December 2012 Archive

In retrospect: Top political stories of 2012
For the past 87 years, cash advance locations in los angeles The Louisiana Weekly has been providing to its readers the “News that Matters” to them, so it is in ...
N.O. Kwanzaa Coalition kicks off 2012 celebration
The New Orleans Kwanzaa Coalition announced last week cash loan places in jackson ms that it is preparing to launch the 2012 observance of the annual Black holiday that celebrates ...
NOLaWise challenges neighborhoods to be more ‘green’ in 2013
By Kelly Parker Contributing Writer Looking for a New bad credit loans in queensland Year’s resolution? How about helping make your neighborhood greener and more energy efficient in 2013? NOLaWise has an incentive ...
Pennsylvania doc leads way in cancer surgery
By Ayana Jones Contributing Writer (Special to the NNPA to the Philadelphia Tribune) — As the director of the minimally invasive thoracic surgery program at Tho­mas Jefferson University Hospi­tal, Dr. Nathaniel Evans ...
OPSB gives some charters more time on common enrollment
By Jessica Williams thelensnola.org A common enrollment process for Orleans Parish School Board charters? Eventually, the local board decided last Tuesday night. The conversation surrounding common enrollment Tuesday night was dominated by confusion ...
Link between childhood physical abuse and asthma in Blacks found
By Alexis Taylor Contributing Writer (TriceEdneyWire.com) — Researchers have made a connection between childhood abuse suffered by African-American women and asthma which develops later in their lives.
Lusher employee embezzled $25,000 from school
By Jessica Williams thelensnola.org An employee in the accounting department at Lusher Charter School embezzled $25,000 last school year by forging five checks she wrote to herself from the school’s bank account, ...
The racist roots of ‘right to work’ laws
By Chris Kromm Contributing Writer (Special from Facing South) — Earlier this month, Republican lawmakers in Michigan—birthplace of the United Auto Workers and, more broadly, the U.S. labor movement—shocked the nation by ...
Union election postponed amid complaints against food service co.
By Phil Stelly Contributing Writer New Orleans seemed ripe with possibilities for Revolution Foods. The California-based food service provider, which has flourished in other cities by providing healthy meals for school children, ...
A musical look back at 2012
By Geraldine Wyckoff Contributing Writer It seemed that week after week in 2012 there was a festival of one sort or another happening around the city. Not that anyone’s complaining. Impressively, except ...

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