Future of anti-immigrant state laws on the line for 2012
By Valeria Fernández Contributing Writer PHOENIX, Ariz. (Special from New America Media) —The year 2011 started out as a tough year for immigrants, with five states enacting harsh anti-immigration legislation modeled ... HIV/AIDS: After 50 years, how close are we to a cure?
By Michael Radcliff Contributing Writer Part I of a three-part series The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimated in 2010, that 1,142,714 people had been diagnosed with AIDS in America ... City administration ruffles feathers by excluding NAACP from MLK Day program
If New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu had hoped to use the annual Martin Luther King Jr. National Holiday to extend an olive branch to Black leaders in New Orleans, he ...
Alzheimer’s studies may help prevent shrinking brains, ‘silent strokes’
By Azadeh Ansari Contributing Writer New findings on Alzheimer’s disease support longstanding notions of what doctors have preached for years. The studies look at associations, not causes, but they further scientists’ pursuit ... Jobs program for older Americans struggles
By Pamela A. MacLean Contributing Writer (Special from New America Media and RedwoodAge.com) — With passage of the 2012 budget Congress failed to restore any of the deep cuts made last year ... Economics, voting rights, death penalty among top Black stories of 2011
By Hazel Trice Edney Contributing Writer (TriceEdneyWire.com) — At least 10 top stories that disparately impacted African Americans in 2011 are carrying over into the New Year, forecasting continued struggles, but also ...
Wind power provides jobs downstate and energy upstate
By Susan Buchanan Contributing Writer Louisiana and other southern states are starting to harness wind power—something that’s done on a larger scale to the north and west of us. Reliance on wind ... Alabama faces civil rights complaint over landfill taking waste
By Sue Sturgis Contributing Writer (Special from Facing South) – The Alabama Department of Environmental Management faces a civil rights complaint for permitting a landfill to take coal ash spilled three years ... Black American income inequality
By Dr. Benjamin Chavis NNPA Columnist As we begin 2012, the issue of “income inequality” is a matter of high importance for millions of Black Americans and others who struggle to improve ...
Cedric Burnside: Real deal hill country blues
By Geraldine Wyckoff Contributing Writer “I was born on the road and I’m still on it,” Mississippi drummer/vocalist/composer Cedric Burnside says with a laugh. It happens that in 1978 his mother was ...
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By Valeria Fernández Contributing Writer PHOENIX, Ariz. (Special from New America Media) —The year 2011 started out as a tough year for immigrants, with five states enacting harsh anti-immigration legislation modeled ... HIV/AIDS: After 50 years, how close are we to a cure?
By Michael Radcliff Contributing Writer Part I of a three-part series The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimated in 2010, that 1,142,714 people had been diagnosed with AIDS in America ... City administration ruffles feathers by excluding NAACP from MLK Day program
If New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu had hoped to use the annual Martin Luther King Jr. National Holiday to extend an olive branch to Black leaders in New Orleans, he ...
By Azadeh Ansari Contributing Writer New findings on Alzheimer’s disease support longstanding notions of what doctors have preached for years. The studies look at associations, not causes, but they further scientists’ pursuit ... Jobs program for older Americans struggles
By Pamela A. MacLean Contributing Writer (Special from New America Media and RedwoodAge.com) — With passage of the 2012 budget Congress failed to restore any of the deep cuts made last year ... Economics, voting rights, death penalty among top Black stories of 2011
By Hazel Trice Edney Contributing Writer (TriceEdneyWire.com) — At least 10 top stories that disparately impacted African Americans in 2011 are carrying over into the New Year, forecasting continued struggles, but also ...
By Susan Buchanan Contributing Writer Louisiana and other southern states are starting to harness wind power—something that’s done on a larger scale to the north and west of us. Reliance on wind ... Alabama faces civil rights complaint over landfill taking waste
By Sue Sturgis Contributing Writer (Special from Facing South) – The Alabama Department of Environmental Management faces a civil rights complaint for permitting a landfill to take coal ash spilled three years ... Black American income inequality
By Dr. Benjamin Chavis NNPA Columnist As we begin 2012, the issue of “income inequality” is a matter of high importance for millions of Black Americans and others who struggle to improve ...
By Geraldine Wyckoff Contributing Writer “I was born on the road and I’m still on it,” Mississippi drummer/vocalist/composer Cedric Burnside says with a laugh. It happens that in 1978 his mother was ...
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