April 2014 Archive

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Michelle Obama to address Dillard graduates
First Lady Michelle Obama will deliver the private personal loans with bad credit address at Dillard University on Saturday, May 10, when 243 students of Dillard University’s Class of 2014 ...
Largest property preservation firm in U.S. charged with discrimination
By Mason Harrison Contributing Writer fast payday loans jacksonville The National Fair Housing Alliance filed a racial discrimination complaint April 8 against the largest property preservation firm in the country, following an ...
Diabetes tied to higher risk of pancreatic cancer in study
But it’s not always clear which disease comes first, researchers say (Special from HealthDay News and NorthStarNews.com) — People with diabetes have double the risk of pancreatic cancer compared to people ...
Justin McDaniels shares a memory for the I, Too, Am OSU campaign, which he helped launch last month.  Photo courtesy of I, Too, Am OSU. Patterned after I, Too, Am Harvard
College students launch campaign to raise visibility
By Jazelle Hunt Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – If anyone thought the election of Barack Obama, or the rise of the multi-racial Millennial generation, marked the beginning of a post-racial America, ...
NBA President/CEO Michael Grant and NBA Chairman Doyle Mitchell award U. S. Treasury Department retiree Donna Gambrell, for her work to strengthen Black-owned banks. During her 37 years,
Blacks should be ‘almost religious’ about supporting Black businesses
By Hazel Trice Edney Contributing Writer (TriceEdneyWire.com) payday loan edmond ok — National Bankers Association (NBA) President/CEO Michael Grant says mutual support among Black businesses and consumers must become an “almost ...
Clinton Photo by Jack Plunkett/LBJ Foundation.
Bill Clinton says voter ID laws undermine civil rights progress
By George E. Curry NNPA Editor-in-Chief AUSTIN, TEXAS (NNPA) — Former President Bill Clinton praised President Lyndon B. Johnson for signing the 1964 Civil Rights Act and the 1965 Voting Rights Act ...
Bill backed by Landrieu would extend deadline for new civil courthouse
By Tyler Bridges The Lens cash advance in Winston-Salem NC Mayor Mitch Landrieu has offered an enticement to judges at Civil District Court to get them to reconsider their opposition to ...
Algiers Charter School Association charges $25 fee for Saturday detention
By Jessica Williams The Lens Anna Brimmer didn’t know she’d have to pay when her son misbehaved at school. McDonogh 32 Literacy Academy officials made Brimmer and her seventh-grader report for detention ...
African Americans say ‘parent involvement’ is key to success of a school
By George White Contributing Writer (Special from New America Media) – The “lack of parental involvement” is the biggest issue affecting Black students’ quality of education. That is one of major findings in ...
About Town…
By Christopher Tidmore personal loans for emergency Contributing Writer A Yenni Dominates Kenner Once More…. When Kenner District 2 Council candidate Wil­liam “Bill” Schwertz decided to drop out on April 15, ...

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