Senate passes resolution on health disparities among minorities
(Special to the Trice Edney News Wire from the Afro American Newspapers) — The U.S. Senate took another step toward closing the racial and ethnic health gap with the May ... Shining a light: One month of NOPD disciplinary proceedings
By Matt Davis http://thelensnola.org The discharge of a high-profile cop like Captain Jeff Winn makes headlines. But the reality of life in uniform as the New Orleans Police Department struggles toward reform ... Southern at N.O. takes a giant technological leap forward
The Louisiana Weekly Staff Reports Southern University at New Orleans (SUNO) announced last week that the campus will become 100 percent wireless and will implement cloud computing starting the Summer 2011 ... St. Mary’s Academy graduates 51 at 126th commencement
The Louisiana Weekly Staff Reports St. Mary’s Academy’s Class of 2011 were 51 in number at the school’s 126th graduation held May 19 at Austin Gymnasium. Surgeon General, Dr. Regina M. Benjamin urges new docs to be socially conscious
By Ayana Jones (Special to the NNPA from The Philadelphia Tribune) — When Dr. Regina M. Benjamin, Surgeon General of the U.S., addressed more than 400 Drexel University College of Medicine ... Survey reveals that white folk believe “reverse racism” is on the rise
(Special from Colorlines) — A study by researchers at Tufts Univer­sity and Harvard Business School has found that many white people believe that anti-white rac­ism has increased and even surpassed ... The Hard Truth
Handling the new attack on Black beauty By Min. J. Kojo Livingston The Louisiana Weekly Contributing Columnist Personally my first reaction was to go all “matri-lineal” on ya boy. Immediately after reading ... The Links Inc. honors community leaders during civic luncheon in N.O.
The Louisiana Weekly Staff Reports Several Baton Rouge and New Orleans community leaders were honored on May 27 at a civic luncheon, one of several activities that were attended by representatives ... We have to raise the debt ceiling
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist A recent Gallup poll found that 47 percent of all Americans oppose raising the debt ceiling. Only 19 percent support raising the ceiling past its current $12.1 ... Wise investments: The financial realities of America’s Black boomers
By Nayita Wilson The Louisiana Weekly Is it a retirement boom or bust for Blacks? As baby boomers continue to make a gradual and highly visible exit from the work-force, data shows ...
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