February 2014 Archive

ZULU CHARACTERS AND BAND AT THE LUNDI GRAS FEST
Zulu Lundi Gras Festival goes Soul
By Geraldine Wyckoff Contributing Writer Years ago, the day before Mardi Gras felt a little bit like the quiet before the storm with many folks – particularly visitors – walking around somewhat ...
FEMA forgives $33M in disaster loans
By April Siese Contributing Writer Over $33 million in Special Community Disaster Loans in St. Tammany and St. Bernard Parishes have been forgiven by FEMA. Thanks to a provision in the Homeland ...
CSC reinstates officer involved in Glover case
A former New Orleans police officer accused in the cover-up of the burning and deadly shooting of Henry Glover less than a week after Hurricane Katrina has been reinstated to ...
With an IQ higher than 145, 5-year-old Anala Beevers of New Orleans has been accepted into the Mensa Society. The exclusive high-IQ club accepts only those who score at the 98th percentile on an IQ test.
5-year-old Anala Beevers is not just cute, she is a genius
By Michael Patrick Welch Contributing Writer New Orleans native Anala Beevers possesses an IQ over 145 at just five years old. Her natural genius helped her learn the alphabet at just four ...
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Young Black men suffer from high rates of depression
By Frederick H. Lowe Contributing Writer They are hyper-vigilant for any signs of danger because they are under intense surveillance (Special from the NorthStar News) — Young African-American men suffer from much ...
Legislator to try to increase property tax to benefit fire, police spending
By Christopher Tidmore Contributing Writer A City Council election, bookended by Carnival, by definition has Mardi Gras as a subtext—especially if there might not be enough money to pay police next year ...
Solar customers turned away by electric co-ops
By Susan Buchanan Contributing Writer If you’re a New Orleans resident thinking of installing solar panels, be glad you live here and not in some other parts of the state. Three entities ...
Pioneering Black judge to preside over gubernatorial corruption case
By Jeremy M. Lazarus Contributing Writer (Special to the Trice Edney News Wire from the Richmond Free Press) — U.S. Judge James R. Spencer has landed one of the biggest cases in ...
Black Women’s history collection unavailable through March 9
By Zenitha Price Contributing Writer (Special to the Trice Edney News Wire from the Afro American Newspaper) — The National Archives for Black Women’s History collection will be relocated from the Mary ...
Black women are still penalized for race and gender
By Jazelle Hunt Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – The Civil Rights payday loans near fairview heights il Act of 1964 outlawed race- and gender-based discrimination. Now, 50 years later, Black women still ...

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