African-American Rhetoric and Bobby Jindal’s Education Cuts [VIDEO]
La. Senators Cynthia Willard-Lewis and Edwin R. Murray speak out against Jindal Merging SUNO with UNO and other cuts to higher education at S.O.S. Legislative Black Caucus rally April 26, ... Goal of recycling Black spending still a distant dream
By Coby Kindles (Special to the NNPA from Our Weekly) -- Los Angeles County has 28,000 Black-owned businesses. Of these, how much of the $875 billion spent by Black consumers ... Hike in cigarette tax is again on Legislature’s radar screen
By Christopher Tidmore Contributing personal loan for credit score of 500 Writer Facing health care cuts in the hundreds of millions of dollars, advocates of higher sin taxes have re-launched their campaign ... Housing conflict continues in St. Bernard
By Zoe Sullivan Contributing Writer In an ongoing clash over housing and racial discrimination, in early April, St. Bernard Parish rescinded a cease and desist order was aimed at Provident Realty Advi­sors, ... It’s Jazz Fest Time
By Geraldine Wyckoff The Louisiana Weekly Contributing Writer Jazz Fest. That’s what we call the annual musical extravaganza that this year falls later in the spring than usual: April 29-May 1 ... Jazz Fest- First weekend picks
By Geraldine Wyckoff The Louisiana Weekly Contributing Writer There are now high tech methods of sorting out what acts one plans to see at Jazz Fest. You can go to the ... John McDonogh puts spotlight on its best and brightest
By Kelly Parker The Louisiana Weekly Contributing Writer In a city all too familiar with combating stereotypes, and flexing a muscle of resiliency, it should be no surprise that many 12th-graders at ... Jindal’s health insurance privatization plan raids fund to plug budget
By Christopher Tidmore The Louisiana Weekly Contributing Writer Most people do not realize that the State of Louisiana is in the insurance business. The Pelican State is only one ... $1B agreement to fund early Gulf Coast restoration projects announced
The Louisiana Weekly Staff Reports Under an unprecedented agreement announced Thursday by the Natural Resource Trustees for the Deep­water Horizon oil spill (Trus­tees), BP has agreed to provide ... Black legislators head up fight against AZ-style immigration bills
By Marcelo Ballvé The Louisiana Weekly Contributing Writer NEW YORK (Special from New America Media) — As immigrant advocates battle hardline immigration bills in state capitols across the country, they’re receiving ...
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