January 2012 Archive

Most minority voters rejected Miss. voter ID bill, study finds
By Anthony Advincula Contributing Writer (Special from New payday loan fredericton America Media) — While a majority of Mississippi voters approved a bill last November to show a government-issued photo ID before ...
Study shows racial differences in doctors’ unspoken language
When communicating with white patients, Black physicians may face greater challenges than their white counterparts, according to a Univ­ersity of South Carolina study.
Tough choices in new plan to restore coast
By Zoe Sullivan Contributing Writer Southern Louisiana residents know that the ground under their feet has been moving, and in areas, disappearing. Hurricanes and tropical storms have been eating away at the ...
A look at the ‘working’ and the ‘poor’ of the USA
By Bill Quigley Contributing Writer “Our nation, so richly endowed with natural resources and with a capable and industrious population, should be able to devise ways and means of insuring to all ...
After 50 years – how close are we to a cure for HIV/AIDS?
Part III of a three-part series Legal Rights and Responsibilities of Those Afflicted with HIV/AIDS Geoffrey Bowers was born in Somerville, Massachusetts in 1954. He graduated from prestigious Brown University in the ...
Corps to receive $55M more in emergency funds for dredging
The Army Corps of Engineers will be getting $55 million in emergency funds to pay for dredging the silting Mississippi River — a sum that will help the corps maintain ...
Curfew: Stripping kids’ access to the cultural heart of New Orleans
When I lived in Europe, I used to josh my British friends with a plan for Britain’s economic fu­ture (which looked dim at the time). I suggested that they tear ...
Demolition by neglect: Historic homes left to rot by LSU-UMC
By Christopher Tidmore Contributing Writer Despite assurance from the State to save several of the remaining historic houses on the 37-acre University Medical Center footprint, only eight have made it through ...
Fisheries Assistance Center opens new office
By Zoe Sullivan Contributing Writer For almost four years, the Southeast Louisiana Fisheries Assistance Center (SLFAC) work­ed out of a double-wide trailer in a corner of Plaquemines Parish. Thursday, however, Seedco Finan­cial ...
Gov. Jindal backs voucher expansion
By Christopher Tidmore Contributing Writer In a speech last Tuesday, Governor Bobby Jindal outlined a plan that would make 380,000 local income students in Louisiana eligible for publicly funded scholarships to attend ...

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