December 2011 Archive

Life Center Cathedral — Rebuilding the Dream
By Michael Radcliff Contributing Writer Guided by the love and devotion of a dedicated Christian mother, Lena M. Wiley, young Joseph Douglas Wiley received his call to preach at the ripe old ...
Gingrich wants to be an annihilationist
By A. Peter Bailey TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist The emergence of Newt Gingrich — one of, if not the most egotistical politicians in the country as the leading contender for the 2012 Republican presidential ...
More questions
By Edmund W. Lewis Editor It’s hard to believe compare personal loans wa that another year has come to an end and that we are fast approaching 2012, the year ancient Mayans ...
Occupy the dream
By Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist The issue of income inequality in the United States demands our attention and social action. In particular in the African-American community, the economic ...
Orleans Parish School Board opts not to hike milliage
By Christopher Tidmore Contributing Writer “There are people mad at us for NOT raising taxes,” an exasperated Thomas Robicheaux, member of the Orleans Parish School Board (OPSB), confessed to The Louisiana Weekly.
Out of touch with America
By Dr. Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist If you needed evidence that Republicans are out of touch with America, look no further than recent exchanges among candidates. Mitt Romney bet Rick Perry ...
Daniel Nguyen explains the aquaponics process to members of the Vietnamese community.  Photo Credit: David T. Baker
Aquaponics being taught in Vietnamese community
By L. Kasimu Harris The Louisiana Weekly The students’ aim is turning brown poop into green money. So far, they have spent three days in a classroom studying the theory and application ...
Republicans say ‘Pell Grants are welfare!’
Republicans in Congress are trying to make dramatic cuts to the Pell Grant program that helps more than nine million low-income students attend college each year. The Republican proposal is ...
Standing for freedom
By Benjamin Todd Jealous TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist Our voting rights are under attack. In legislatures across the county, misguided state politicians have proposed, and in too many cases have passed, laws that create ...
The Black vote is still the President’s trump card
By Earl Ofari Hutchinson New America Media Columnist That Black voters will again give President Obama a sky-high percentage of their vote in 2012 was never in doubt. What is in doubt ...

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