February 2012 Archive

Attacking Iran makes no sense, but Netanyahu might do it anyway
By William O. Beeman The Louisiana Weekly By all accounts, Israeli and American military officials are clear about one thing: Iran does not possess nuclear weapons, is not likely to have weapons ...
Celebrate yourself
By Edmund W. Lewis Editor, The Louisiana Weekly Part II in the series There’s been a great deal of conversation in the community in recent years about the power relationship between Blacks and ...
Beloved Whitney Houston
By Dr. Benjamin Chavis NNPA Columnist The entire world community will continue to be positively impacted by the unprecedented, creative and spirit-edifying eloquent contributions from the gifted-voice and artistic genius of Whitney ...
Black history program at First Street Peck Wesley UMC set for Feb. 26
The annual African-American History Program will be held at First Street Peck Wesley United Methodist Church on Sunday, Feb. 26, at 3:00 p.m. The theme for the occasion ...
Final FEMA temporary housing unit leaves N.O.
At the peak of the housing program, more than 23K households lived in THUs throughout the city. Last week marked a significant Hurricane Katrina recovery milestone for Orleans Parish, with the ...
IMANO endorses Cynthia Willard-Lewis in at-large race
By Travis M. Andrews The Louisiana Weekly It was early Valentine’s Day, so it made perfect sense that there would be so much love in the air. But this wasn’t the variety pushed ...
Lafon holds 2nd Annual Carnival Ball
No one, definitely not in New Orleans, is ever too old to have fun and make merry. Adding an exclamation point to that statement recently were residents of ...
Life can be one long meditation
By Fr. Jerome LeDoux The Louisiana Weekly Contributing Columnist top cash advance in Balt Maryland Everyone talks about meditation, be it traditional religious meditation or something offbeat like transcendental meditation. When hearing ...
Many are like Romney—‘not concerned’ about the very poor
By Reverend Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. TriceEdneyWire.com Mitt Romney created a firestorm for saying that “I’m not concerned about the very poor.” Romney later explained that he “misspoke,” and that he’d said ...
Mardi Gras beads cause environmental hangover
Special to AP from McClatchy/Tribune—MCT Information Service The beads were flying all around them, some pooling in the street, some caught by revelers and cherished for a moment—most of them ...

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