December 2013 Archive

HBCU’s presidents at a new crossroad
By Dianne Hayes Contributing Writer (Special to the NNPA from The Westside Gazette) – Only three months into the academic year and headlines have been littered with announcements about HBCU leadership ...
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Christian Scott – Not just home for the holidays
By Geraldine Wyckoff Contributing Writer There exists a road well traveled by many of New Orleans’ most successful contemporary jazz musicians. Trumpeter Christian Scott, also known as aTunde Adjuah, is rapidly moving ...
La. receives ranking of 48th in overall health
By Michael Patrick Welch Contributing Writer Louisiana residents and Americans in general are making a small bit of progress in their overall health, according to the 2013 edition of the United Health ...
New Orleans apartment market surges
By Robin Shannon Contributing Writer (Special to AP from New Orleans CityBusiness) — Demand for apartment housing continues to outpace supply throughout the city, leading local real estate analysts to declare ...
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President Obama urges citizens to ‘help our less fortunate’ at Christmas
By Hazel Trice Edney Contributing Writer (TriceEdneyWire.com) — With a bi-partisan budget agreement established with no continuation of unemployment benefits, President Obama has appealed for Americans to “Help Our Less Fortunate” ...
Report: Shift to digital phones could hurt communities of color
By Stephon Johnson Contributing Writer (Special to the NNPA from the New York Amsterdam News) – If information is the new currency, communities of color could go broke.
True the Vote denied entry into Texas voter ID trial
By Brentin Mock Contributing Writer (Special from Facing South) – Months before the conservative vote-monitoring group Judicial Watch filed to intervene in the U.S. Justice Department’s lawsuit against North Carolina’s restrictive new ...
Watt appointment seen as major boost to U.S. Housing market
By Hazel Trice Edney Contributing Writer (TriceEdneyWire) - U. S. Rep. Mel Watt (D-N.C.), initially snubbed by U. S. Senate Repub­licans for the position of director of the Federal Housing Finance ...
Where bipartisanship is out of order
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist Former Kansas Senator and 1996 Republican presidential candidate Bob Dole was recently presented with an award that is named after him. The World Food Program USA’s first ...
We can’t build a strong economy on a weak base
Let’s bring the spirit of Christmas to Congress. The last time the minimum wage went up was in 2009, and, as the owner of a Christmas tree ...

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