Pistons en Espanol
By Elizabeth Aguirre
For the New Citizens Press
Para Richard Carlisle, entrenador de los Detroit Pistons, el segundo encuentro con los Golden State Warriors no fue divertido hasta después del juego.
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Who Are You? DNA Testing for African Ancestry
Dr. Rick Kittles engaged in the question and answer session at the conclusion of the programBy Dr. Javon Jackson
Rina Risper, the president and publisher of The New Citizens Press, and Roger Lane Glumm Productions did a magnificent job in sponsoring the first Annual Carrington & Stokes, Inc. Black History Month Program at the Kellogg Center on the Michigan State University campus.
Reel Reviews
By Melik
What a rush. The Recruit is a nice little roller coaster ride of emotion. This is not your basic two-dimensional action adventure piece. The Recruit actually dares to have characters with depth. The setup is you have a bored highly intelligent young James Clayton played by Colin Farrell that is being sought after by a veteran CIA agent Walter Burke, played by the extraordinary Al Pacino.
CITY OFFICIALS TO ANNOUNCE PLANS TO COORDINATE COMMUNITY-WIDE LOW-INCOME TAX ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
Low-Income Residents Can Take Advantage of Millions in Tax Incentives;
City Seeks Volunteer Finance Professionals to Help with Program
Lansing Mayor Tony Benavides will join Jill Rhode, Lansing City Treasurer; Douglas Stites, Capital Area Michigan Works! Chief Executive Officer; Susan Cocciarelli, Specialist of the Center for Urban Affairs at Michigan State University; and David Wiener, Mayoral Executive Assistant, in announcing plans to coordinate a community-wide low-income tax assistance program beginning at 4 p.m. today, Tuesday, February 18 in the lobby of Lansing City Hall, located at 124 W. Michigan Ave. in downtown Lansing.
Challenging educators to think outside of the box and educate young minority men
By Jonathan Livingston
Over the past 30 years, a good deal of debate has occurred concerning whether our current public school system can educate our children and provide them with the skills needed to be productive citizens. Upon closer look at the state of education as it relates to Black children, we find that over 45% of minority males in this country drop out of high school.
Reel Reviews
The setup is that not enough of you have seen this particular movie yet. This is a devastating fact. The movie is Antwone Fisher. The man that is portrayed in the film wrote this beautiful piece. Oscar winner Denzel Washington directed and co-starred in this piece. Derek Luke did a phenomenal job as Antwone.The Mentality
When we met you told me stories of your ex,
How you were taken for granted, alienated, disrespected,
Mistreated, to the end never cherished.
I shook my head and as a man wished I could’ve shouldered the blame,
And with time show you love, take away the pain.
“…And what of love in the Black community?”
By Jonathan Livingston
“…And what of love”, wrote the poet Kahlil Gibran. Before reading this passage from The Prophet as a young boy, I never thought of love and what it meant to love and be loved. I was given and shown love by my family and my community, but I never had experienced the love between a man and a woman.
Hopeville Tour gives families a way to celebrate Black History Month together
By Tony Jones
Special to The New Citizen Press
On Friday, Feb. 28, East Lansing gets to enjoy the rising surge of message music as the pioneering Hopeville Tour – United As One presentation brings the biggest gospel music tour in history to the Breslin Center, offering the perfect occasion for families to celebrate Black History Month together.
Where’s the Proof Mr. Bush?
By Bro. Ishmael Muhammad
As the leadership of America seems determined to start a war with Iraq. President Bush has gone to great lengths to state his position as to why war with Iraq is necessary and why Saddam Hussein must be removed from power.