June 2013 Archive

The Hard Truth… Boycotting Essence and supporting Home Fest
By Min. J. Kojo Livingston Contributing Writer I had not planned to come to New Orleans during the Essence Fest, but I definitely plan to be there now. You could say that ...
THE HOME CARE REVOLUTION: Robots and eldercare’s future
By Barbara Peters Smith Contributing cash advance in Dallas 75206 Writer Editor’s Note: This is the second part of a three-part series. The first article, Eldercare at the Cross­roads ran in the ...
La. Planned Parenthood, council and clergy host ‘town hall’ teleconference
By Lianna Patch Contributing Writer On the evening of June 6, local leaders and Planned Parenthood representatives hosted a “community tele-town hall” to answer questions about the organization’s new clinic on South ...
U.S. minorities to become majority sooner
By Zenitha Prince Contributing Writer personal loans for bad credit in sa (Special to the Trice Edney News Wire from the Afro Ameri­can Newspaper) — The United States is on pace to ...
What Black parents must do this summer
By Dr. Jawanza Kunjufu Contributing Writer There is a three-year gap between Black and white students. Many people love to believe it’s due to income, fatherlessness, educational attainment of the parent and ...
What goes around comes around
By A. Peter Bailey TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist When reading about the gnashing of teeth about government surveillance by members of the press in the AP and James Rosen cases and of Americans in ...
100 Black Men of America hold conference in New Orleans
By Ben Ledbetter Contributing Writer Charlie Hill saw a dfas cash advance need in his community and he wanted to take action. Hill attended the Community Empowerment Project on ...
1963: The Civil Rights Movement’s watershed year
By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist Fifty years ago this month, two of the chief characteristics of the modern Civil Rights Movement were dramatically, tragically illuminated in Jackson, Miss. by an assassin’s ...
Zero-tolerance discipline policies: A failing idea
By Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist Many school children in America are on summer break right now, but here’s a pop quiz about discipline policies in our nation’s schools that’s just for ...
What happens if SCOTUS cuts out the heart of the Voting Rights Act?
By Sue Sturgis Contributing Writer (Special from service members left vulnerable to payday loans Facing South) — Any day now, the U.S. Supreme Court is expected to hand down a ruling in ...

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