April 2013 Archive
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist There has been much discussion about the big picture items in President Obama’s proposed budget for fiscal 2014. If the devil is in the details, as ... President’s budget: Another attempt to reach fiscal deal
By Michael Linden Contributing Writer A News Analysis (Special to the Trice Edney News Wire from the Center for American Progress) — President Barack Obama’s fiscal year 2014 budget is unlike any ... Surgeon General to address Xavier’s 2013 graduates
U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Regina Benjamin will deliver the Xavier University Spring 2013 commencement address at the XU Convocation Center on Saturday, May 11. The ceremony, which will start at ... The Hard Truth — Kojo’s little birthday wish, Part II
By Min. J. Kojo Livingston Contributing Writer Last time we started a discussion of what I wanted for my birthday, which was the 19th of this month. I said that if the ... The shifting sands of sequestration
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist Sequestration is like the sand in an hour glass. When the sand starts falling, it does not seem to amount to much. The full ... 2 cent cell phone fee riles administration; House ignores Jindal’s plea to kill bill
By Tyler Bridges thelensnola.org A measure that would impose a fee of 2 cents per month on cell phones to assist the hearing impaired seemed likely to sail through the Louisiana ... Uncle Tom’s children
By Edmund W. Lewis Editor When most people think about Uncle Tom, a character made popular in the Harriet Beecher Stowe antebellum novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin, we think of an elderly, nonthreatening ... Women demand inclusion as immigration reform moves forward
By Elena Shore Contributing Writer SAN FRANCISCO (New America Media) — duties personal loan sales executive With a draft immigration reform bill expected as soon as next week, advocates are calling on Congress ... Expungement clinic planned in New Orleans East community
NEW ORLEANS, April 15, 2013 — Mary cash advance with low monthly payments Queen of Vietnam Community Development Corporation and the Justice and Accountability Center have joined together to host ... Research indicates Miss. River diversions could harm marshland
By Bob Marshall thelensnola.org For decades, those leading the life-and-death struggle to keep southeast Louisiana from being swallowed by the Gulf of Mexico have had a battle cry: “Put the river back ...
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