June 2011 Archive

The hard truth – The Tulsa Race riot- Never forget!
By Min. J. Kojo Livingston The Louisiana Weekly Contributing Columnist Last week marked the 90th anniversary of a tragic and heinous moment in U.S. history: the Tulsa Race Riot or Massacre. On ...
St. Aug, Josephites embroiled in power struggle
Just one day after St. Augustine High School’s Board of Directors flexed its muscles and exerted its power to hire or fire school administrators, the Josephites Order amended its by-laws ...
The reason why I sing
By Edmund W. Lewis, Editor The Louisiana Weekly I’ve been accused of many things in my years on the planet, but never of not having joy in my heart and ...
The simple delights of a pedicure
By Fr. Jerome LeDoux The Louisiana Weekly Contributing Columnist For many months, I had been admiring the obvious care with which the Vietnamese lady did my feet. “What a service!” ...
Will banks be held accountable?
By Rev. Jesse Jackson, Sr. TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist It isn’t clear payday loan north augusta which is worse: The housing crisis that keeps deepening or the reports of pervasive banking fraud that keep ...
Women’s risk of heart disease after gestational diabetes differs by race
CHEVY CHASE, MD — New research finds that gestational diabetes, or pregnancy-related diabetes, may not raise the risk of heart disease independent of other cardiovascular risk factors except in certain ...
Work is a necessity
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist personal loan bad credit monthly payments I consider myself something of a wordsmith, so I am always amazed in the work of others, especially when they are ...
Embolism stalks Black moms with lethal bias
By Kimberly Seals Allers Editor’s Note: This is the fourth in a periodic series of stories on the disparate maternal death rate of Black women. (Special to the Trice Edney News Wire ...
Facing escalated jobless numbers, CBC chief promises fight for jobs bill
By Hazel Trice Edney (TriceEdneyWire.com) — Con­gressional Black Caucus Chairman Emanuel Cleaver II (D-Mo.) is blaming Republicans for holding up job growth legislation and promises to continue fighting for a jobs ...
Feds eye Black unemployment
The United States Department of Labor has released a new report The Black Labor Force in the Recovery. Key findings of the report: • African-Americans or Blacks made up 12 ...

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