June 2012 Archive

A complete picture of SUNO’s graduation rate needed, again
This past week MSN.com posted its ranking of the eleven 4-year colleges and universities in the United States with the lowest graduation rates. Southern University at New Orleans posted ...
BESE member Kira Orange Jones may need to relinquish post
By Jessica Williams thelensnola.org Board of Elementary and Secondary Education member Kira Orange Jones, who represents New Or­leans, may need to give up her state board post, ac­cord­ing to a draft advisory ...
Black music in America – A historical perspective
By Dr Kwaku Person-Lynn Contributing Writer (Special to the NNPA from The Pasadena Journal) — Spirit has many ways of expressing itself. One of those channels of expression occurs through music; the ...
Black So. Baptists try to keep expectations in check
RANDALLSTOWN, Md. (Special from RNS) payday loans guest post — With the Southern Baptist Convention poised to elect its first African-American president at its meeting this week in New Orleans, ...
Can you hear me now?
By Edmund W. Lewis Editor Tuesday, June 19, marks Juneteenth, a day set aside to honor to legacy of our enslaved African ancestors who toiled for more than two centuries as ...
New Orleans boasts rising test scores but critics ask, who’s left out?
By Zoe Sullivan Contributing Writer (Special from New America Media) — Good news seems hard to find these days, but New Orleans has plenty right now. The most recent test scores for ...
Exceptional U.S. tolerance of poverty
By Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist The latest edition of UNICEF’s report on child poverty showed the United States ranks second out of 35 developed countries on the scale of what economists ...
Gov. Jindal reportedly angers state’s ideologues
By Christopher Tidmore Contributing Writer As the 2012 legislative session closed, Bobby Jindal took fire from the right and the left over his budgetary priorities—and the subsequent vetoes rendered by the governor. ...
Juneteenth article misrepresents purpose and passion
We recently read the article entitled, “New Orleans June­teenth” featured in the June 9 issue of The Louisiana Weekly. To our surprise, the article implied a lack of community ...
Life expectancy gap narrows to all-time low
By Marc H. Morial President/CEO, National personal loan in hindi Urban League “Understanding the causes of Black-white differences in mortality has important consequences for interventions to reduce health inequalities in the United ...

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