From Newsweek: Peter Mugyenyi runs the Joint Clinical Research Center (JCRC), one of the most successful AIDS-treatment providers in Uganda.

From PopCrunch: Shakira will meet with the mayor of Phoenix later this week to help campaign against a new Arizona law cracking down on illegal immigration, a spokesperson for the mayor’s office confirmed to The Associated Press on Tuesday.

Arizona’s new law targeting illegal immigrants has sparked a firestorm of controversy. The law, which allows police officers to stop anyone they have “reasonable suspicion” is in the country illegally, then arrest them if they cannot provide immediate proof that they aren’t, will undoubtedly lead to an increase in racial profiling. Additionally, the de facto […]

Roland talks with US Trade Representative, Ron Kirk about growing small businesses and getting Americans back to work through exports. President Obama has set a goal to double US exports in a effort to help create 2 million jobs. According to Kirk, 97% of companies that export are small businesses. If you have a product […]

From Laurel May @ 944.com: Rap Sessions: Community Dialogues on Hip-Hop has teamed up with Harvard Law-based think tank, The Jamestown Project to present its fifth annual national discussion tour. These townhall-style meetings will bring together a panel of leading hip-hop activists, artists and experts for public dialogue exploring the possible ways hip-hop’s entrepreneurial spirit […]

From ThinkProgress.com: Arizona, Pima County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik, who has been a cop for 52 years, says the controversial immigration law will definitely lead to racial profiling. He told local TV station KGUN9 that the law is “racist,” “digusting,” and “unnecessary,” and he won’t enforce it. While the law may not explicitly mandate profiling, Dupnik […]

From the Washington Post: PORT-AU-PRINCE — They pound concrete. Smash it over and over. Smash it until it powders. Click here to view photos. The pounding starts at dawn, when the men with the calloused hands crawl by the hundreds, antlike, over and into the ruins of this broken city, from the toppled old market-houses […]

From HipHopWired.com: A Chicago strip club is making headlines after announcing that they’ll commemorate former governor Sarah Palin’s trip to the Windy City by holding a “Sexy Sarah Palin” lookalike contest.

From NYTimes.com: BOSTON — After nine years of regulatory review, the federal government gave the green light Wednesday to the nation’s first offshore wind farm, a sprawling project off the coast of Cape Cod.

WASHINGTON (AP) ― Transit workers are rallying in the nation’s capital to call for more support of mass transportation. The rally will be held at Upper Senate Park in northwest Washington on Tuesday afternoon. Click here to view photos. Organizers say the Rev. Jesse Jackson will join transit union leaders, Metro employees and other transit […]

From NYTimes.com: It was a silent call to arms: an easy-to-overlook message urging New Jersey students to take a stand against the budget cuts that threaten class sizes and choices as well as after-school activities. But some 18,000 students accepted the invitation posted last month on Facebook, the social media site better known for publicizing […]

From BlackVoices.com: Jackson clan matriarch, Katherine, has apparently had enough.