May 2012 Archive

Groups mobilizing to rebuff assault on Voters’ Rights
By Akeya Dickson Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA News Service) – As many as five million people could be denied access to right to vote in the November presidential election because of a ...
Efforts under way to combat voter suppression
“A war on voting is raging in state Houses across the country but lost in this fog are real solutions to make our election system better.” That observation, made by Zaineb ...
States ignore minorities in climate-related disaster plans
By Jessica Cheung Contributing Writer Minority populations across the south and southwest are especially vulnerable to climate change, ac­cording to a new report put out by the Joint Center for Political and ...
Star of Food Network’s ‘Big Daddy’s House’ visits New Orleans
[caption id="attachment_5574" align="alignright" width="300" caption="CHEF AARON MCCARGO, JR"][/caption]By Kelly Parker Contributing Writer   Chef Aaron McCargo, Jr., of Food Network fame can be easily mistaken for a native of the Big Easy; with ...
Reed students present turnaround plan
By Zoe Sullivan quick loan montel williams Contributing Writer Helium balloons bobbed in the Sarah T. Reed auditorium, pulling on strings that held them tied to seats and forming an arch on ...
On Black leadership
By Dr. Andre M. Perry Contributing Columnist Race will always be a salient factor in politics particularly if the fight for scarce resources falls along racial lines. However, if our political fights ...
NAACP Board issues resolution supporting same-sex marriage
By Hazel Trice Edney Contributing Writer (TriceEdneyWire.com) —The NAACP has made its position clear on “marriage equality” —the right of same gendered people to marry each other. The national board of the ...
Misuse of the bible in the gay rights debate
By Bill Fletcher, payday loans oak grove ky Jr. NNPA Columnist In the aftermath of President Obama’s statement in support of gay marriage there was a lengthy article in the Washington Post ...
Landrieu vs Carter Peterson over tourism taxing district
By Christopher Tidmore Contributing Writer According to sources, what could be construed as true gamesmanship recently took place between the Chairwoman of the State Democratic Party Karen Carter Peterson and the Mayor ...
Don’t shoot the messenger
By Edmund W. Lewis Editor Despite efforts to convince folks that things are looking up in New Orleans, media coverage of the city’s escalating crime problem and its struggle to rein in ...

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