February 2013 Archive

Black History month’s powerful question
By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist I have a rule about this month. If it’s February, I know that somebody somewhere has given an interview or written an article declaring America no ...
EPA head in a long line of Black environmentalists
By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) loan shops — When Lisa Jackson leaves her post as administrator of the Environ­mental Protection Agency later this month, she will be remembered for ...
VAN HEERDEN
Ivor van Heerden, LSU settle wrongful termination lawsuit
By Bob Marshall thelensnola.org Lundi Gras 2013 is one Ivor van Heerden probably will never forget. On the eve of the state’s biggest party, the renowned hurricane scientist got the good news he’d ...
Killing Black teens—literally
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist The death of Hadiya Pendleton, a 15-year-old honor student at King College Prep High School on Chicago’s South Side is finally receiving the national attention that ...
Let’s roll for ‘Dutch’ Morial
By Dr. Andre M. Perry Contributing Columnist Did you remember we’re in Black History Month? Whether you’re hobnobbing at a ball, chaired along a parade route, or double-fisting in the Quarter, ...
Missouri registers as state with highest Black murder victim rate
By George E. Curry NNPA Editor-in-Chief WASHINGTON (NNPA) – For the third year in a row, Missouri ranks as the state with the highest homicide victimization rate, with 33.86 per 100,000, double ...
New Orleans musicians’ offerings during Lenten season
By Geraldine Wyckoff Contributing Writer Jason Marsalis Vibes Quartet In a cash advance in ny state World of Mallets (Basin Street Records) It’s as if Jason Marsalis wants to joyfully introduce the vibraphone to all ...
Police misconduct? Caught on tape, again
The New Orleans Branch of the NAACP led loans services a coalition of groups and leaders that demanded that the Orleans Parish District Attorney, the U.S Attorney for the Eastern ...
Pres. Obama, Democrats defend Voting Rights
(Special to the Trice Edney News Wire from the Richmond Free Press) — There’s a new battle looming between Repub­licans and Democrats at the U.S. Capitol, and this one doesn’t ...
Strong, Black and beautiful
By Edmund W. Lewis Editor Blacks folks aren’t nothin’ nice. There’s nothing we can’t do when we put our minds together. Just look at how far we’ve already come.

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