December 2011 Archive
By Jessica Williams thelensnola.org Recovery School District head switch funds John White needs to rethink his strategy for helping students get into higher-performing schools, critics of his enrollment plan said Tuesday. Few locally-owned La. companies benefit from oil lease sales
By Christopher Tidmore Contributing Writer A few weeks ago, the Department of the Interior conducted the first sale of oil and gas leases in the Gulf of Mexico since the BP-Horizon oil ... For my brothers
By Edmund W. Lewis Editor Every now and then, my mind travels back to an encounter many years ago that I will never forget. It was a Saturday in late December more ... Group says major corporations are funding discriminatory voting laws
By Hazel Trice Edney easy loans wa Contributing Writer (TriceEdneyWire.com) — An online advocacy group, dedicated to strengthening the collective political voice of Black people and other historically disadvantaged, is calling for ... It’s all over!
By Dr. E. Faye Williams, Esq. TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist President Barack Obama just said, “It’s all over!” Usually those are dreaded words in any relationship, but when President Obama said “It’s all ... Minority-focused culinary scholarship begins 2012 application process
By David T. Baker The Louisiana Weekly New Orleans, LA -- Chefs Move! - the culinary scholarship program sponsored by the John Besh Foundation - will begin accepting applications for its 2012 ... Louisiana couple pursues record-breaking nuptial for ‘Hope’
By Nayita Wilson Contributing Writer payday advance ventura ca Soul mates and best friends, John and Kimberly Dilosa are well respected in the Greater New Orleans circuit for their tireless and creative ... Mayor, police chief reject National Guard help
By Christopher Tidmore Contributing Writer Last week, State Rep. Austin Badon may have provided the political cover to Mayor Mitch Landrieu to call in the National Guard to New Orleans to help ... Robert Champion-Drum major for change
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist Most parents of college students look forward to December, when their students come home for the holidays. Some are so excited to see their offspring home ... To gain workers’ votes, Gingrich slanders the poor
By Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr. TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist Republican frontrunner Newt Gingrich appeals to working Americans by slandering the poor. Gingrich recently denounced child labor laws as “truly stupid,” suggesting that schools ...
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