July 2013 Archive

It is past time to confront Obama
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist Alright, team, enough is enough. During the entire first term of the Obama administration, Black America—for the most part—gave the administration a pass. Many ...
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It’s all about the music of New Orleanians
By Geraldine Wyckoff Contributing Writer Dumpstaphunk Dirty Word (Louisiana Red Hot Records) Funksters and those who relish solid musicianship and incredible vocal harmonies can just be glad that an album like Dirty Word is still ...
Justice for Trayvon and all of us
By Edmund W. quick loans northampton Lewis Editor Given the fact that George Zimmerman has a wealthy white papa, lives in a nation that was always intended to be a white Christian ...
State documents detail standardized test cheating, irregularities at N.O. schools
By Jessica Williams thelensnola.org unsecured loans bad credit lenders only In three recent years, 33 New Orleans public schools have been flagged for problems and possible cheating on standardized ...
The Hard Truth…Time to grow up!
By Min. Jo. Kojo Livingston Contributing Writer Had he shot a dog, he would have at least served a couple of years. But George Zimmerman is not Michael Vick and Trayvon Martin was ...
To get away with killing a child in Florida, it helps to be Zimmerman
By Tonyaa Weathersbee Guest Columnist Too bad Alvin Wilkerson wasn’t George Zimmerman. If he was, he might be walking around free today for a tragedy that was more of an accident than a ...
Civil rights groups hold vigil for Trayvon Martin
The New Orleans Branch of the NAACP, the Urban League of Greater New Orleans, the Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance (IMA), the Baptist Minister’s Conference of Greater N.O., and other concerned organizations ...
Federal judge selects consent-decree monitor
After several months of postponements and at least one court-mandated delay, a federal judge in New Orleans on July 5 named a federal monitor to oversee the implementation of ...
Orleans Parish property assessment rolls open July 15 until Aug. 15
Orleans Parish property owners whose property assessments have increased should received their 2014 revaluation letter in the mail and if they disagree, are invited to discuss this revaluation from July ...
Celebrated drummer Luther Gray, right, and South African recording artist Ernie J. Smith visit Congo Square last week as the heralded musical ‘Africa Umoja, The Spirit of Togetherness’ kicked off its U.S. tour in New Orleans. Smith, a jazz vocalist and guitarist signed to New Orleans-based SAIG Entertainment, opened for the musical, which ran July 10-13 at the Mahalia Jackson Theater of the Performing Arts.
IAF brings cultural treasures and economic opportunities to N.O.
By Edmund W. Lewis Editor For almost three decades, the International Arts Foundation has been fulfilling its mission of bringing cultural treasures to the Crescent City and promoting intercultural exchange between people ...

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