Bottled water use high among minorities
BOSTON — Minority parents are disproportionately more likely to give their children bottled water rather than water from the kitchen tap, a cross-sectional survey found. Latino and African-American children were three ... BP spill victims struggle with restrictions on payouts
By Susan Buchanan The Louisiana Weekly Gulf residents and businesses hurt by the BP spill are frustrated by red tape, low payouts and pressure not to sue the oil giant, along with ... Civil Rights coalition unveils plan to transform high schools
WASHINGTON —The Campaign for High School Equity (CHSE), a diverse coalition of leading civil rights and education advocacy organizations last week released a bold plan to ensure all students graduate ... Crackdown on Lower Garden District blight outs cop with dual homestead exemptions
By Karen Gadbois http://thelensnola.org Taking action against the owner of blighted property is at best a ticklish business – only more so, residents of the Lower Garden District learned, when the owner ... Crescent City to become the ‘Funk Capital of the World’ on June 15
By Geraldine Wyckoff The Louisiana cash advance sunshine coast Weekly Bootsy is coming! Bootsy is coming! That cry heralds the arrival — perhaps by spacecraft — of Bootsy Collins, one of the ... Delivering a full-service hospital to New Orleans East
By Mitchell J. Landrieu Mayor of New Orleans In New Orleans East, the Ninth Ward and Gentilly, nearly 80,000 residents are up to 30 minutes away from an emergency room. This is ... Democrats have the ‘message’; Republicans have the ‘mess’
By Rev. Al Sharpton TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist Last Month, in the 26th district of New York, an outstanding precedent was established when Democrat Kathy Hochul took home the Congressional seat previously held by ... Demographic factors linked to Black mental health
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Demographic factors significantly affect mental health concerns among Black men, according to a study by the University of Michi­gan and University of Southern California that provides ... History hostages
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist History belongs to she who holds the pen. When the lion is writing, he ate. When the prey is writing (but she didn’t survive) she was eaten ... La. charter schools post online library of applicable laws, regulations
By Jessica Williams http://thelensnola.org The charter school community — and, no doubt, its critics as well — will benefit from an online compilation of laws regarding the operation of these schools.
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