August 2012 Archive

Voter registration drive under way across New Orleans
The New Orleans Public Library has teamed with the League of Women Voters to encourage voter registration by reserving a computer at each library branch dedicated to online voter registration ...
Romney VP choice receives Fs on NAACP report card

By Hazel Trice Edney Contributing Writer (TriceEdneyWire.com) — U. cash advance cody wyoming S. Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), who has received consistent Fs on the NAACP Civil Rights report card, is Republican ...
White supremacists terrorize more than Blacks
By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA)—The disclosure that Wade Michael Page, the Army veteran responsible for killing six people at the Oak Creek Sikh Temple outside of Milwaukee, was a ...
Yes, kudos to Mama Hester
By Edmund W. Lewis Editor How do you know the difference between community activist Sandra “18 Wheeler” Hester and our beloved mayor? She’s the brave, principled one, the one who has never ...
Downtown property owners sue as hospitals are built
By Susan Buchanan Contributing johnny cash last cowboy song lyrics Writer Business and home owners say they were underpaid when they were forced from lower Mid-City to make room for the University ...
Critics of City Hall’s crime-fighting plans emerge
By Mason Harrison Contributing Writer Officials at City Hall are facing tough criticism of their plans to fight crime from one of the city’s most ardent backers of community involvement in turning ...
Lawsuit seeks better regulation of oil spill dispersants
By Sue Sturgis Contributing Writer (Special from Facing South) — A coalition of fishing, conservation, wildlife and public health groups based in the Gulf Coast and Alaska has filed a citizen lawsuit ...
Landrieu introduces bill to boost careers of women and minorities
On August 1, Senator Mary L. Landrieu, Chair of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, introduced the Women and Minorities in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Booster ...
Council vows to keep closer eye on Algiers Development District
By Steve Beatty thelensnola.org New Orleans City Council members said on August 2 they will more closely monitor the spending of the Algiers Economic Development District, which benefits from about $1.5 million ...
Economy continues sluggish recovery – But not for Blacks
By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) — Economists are breathing a sigh of relief after the Labor Depart­ment reported last week that employers added 163,000 workers to their payrolls last ...

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