April 2014 Archive

The Bounce Back: Profiling, never a good means to an end
By David Dennis Jr. Contributing Writer I spent a lot of time in Chicago during my year in graduate school at Northwestern University. Once night, I ran into a guy affectionately named, ...
March Madness: College athletes win right to unionize
By William Spriggs TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist The Chicago regional office of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has ruled in favor of the College Athletes Players Association (CAPA) in determining that the ...
Epikeia is what we call common sense
By Fr. Jerome LeDoux Contributing Columnist Fourteen-year-old Kayona Hagen-Tietz was having a delightful swim in the school pool for health class when a small science experiment triggered the fire alarm at Como ...
Ella Baker: My civil rights heroine
By Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist Until the killing of Black men, Black mothers’ sons, becomes as important to the rest of the country as the killing of a White mother’s ...
A foot with gout. Black men suffer from higher rates of gout because of high blood pressure and the oral medications needed to treat disease.
Common gout drug tied to lower risk of early death in study
By Robert Preidt Contributing Writer (Special from HealthDay News and NorthStarNews.com) — A drug often used to treat gout may reduce the risk of premature death in patients with this common form ...
Common Core makes common sense
Having seen firsthand how increased rigor and standards have driven our children to greater heights academically in New Orleans, Baton Rouge, and other parts of this great state, we stand ...
Can we make it to the ‘Promised Land’?
By Ron Daniels NNPA Columnist Friday, April 4, marked the 46th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr/s assassination on a balcony in Memphis. Black America and people of goodwill in the ...
Buy Black: An economic empowerment strategy
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist Margarita “Maggie” Anderson wants to transform “Buy Black” from a leftover 1960s slogan to a modern economic empowerment strategy. And because she has lived it, ...
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Women’s health post-abortion bill passes house committee
By Nayita Wilson Contributing Writer Proposed legislation that would provide for a streamlined approach to the post-procedure health and medical attention of women who undergo abortion procedures passed the Louisiana House of ...

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