September 2013 Archive
By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) — Last week, health insurance market exchanges began opening across the nation and more than 40 million Americans, including seven million uninsured Blacks, who ... The season of Fall is environed by music
By Geraldine Wyckoff Contributing Writer Ponderosa Stomp Roots Out the Swamp Dogg The Ponderosa Stomp, taking place Thursday, October 3, through Saturday, October 5, at the Rock 'n Bowl, is all about celebrating, ... U.S. doesn’t care about poor people
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA quick loan approvals with bad credit Columnist When the poverty data was released on September 17, comparing the poverty situation in 2011 to that in 2012, many hoped ... Stealing land and destroying Black farmers?
By Eric Ture Muhamad Contributing Writer ATLANTA (FinalCall.com and New America Media) — George B. Hildebrandt is 72-years-old and comes from several generations of farmers. He has diabetes. He has problems looking into ... Red Tails in the sunset
By Fr. Jerome LeDoux Contributing Columnist Shifting restlessly in bux money his hospital bed, Claude Platte asked his wife Erma, “Why don’t you get up in this bed with me and hold ... Report’s findings show how Alzheimer’s affects Blacks
A new report recently released finds that African Americans bear more than one-third of the nation’s costs of Alzheimer’s and dementia care, although they make up less than 14 ... NOPD grapples with manpower shortage, changing standards
NOPD Superintendent Ronal Serpas told members of the New Orleans City Council Wednesday that the police department is buying hundreds of cameras for officers to wear on their uniforms beginning ... Levee board defends its oil-and-gas suit
By Susan Buchanan Contributing Writer The Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-East—the local, levee board formed after Katrina—has been subjected to multiple, Jindal Administration jabs for filing a coastal erosion lawsuit against oil-and-gas ... Is inequality shortening your life span?
By Phillip Longman Contributing Writer Editor’s Note: — This the final installment of the Kellogg Foundation-sponsored 11-part Series on Race in America — Past and Present - is a compilation of ... Half ounce of pot gets La. man twenty years in prison
By Bill Quigley Contributing Writer While Colorado and need for cash Washington have de-criminalized recreational use of marijuana and 20 states allow use for medical purposes, a Louisiana man was sentenced to ...
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