Virginia Dotson
Virginia Dotson is an 84-year-old black American woman who was violently thrown to the ground by the police outside a Walmart near Columbus, Ohio on August 1st 2009. She was thrown down so hard she was bleeding from her head.
Dotson did have a steak knife, but she also had a cane and did not [...]

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BY JEFFREY GETTLEMAN
MONROVIA, Liberia — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton landed in Liberia in the driving rain Thursday morning and sent a strong message of support to President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, who has recently come under scrutiny for her role in the country’s conflict-ridden past.
Mrs. Johnson Sirleaf, a Harvard-trained economist, instantly became a symbol [...]

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By: Jeff Otieno
The former ruling party KANU is currently embroiled in a vigorous Campaign to clean up its house a head of 2012 polls.
According to sources within the party’s top echelons the abrasive campaign onslaught to revive the former ruling party has been finalized.
KANU operative Tom Alila told journalists that areas such as Nyanza and [...]

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BY MICHAEL J. SSALI
A group of veteran and upcoming women scientists in Kenya under AWARD (African Women in Agricultural Research and Department) programme have urged African leaders and US policy makers to put women at the centre of efforts to address hunger and poverty in sub-Saharan Africa.
  
During the recent visit by US Secretary of State, [...]

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