February 2012 Archive

Bob Johnson unveils website to match minorities, business opportunities
(Special to the Trice Edney News Wire from Target Market News)—Robert L. Johnson, founder and chairman of The RLJ Companies, in collaboration with Ariel M. Friedler, president of Symplicity Corporation, ...
Desperately working to stay afloat
By Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist Levi Nation, age 12, and his sister Katherine, eight, eat Sunday dinners at their grandparents’ house in rural Kalkaska County, Michigan. They live with their parents, ...
Early voting for March 24 elections begins March 10
Early voting for the March 24, 2012 Presidential Preference Primary and Municipal Primary election is Saturday, March 10-17, 2012, from 8:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. daily,
Gov’t health care ok for politicians, but not us
By Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr. TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist Republicans on the campaign trail denounce Obama’s healthcare reforms as a virtual threat to the Republic. It’s “socialized medicine,” “a job killer,” “a government ...
Learning from NY: Cutting mental health carries hidden costs
City officials are right to decry the cuts to mental health services that could result from Gov. Bobby Jindal’s effort to plug a budget deficit.
National Urban League chooses New Orleans for 2012 conference
By Zoe Sullivan The Louisiana Weekly “Papa’s coming home” the comment from former Mayor Marc H. Morial sparked a hearty laugh from the small, but elegant crowd gathered at the Hyatt Regency ...
Nationwide, states move to ban shackling
By Valeria Fernández Contributing personal loans in aberdeen nc Writer PHOENIX, Ariz. (Special from New America Media)—A movement to ban the use of shackling women detainees while pregnant or in labor is ...
Remember Malcolm
By Edmund W. Lewis Editor Tuesday, February 21, marked the personal loan in bhavnagar 47th anniversary of the assassination of Malcolm X, one of the world’s most committed and visionary ...
Selma to Montgomery march to protest new voter laws
By Hazel Trice Edney Special from TriceEdney-Wire.com With a potential five million voters being affected by prospective new laws in 34 states, the Rev. Al Sharpton says his Selma to Montgomery march ...
Spying on Sharpton and other Black leaders
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist A recent report that New York City Police Department may have spied on Al Sharpton as he prepared to protest the acquittal of three police officers ...

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