March 2013 Archive
By Edmund W. Lewis Editor After community and civil rights leaders and residents decided to remain at City Hall until the mayor addressed community concerns about unconstitutional policing, racial profiling, police brutality ... Coast reclamation advocates warn fight over how to spend BP fines far from over
By Bob Marshall thelensnola.org As lawyers battle in federal court to determine how many billions in fines BP and its partners owe for damages caused by the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster, Louisiana ... Goodbye Hollywood South, hello tax on Audubon Zoo
By Christopher Tidmore Contributing Writer loan companies that accept bad credit Legislative Black Caucus member Elbert Guillory launched a very public campaign vocally opposing a key element of the governor’s tax ... Woman says she was harassed by La. state troopers
By Edmund W. Lewis Editor After learning of the story of the two Black teenagers who were wrestled to the ground by nine state troopers and an NOPD officer two days before ... Attendees at Good Friday celebration will ‘render unto Caesar’
By Geraldine Wyckoff Contributing Writer “I got to sing, I got to sing,” the always exuberant Shirley Caesar once exclaimed of her ministry at the Mt. Calvary Word of Faith Church ... Education chief: Schools failing Black students
By George E. Curry NNPA Editor-in-Chief WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Instead of being the traditional ticket to success, many of our nation’s troubled schools hinder opportunity for upward mobility, especially for students of ... Entrepreneurs explore new means to manage N.O. water issues
By Philip Stelly Contributing payday loans online vancouver Writer Is water our enemy or our friend? For much of our recent history, water has been viewed as the enemy, something to be tamed ... Focus of business summit: Buy Black, give back
By Bekitembe Eric Taylor Contributing Writer LITHONIA (Special to the NNPA from The Atlanta Voice) — "Spending Black and Putting Back" is the theme of the Atlanta Business League’s sixth annual “Congress ... Jindal plan cost La. revenues
By Christopher Tidmore Contributing Writer The Public Affairs Research Council released its analysis for the governor’s income-sales tax swap late Thursday. While it backed up Bobby Jindal’s contention that keeping the Earned ... Judge says two BP contractors not at fault
By Susan Buchanan Contributing Writer In the fourth week of the 2010 Gulf spill trial, U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier in New Orleans dismissed all claims Wednesday against M-I LLC, BP’s drilling ...
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