July 2011 Archive

GOP’s debt ceiling war not about debt
By Earl Ofari Hutchinson New America Media Columnist The GOP’s war over America’s debt ceiling is not about America’s debt, it’s about President Obama. The debt ceiling debate can’t be separated from ...
Lionel Delpit, icon of the Mardi Gras Indian community, dies at age 54
By Geraldine Wyckoff Contributing Writer “Scream my name,” Big Chief Black Feather Lionel Delpit encouraged on the 1998 CD United We Stand, Divided We Fall. The chief of the 7th Ward Mardi ...
Workers fan out as Crescent City struggles with job growth
By Susan Buchanan Contributing Writer If you’re a New Orleans resident looking for a job, you may have to cast your net far and wide and be willing to endure a long ...
Black colleges key to reviving U.S. education
By Stan Washington Contributing Writer personal loans mcu ATLANTA (Special to the NNPA from The Atlanta Voice ) — If the United States is going to regain its global leadership position in ...
‘Dirty South’ lawmakers working to kill new power plant pollution rule
(Special from Facing South) — The Environmental Protection Agen­cy recently issued a new rule requiring power plants in 27 states in the eastern half of the U.S. to cut ...
Many allies look like enemies
By Fr. Jerome LeDoux Contributing Columnist Seven years ago, I felt driven to write a personal account of the origins, birth and development of St. Augustine Church in Faubourg Tremé of New ...
Devil in the details
By Edmund cash advance 10158 W. Lewis Editor For what seems like an eternity, community activists, civil rights leaders and residents have been asking the U.S. Department of Justice to expand its ...
Doctors make discovery in Blacks with glaucoma
Measuring oxygen during eye surgery, investigators at Washing­ton University School of Medicine in St. Louis have discovered a reason that may explain why African-Americans have a higher risk of glaucoma ...
N.O. to receive federal manpower
New Orleans has been chosen as one of six cities to serve as a pilot site for the Obama administration’s Strong Cities, Strong Communities (SC2), which aims to enhance governmental ...
Minority youth media consumption may be hampering academic achievement
By Nadra Kareem Nittle Contributing Writer (America’s Wire) — Krystal Murphy received her first cell phone at age 13 and she used it solely to keep her parents in the loop ...

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