May 2014 Archive

60-year journey from ‘Brown’
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist Because I was a horribly ill-behaved child, I found myself shipped from San Francisco to Moss Point, Miss., in August 1969. My mother’s plan was ...
36th Women’s Day at New Salem B.C.
New Salem Baptist Church, 1530 Alvar Street, New Orleans, La., will host its 36th Annual Women’s Day Celebration on Sunday, June 8, during its 10:30 a.m. worship service. ...
I did not ride a horse on Palm Sunday
By Fr. Jerome LeDoux Contributing Columnist Palm Sunday was just over a week away when the conversation turned to my annual horse ride around the block with church members in procession singing, ...
Darden Restaurants claws out of Red Lobster
By Frederick H. Lowe Contributing Writer (Special from The North Star News & Analysis) – Darden Restaurants Inc., which is led by Clarence Otis Jr. announced on Friday that it has signed ...
John Mac’s future still up in the air
By Kari Dequine Harden Contributing Writer When Louisiana Superintendent John White has national media with him in New Orleans, he likes to go to John Mac to make promises. ...
About Town…La. educational officials ‘dismiss’ dead children
By Christopher Tidmore Contributing Writer Libba and Hy McEnery run a small, Christian outreach program, ministering to African-American teenagers of Pigeon Town, the area stretching from Oak Street to Hollygrove. And, they ...
La. family sets Guinness Book record for most college grads from one school — Grambling
By Tonya Pendleton Contributing Writer (Special from BlackAmerica-Web.com) — Grambling State University has set a new record. But this time it’s not because of its storied football team. It’s because of the ...
Louisiana ranks in top 10 for first quarter clean energy jobs
By April Siese Contributing Writer Louisiana ranks in the top ten of clean energy job announcements for the first quarter of the year, according to a recent report put out by Environmental ...
Mouse study raises possibility of new treatment for diabetes
By Robert Preidt Contributing Writer (Special from HealthDay News) -- The easy loans in western cape discovery of a molecule that can help insulin last longer in the body and work more ...
N.O. awaits boost in economy from Chaquita’s relocating
By Susan Buchanan Contributing default on payday loans texas Writer Chiquita International Brands plans to move import and export activities back to New Orleans after leaving the city 40 years ago for ...

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