August 2012 Archive

Jeff Council, Young and CFGG fight over BGR contracting reforms
By Christopher TIdmore Contributing Writer The battle lines were drawn at the August 8 Jefferson Parish Council Meeting between Parish the grassroots allies of Parish President John Young and the ...
Academic insanity? Charter vs public schools
Across the state the issue of publicly-funded private schools has been heating up. There are two major concerns being raised at this time: First, private schools are not held to ...
Cop in Wendell Allen shooting charged
Officer turns down five-year plea deal loan monthly payments More than five months after a 20-year-old man was gunned down by a member of the New Orleans Police Department while standing ...
Lessons from the Olympics
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist The Olympic games are a celebration of excellence and athleticism. Whether we are cheering the Williams sisters in their gold medal-winning doubles match, or Serena with ...
Local ‘teenpreneur’ scores national recognition
By Kelly Parker Contributing kscfcu personal loans Writer Many Isadore Newman students exhaled as the first day of the new school year came to an end Thursday, August 16. But that ...
Out with the truth now!
By Dr. E. Faye Williams TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist In 1982–1985, I was busy studying in law school. I admit when one is in law school, there is little time left to read anything ...
Playing field is tilted against voters
By Rev. Jesse L. Jackson TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist Thrill to the vibrant gymnastics grace of Gabby Douglas, the fierce tennis power of Serena Williams, the skill of Kayla Harrison in winning the first ...
SuperPAC portrays Obama as racist against whites
By Zenitha Prince Contributing Writer (Special to the Trice Edney News Wire from the Afro American Newspapers) — A new superPAC has launched an ad campaign that accuses President Obama of purporting ...
The Hard Truth…U.N.I.A. —The personification of ‘badass’
By Min. J. Kojo Livingston Contributing Columnist Today we are seeing the resurgence of the largest Black movement that has existed in the U.S. or this hemisphere, the Garvey Movement, aka the ...
Time to end ‘reverse Robin Hood’ tax policies
By Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist Right before the U.S. House of Representatives left for the summer to go home to campaign for your vote, members of Congress voted to extend the ...

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