October 2011 Archive

Free health screening to detect abdominal aortic aneurysm
Pro football legend Joe Theis­mann is encouraging local residents at-risk for a deadly vascular condition to attend a free health screening taking place in Metairie to detect an abdominal aortic ...
Justified protests are not going away
By Rev. Jesse usa payday loans quincy il Jackson Sr. TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist Occupy Wall Street protests have now spread to several cities. It’s spreading like a fire on a strong wind over ...
La. adapts to natural and manmade climate change
By Susan Buchanan Contributing Writer South Louisiana residents know that the coast is losing a football field of wetlands to the Gulf each hour as well as they know how the Saints ...
Landrieu increases NOPD’s spending, cuts most other areas
By Ariella Cohen thelensnola.org This summer, Mayor quick cash loans.ie Mitch Landrieu invited residents to come out and tell him how they wanted their tax dollars spent in 2012. Community meetings held ...
Lessons learned from Danziger
By Michael Radcliff Contributing Writer Part IV in a four-part series Editor’s Note: Delving deeper into the processes which brought about the utter breakdown of the NOPD in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, ...
Look away, look away
By Edmund W. Lewis Editor White America must be sick of us colored folks right about now. I certainly wouldn’t blame them.
Medicaid cuts would harm minorities
By Viji Sundaram Contributing Writer (Special from New America Media) — Any cuts to Medicaid — poses a danger to Blacks and Latinos, groups disproportionately suffering from high rates of chronic disease ...
Miss. gubernatorial candidate finds supporters in New Orleans
By David Dennis Jr. Contributing Writer Johnny Dupree, the Democratic nominee for governor of Mississippi, took his campaign to New Orleans East as part of a fundraiser to gain some interstate support ...
New Orleans hosts ‘A’ level educational conference
By Christopher Tidmore Contributing Writer Educational experts from all over the United States descended on New Orleans on October 8, 2011, calling the Crescent City “Ground Zero in battle for Educational Reform.”
New recipients for subsidized vegetables: College grads
By Linda Thompson Contributing Writer ASTORIA, NY (Special from New America Media) — Every week, two worlds meet in the Church of the Redeemer when the members of Harvest Astoria pick ...

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