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# Black Star News

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- [$470 Million In Assets At Sentencing: LaForte’s 15 ½-Year Sentence Re-Examined ](https://blackstarnews.com/470-million-in-assets-at-sentencing-lafortes-15-%c2%bd-year-sentence-re-examined/): Former Par Funding CEO LaForte
- [Trump Targeting DR Congo As Destination For Deportees](https://blackstarnews.com/trump-targeting-dr-congo-as-destination-for-deportees/): By Semafor Africa
- [Mayor Mamdani’s Veto Of Bill To Give NYPD More Power To Restrict Protests Applauded By The People’s Plan NYC](https://blackstarnews.com/mayor-mamdanis-veto-of-bill-to-give-nypd-more-power-to-restrict-protests-applauded-by-the-peoples-plan-nyc/): Photos: Wikimedia Commons
- [Uganda: About 90 Percentage Of Ugandans Informally Employed](https://blackstarnews.com/uganda-about-90-percentage-of-ugandans-informally-employed/): By Tom Oniro Elenyu
- [After Virginia, Redistricting War Heads To Florida](https://blackstarnews.com/after-virginia-redistricting-war-heads-to-florida/): By Jen Rice|Democracy Docket
- [Mozambique, Rwanda Hard-Hit By Iran war](https://blackstarnews.com/mozambique-rwanda-hard-hit-by-iran-war/): Rwanda and Mozambique are the two sub-Saharan African countries most exposed to the Middle East war, the ratings agency S&P said, as surging fuel costs and disrupted trade routes threaten to derail fragile economic recoveries.
- [Maryland Rep. Mfume Pushes For Passing Of Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention And Reauthorization Act](https://blackstarnews.com/maryland-rep-mfume-pushes-for-passing-of-frederick-douglass-trafficking-victims-prevention-and-reauthorization-act/): Photos: Mfume Press|Wikimedia Commons
- [Coalition Of Union Leaders And Community Activists Calling For People To Protest On May Day](https://blackstarnews.com/coalition-of-union-leaders-and-community-activists-calling-for-people-to-protest-on-may-day/): Photos: People’s Organization For Progress
- [LDF Mourns Passing Of Civil Rights Advocate Representative David Scott](https://blackstarnews.com/ldf-mourns-passing-of-civil-rights-advocate-representative-david-scott/): Photos: YouTube Screenshot|Wikimedia Commons
- [Sharpton: “Moving Marijuana To Schedule III Is Not Justice — It Is A Half Measure”](https://blackstarnews.com/sharpton-moving-marijuana-to-schedule-iii-is-not-justice-it-is-a-half-measure/): Photos: Wikimedia Commons
- [Civil Society Demands World Bank Withdraw From So-Called “Board of Peace” And Terminate Facilitation Of Funding](https://blackstarnews.com/civil-society-demands-world-bank-withdraw-from-so-called-board-of-peace-and-terminate-facilitation-of-funding/): Photos: Wikimedia Commons
- [Trump’s Iran War Causing Gas Prices To Surge Across The Country](https://blackstarnews.com/trumps-iran-war-causing-gas-prices-to-surge-across-the-country/): By Center For American Progress
- [EU’s Failure To Suspend EU-Israel Association Agreement Shows Contempt For Civilian Lives](https://blackstarnews.com/eus-failure-to-suspend-eu-israel-association-agreement-shows-contempt-for-civilian-lives/): By Amnesty International
- [OECS And Caribbean Biodiversity Fund Strengthen Dominica’s Sea Moss Sector](https://blackstarnews.com/oecs-and-caribbean-biodiversity-fund-strengthen-dominicas-sea-moss-sector/): By OECS
- [US-Kuwaiti Journalist Ahmed Shihab-Eldin Acquitted Of All Charges](https://blackstarnews.com/us-kuwaiti-journalist-ahmed-shihab-eldin-acquitted-of-all-charges/): By Committee to Protect Journalists
- [Lebanese Journalist Amal Khalil Bombed And Left To Die By Israel](https://blackstarnews.com/lebanese-journalist-amal-khalil-bombed-and-left-to-die-by-israel/): By Jeremy Loffredo
- [American Democracy Is Disappearing As Dictatorial Trumpism Takes Hold](https://blackstarnews.com/american-democracy-is-disappearing-as-dictatorial-trumpism-takes-hold/): By Olivia Gauvin
- [Australian Mining Company BHP Weighing Copper Exploration In Zambia](https://blackstarnews.com/australian-mining-company-bhp-weighing-copper-exploration-in-zambia/): By Semafor Africa
- [Nigeria Replaces Finance Minister Who Previously Worked For World Bank](https://blackstarnews.com/nigeria-replaces-finance-minister-who-previously-worked-for-world-bank/): By Semafor Africa
- [Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso Allocates $125,000 To Support Community Programming At 78 NYCHA Tenant Associations In Brooklyn](https://blackstarnews.com/brooklyn-borough-president-antonio-reynoso-allocates-125000-to-support-community-programming-at-78-nycha-tenant-associations-in-brooklyn/): BROOKLYN, NY– Yesterday, Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso announced an allocation totaling $125,000 in FY26 discretionary funding to be distributed to 78 NYCHA Tenant Associations (TAs) across the borough. The funding is allocated for general programming support, including family days, backpack giveaways, and other programs for NYCHA residents. Active Brooklyn NYCHA TAs were each awarded up to $3,000. The amount allocated to each development was based on each development’s population.
- [Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company Announces 2026 Asian American Heritage Month Performances](https://blackstarnews.com/nai-ni-chen-dance-company-announces-2026-asian-american-heritage-month-performances/): NEW YORK, NY – In celebration of Asian American Heritage Month, the acclaimed Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company will present a captivating, cross-cultural program at The CitiGroup Theatre. This season’s concert is a special tribute, honoring the past by reviving Nai-Ni Chen's Du, honoring the present by showcasing Flowing Stream under the Moon Light, and looking toward the future with Peter Chu's premiere, Reflections of a Ripple.
- [Trump’s War On Iran Is A Terrible Sacrifice Of Lives And Economy](https://blackstarnews.com/trumps-war-on-iran-is-a-terrible-sacrifice-of-lives-and-economy/): By Mel Gurtov
- [CORE NYC Denounces NYPD’s “Excessive Force” Arrest Of Council Member Chi Ossé During Eviction Of Deed Theft Victim](https://blackstarnews.com/core-nyc-denounces-nypds-excessive-force-arrest-of-council-member-chi-osse-during-eviction-of-deed-theft-victim/): Photos: YouTube Screenshots
- [Lion of Rwakabengo: A Birthday Elegy To Rtd. Col. Dr. Kizza Besigye – The Unbroken Conscience Of A Nation](https://blackstarnews.com/lion-of-rwakabengo-a-birthday-elegy-to-rtd-col-dr-kizza-besigye-the-unbroken-conscience-of-a-nation/): By A Concerned Ugandan Citizen
- [Legal Defense Fund On DOJ Indictment Of Southern Poverty Law Center: “We Stand In Solidarity With SPLC”](https://blackstarnews.com/legal-defense-fund-on-doj-indictment-of-southern-poverty-law-center-we-stand-in-solidarity-with-splc/): By Legal Defense Fund
- [Trump Blinks First, Extending Ceasefire With Iran As Hormuz Deadlock Continues](https://blackstarnews.com/trump-blinks-first-extending-ceasefire-with-iran-as-hormuz-deadlock-continues/): By Jeremy Scahill
- [Survivors Of Pacific Boat Strikes Allege U.S. Forces Kidnapped And Tortured Them](https://blackstarnews.com/survivors-of-pacific-boat-strikes-allege-u-s-forces-kidnapped-and-tortured-them/): By Camila Lourdes Galarza|Drop Site News
- [“A War Of Aggression Constitutes An International Crime:” Doesn’t This Describe The War Against Iran?](https://blackstarnews.com/a-war-of-aggression-constitutes-an-international-crime-doesnt-this-describe-the-war-against-iran/): By John LaForge 
- [UN Experts Put Tanzanian Government On Notice – “Ensure Transparency And Respect For Indigenous Peoples’ Rights In Ngorongoro”](https://blackstarnews.com/un-experts-put-tanzanian-government-on-notice-ensure-transparency-and-respect-for-indigenous-peoples-rights-in-ngorongoro/): By Oakland Institute
- [From Liberation To Orthodoxy: Kagame’s Shrinking Moral Universe](https://blackstarnews.com/from-liberation-to-orthodoxy-kagames-shrinking-moral-universe/): By Theogene Rudasingwa
- [NY AG’s Office Of Special Investigation: NYPD Officers Who Killed Winston Johnson Will Not Be Charged](https://blackstarnews.com/ny-ags-office-of-special-investigation-nypd-officers-who-killed-winston-johnson-will-not-be-charged/): Photos: BWC|Wikimedia Commons
- [Diplomacy Or Escalation? The Iran War At A Crossroads](https://blackstarnews.com/diplomacy-or-escalation-the-iran-war-at-a-crossroads/): By Jeremy Scahill
- [Press Conference: Labor And Community Groups Unite For May Day Protests](https://blackstarnews.com/press-conference-labor-and-community-groups-unite-for-may-day-protests/): Photos: YouTube Screenshots|Facebook
- [The International Community Secured A Nuclear Weapons-Free Agreement With Iran. Then Trump Tore It Up](https://blackstarnews.com/the-international-community-secured-a-nuclear-weapons-free-agreement-with-iran-then-trump-tore-it-up/): By Dr. Lawrence Wittner
- [Uganda’s Sovereignty Law Is Constitutional Coup: Law Society](https://blackstarnews.com/ugandas-sovereignty-law-is-constitutional-coup-law-society/): By Black Star
- [OAS To Observe General Elections In The Bahamas](https://blackstarnews.com/oas-to-observe-general-elections-in-the-bahamas/): Photos: OAS|Facebook
- [New NYPD Committee To Study Racial Disparities In Street Stops](https://blackstarnews.com/new-nypd-committee-to-study-racial-disparities-in-street-stops/): By Rocco Parascandola|New York Daily News
- [China Solar Panel Exports To Africa Surge](https://blackstarnews.com/china-solar-panel-exports-to-africa-surge/): By Semafor Africa
- [Pope Leo XIV’s Africa Tour Draws Tens Of Thousands](https://blackstarnews.com/pope-leo-xivs-africa-tour-draws-tens-of-thousands/): By Semafor Africa
- [CARICOM Celebrates 10th Anniversary Of Girls In ICT Day April 23](https://blackstarnews.com/caricom-celebrates-10th-anniversary-of-girls-in-ict-day-april-23/): By CARICOM
- [America Is Now A Lawless Anti-Humanitarian Rogue Nation](https://blackstarnews.com/america-is-now-a-lawless-anti-humanitarian-rogue-nation/): By Robert Kimball Shinkosky
- [Carrying A Legacy Forward: Nathaniel Hezekiah III Seeks To Succeed Vivian Cook In Southeast Queens](https://blackstarnews.com/carrying-a-legacy-forward-nathaniel-hezekiah-iii-seeks-to-succeed-vivian-cook-in-southeast-queens/): By Edwin Freeman | Black Star News
- [Ailing Kent Syverud Withdraws As University of Michigan President Weeks After Receiving My Letter On Cassandra Fameux Case](https://blackstarnews.com/kent-syverud-withdraws-as-university-of-michigan-president-weeks-after-receiving-my-letter-on-cassandra-fameux-case/): By Milton Allimadi
- [Iranian Official: “Zionist Regime And The United States Have Continuously Operated In A Cycle Of War…”](https://blackstarnews.com/iranian-official-zionist-regime-and-the-united-states-have-continuously-operated-in-a-cycle-of-war/): By Jeremy Scahill and Murtaza Hussain|Drop Site News
- [Working For Peace: Dr. Margarita Tadevosyan On Conflict, Memory, And The Long Horizon Of Justice](https://blackstarnews.com/working-for-peace-dr-margarita-tadevosyan-on-conflict-memory-and-the-long-horizon-of-justice/): By George Cassidy Payne
- [The Deception Behind Trump’s War On Iran](https://blackstarnews.com/the-deception-behind-trumps-war-on-iran/): By Sophia Gonzalez
- [Grammy Award-Winning Reggae Icon Buju Banton Reunites With VP Records](https://blackstarnews.com/grammy-award-winning-reggae-icon-buju-banton-reunites-with-vp-records/): Photos: VP Records|Wikimedia Commons
- [Rep. Angie Craig’s Campaign Quietly Distancing Minnesota Senate Hopeful From AIPAC](https://blackstarnews.com/rep-angie-craigs-campaign-quietly-distancing-minnesota-senate-hopeful-from-aipac/): By Julian Andreone
- [Trump’s Economic Agenda Costing U.S. $300 Billion Per Year And Millions Of Jobs](https://blackstarnews.com/trumps-economic-agenda-costing-u-s-300-billion-per-year-and-millions-of-jobs/): By Center For American Progress
- [Improving Caribbean Youth Mental Health Among Key Issues At CARICOM’s Regional Youth Agenda](https://blackstarnews.com/improving-caribbean-youth-mental-health-among-key-issues-at-caricoms-regional-youth-agenda/): By CARICOM