June 2013 Archive

Many Blacks don’t like Obama’s role as ‘lecturer-in-chief’
By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – The condescending, lecturer-in-chief rhetoric that President Obama reserves for Black audiences is beginning to irritate an increasing number of African Americans, his most ...
Millions worldwide join March against Monsanto
By J. Kojo Livingston Contributing Writer Last Saturday in more than 52 countries and 436 cities around the world people came out to protest the industrial giant Monsanto, the ...
New Salem to host Women’s Day
New Salem Baptist Church, 1530 Alvar pls payday loans az Street, New Orleans, La., will observe its 35th Annual Women’s Day on Sunday, June 9, during its 10:30 a.m. worship ...
NOPD consent decree put on hold
Those hoping to see the complete overhaul of the New Orleans Police Department will have to wait a little longer after a federal appeals court agreed to temporarily block the ...
Obama at Morehouse: Black Americans’ responsibility
By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist Speaking to the newly-minted graduates of Atlanta’s historically Black and all-male Morehouse College May 19, President Obama urged them to use the power and advantage of ...
Obama should have ‘audacity’ to end war on drugs
By Ron Daniels NNPA Guest Columnist The Institute of the Black World 21st Century (IBW) is gearing up for a Day of Direct Action June 17 in Washington, D.C. to demand an ...
Open your eyes
By Edmund W. Lewis The Louisiana Weekly Editor The mayor continues to do everything he can to prevent the implementation of the federally mandated NOPD consent decree. Why do you think he’s ...
Plaquemines sand berms are turned into barrier islands
By Susan Buchanan Contributing Writer Sand berms, bashed by scientists and engineers when they were built in 2010 to keep BP oil out, are being fortified into barrier islands by the state’s ...
State GOP chairman calls for resignation of Dem. chairwoman
By Christopher Tidmore Contributing Writer Between the chairmen of the Louisiana Republican and Democratic Parties, the relationship throughout recent decades has been one of personal friendship, strange as that might sound. ...
Supreme Knight elected deputy president of International Alliance of Catholic Knights
The Honorable F. DeKarlos Blackmon, Obl.S.B., Supreme Knight and Chief Executive fast cash no questions asked Offi­cer of the Knights of Peter Claver, was recently elected as Deputy President of ...

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