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Stoudemire says he wants to build on the legacy of the African-American farmers who have worked the land in the U.S. for centuries. About 100 years ago, there were an estimated 1 million Black farmers in the U.S. Fewer than 50,000 remain because of “historic discrimination within the U.S. Department of Agriculture,” according to a February announcement of the Justice for Black Farmers Act, spearheaded by Sen. Cory Booker, a Democrat from New Jersey. “I started reading more about how a lot of those farmers were somewhat taken advantage of when it came to new bills that were being signed and so forth for farmers,” Stoudemire explains. “So it became pretty interesting to me to show face and that there are still African Americans who are passionate about farming.”
Last week, Harrington interviewed Chuck Schumer on Instagram Live and the two talked about increasing partnerships to enact change. Harrington added that connecting with the likes of Schumer and Booker will help inform more politicians on the challenges happening on the ground. “Talking with Schumer and Cory Booker, just really being at that table, and just letting them know what’s really going on on the ground [is important],” Harrington said. “A lot of them aren’t businessmen or women. They’re not true entrepreneurs, they’re politicians. We put them in those positions to do a job, but when we think about what’s going on in the cannabis industry, you really need industry knowledge in order to be able to really write the laws, to be able to have the industry be successful. So I’m just really excited about the opportunity.”
In true Obama fashion, he came in swinging right off the bat as he stepped into the library where Nice and Mero were waiting for him. “I saw some of the footage of y’all with Booker,” Obama said, referencing an earlier interview the duo did with New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker where they were getting shots up in the gym. Though Nice and Mero started trying to defend their game, Obama expertly cut them off. “Here’s the good news,” he said. “It looks like y’all could play for the Knicks.”
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Congratulations on the honor and your upcoming trip to the White House. What do you make of it, being chosen to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and why is it happening now? Bob Cousy: The story is, three or four good friends came to me about four years ago and asked if I was prepared to perhaps be a recipient, and did I want them to pursue it? I told them I really had never pursued that type of acknowledgement before. But I also didn’t tell them “No.” So they went out with their plan. Congressman Jim McGovern [D-Mass.] agreed to help them. They put a portfolio together. We thought we had a pretty strong case to make to President Obama. We had a letter that President Kennedy had written to me. We got letters from [former Massachusetts governor] Deval Patrick and [Senator] Cory Booker [D-N.J.], but at the end of the day it didn’t happen. I became involved and reached out to a friend of mine -- who is Senator Joe Manchin’s [D-WVa.] closest friend, I guess -- and he reached out to Joe. And Joe is an honest politician who follows his conscience.
April 4 will be the 50th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s death, and Historyis marking it with a new documentary on the civil rights struggle. Executive produced by NBA star LeBron James and Freedom Riders filmmaker Stanley Nelson, Rise Up: The Movement that Changed America includes interviews with President Clinton, Jesse Jackson, Sen. Cory Booker and others.
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A bipartisan group of U.S. senators are urging the National Basketball Association to move the 2017 NBA All-Star Game away from Charlotte, North Carolina, because of a state law that limits protection for gay, lesbian and transgender people. Democratic Sens. Jeff Merkley of Oregon, Patrick Leahy of Vermont, Cory Booker of New Jersey, Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin and Patty Murray of Washington state, along with Republican Sen. Mark Kirk of Illinois, wrote to NBA commissioner Adam Silver on Tuesday.
New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker said Donald Sterling should be stripped of his ownership of the L.A. Clippers, should he be verified as the man on an explosive recording making racist remarks. “There’s a lot of ways to make this gentleman pay for having those views and I believe the right thing for him to do would be — should this prove true — he should not be an NBA owner,” Booker said Monday on Fox’s “Good Day New York.”
Shaquille O'Neal has a new kind of movie project: theater owner. Basketball star O'Neal grew up in Newark. He now co-owns and operates the CityPlex 12 theater near the city's downtown. O'Neal and Newark Mayor Cory Booker formally opened the rehabbed, expanded theater Friday afternoon. It includes an auditorium with a 47-foot-wide screen. It partially reopened in May after being closed for renovations.
Despite the fact the NBA team currently playing in the building is moving out at the end of the season, the Prudential Center will host the NBA draft for the second straight year this summer, Newark mayor Cory Booker announced today. Booker announced the news on Twitter, tweeting: "Thrilled 2 announce #Newark will host the #NBAdraft + Fanfest for 2nd year in a row @PruCenter June 28th!'
The insinuations of basketball inadequacy are potentially harmful for the Prudential Center, if only because the city of Newark — which owns the arena — wants to lure a permanent NBA team once the Nets leave. According to a source familiar with the situation, Newark Mayor Cory Booker and former Newark resident Shaquille O’Neal have spoken several times about the subject and are in the process of arranging a meeting with the league. One potential obstacle is the Nets, who don’t want a team just 13 miles away from the Barclays Center so soon after their own transition.
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Nets officials later said the slogan was created strictly for the team’s final season at the Prudential Center in Newark — which is in danger of being cancelled because of the standoff between the NBA and its players association over a new collective bargaining agreement. Responding to Markowitz, Newark Mayor Cory Booker said he’s “confident Newark will be home to another NBA team after the Nets” leave.
You’ve talked about owning a team someday. Do you still want to do that? Shaquille O'Neal: Yes. And I’m looking forward to bringing a team to Newark. I haven’t spoken to Mayor Booker about it yet, but I’m working on it. I know Newark can support an N.B.A. team. And I’m going to be one of the guys that’s going to bring a team there.
One by one, commissioner David Stern will call the names of the newest NBA players Thursday in a building that won't have a team after the 2011-12 season. But Newark has some major players and is looking for more in its quest for an NBA team to call Prudential Center home after the Nets leave for Brooklyn. The most prominent booster is Newark Mayor Cory Booker. Governor Chris Christie, Devils owner and chairman of Devils Arena Entertainment Jeff Vanderbeek, and Newark native Shaquille O'Neal are behind Booker and want The Rock to continue its relationship with the NBA. "We're definitely engaging in conversations with folks who have put out feelers about the potential for our arena to host an NBA team," Booker said during a phone interview. "There are definitely a number of teams struggling in their current arenas. That gives me signs of hope. I think it's an uphill battle, but I think it's a winnable battle."
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