IS top command dominated by ex-officers in Saddam’s army
By HAMZA HENDAWI and QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA While attending the Iraqi army’s artillery school nearly 20 years ago, Ali Omran remembers one major well. An Islamic hard-liner, he once chided Omran…
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Bush happy to echo father’s legacy in eastern Europe
By THOMAS BEAUMONT and VANESSA GERA Jeb Bush strolled the halls of the Polish parliament, praised Germany’s economic boom since the fall of the Berlin Wall and visited Estonia, a…
Suspect only death in attack on Dallas police building
BY NOMAAN MERCHANT A man who authorities say opened fire outside Dallas police headquarters from his parked van, with bullets piercing the glass at the entrance and causing damage inside,…
US looking into whether hostage was kept by IS leader
By LOLITA C. BALDOR and KEN DILANIAN U.S. intelligence agencies are investigating the possibility that the Islamic State militant leader killed Friday was the captor of American hostage Kayla Mueller…
Tennille R Benton interviews Chev Dev regarding his humble beginnings in the hood, from being force
Real with Tennille host Ms. Tennille R. Benton interviews Chev Dev regarding his humble beginnings in the hood, from being forced to choose to between jail and college to now…
CMG Book Of The Month #2 Becoming Belafonte: Black Artist, Public Radical (Discovering America)
by Judith E. Smith A son of poor Jamaican immigrants who grew up in Depression-era Harlem, Harry Belafonte became the first black performer to gain artistic control over the representation…
CMG October Book # 1 Of The Month African-American Males and the U.S. Justice System of Marginalization
Interview with Brice Stewart, Candidate For Jackson County Executive
Mr. Brice Stewart, Jackson County Executive Candidate, Explains Why He Thinks Jackson County Government Could Use Some Change