Magazine’s Fashion Issue!

Serena Williams Stuns On New York Magazine’s Fashion Issue: Game, Set, Match – Jamie Feldman/Huffington Post     ALSO CHECK OUT MORE AT wta.com: http://www.wtatennis.com/news/article/4924296/title/serena-williams-in-new-york-magazine   TUESDAY, AUGUST 11, 2015. 5:20 a.m. [GMT]

“I’d like other people to be like me”: Serena’s innocent prediction at 11 becomes more astounding with yet another milestone – Tola Adenle

Serena’s new milestone ranking which shows her more than doubling Number Two Sharapova’s points – she has 13,161 points to Maria’s 6,490 points on the WTA’s Leaderboard – proves to be right on the mark with what the precocious and supremely-confident-in-herself spunky Little Lady predicted at age eleven when asked which player she’d like to […]