July 2012 Archive

Feds end probe of Operation REACH
By Mason Harrison Contributing Writer Federal authorities have ended an investigation into a New Orleans nonprofit serving area youths following widely publicized allegations of financial misconduct, sexual harassment and inflated salaries. But ...
Former Surgeon General works to combat oral health epidemic
Twelve years after issuing a landmark report that offered a framework for improving access to oral health, former Surgeon General David Satcher said last week that profound oral health problems ...
Gallup reports new low in religious confidence
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Grow Gentilly’ small business competition deadline set for July 31
Capital One Bank, in partnership with the Urban League of Greater New Orleans, recently announced the second annual “Grow Gentilly” small business growth plan competition to help small businesses in ...
It’s in their nature!
By Dr. E. Faye Williams, Esq. TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist As I reflect on my upbringing, I’m grateful for the old stories told in my youth. Most often they were rooted in values that ...
N.O. blindsided by Johnson indictment
The Louisiana Weekly Staff Reports District E City Council-man Jon Johnson, a New Orleans businessman and former state legislator, became the latest public official snarled by the U.S. Attorney’s ...
NAACP falls into trap
By A. Peter Bailey TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist Those members of the NAACP who booed Mitt Romney as he spoke at the organization’s annual convention in Houston fell into a clever political trap set ...
NAACP president says 103-year-old organization is growing
By Hazel Trice Edney Contributing Writer (TriceEdneyWire.com) – The NAACP, best Cols OH cash advance in its 103rd year, has consistently grown over the past three years and continues to be relentless ...
The politics of power and the right to vote
By Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist “The first fact that we need to understand is that America has a longer history of disenfranchisement than it does of enfranchisement. What do I mean ...
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Native son brings convention home
By Mason Harrison Contributing Writer Marc Morial rode into office nearly 20 years ago as mayor of New Orleans on the promise to “clean out City Hall with a shovel, not a ...

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