Move afoot to protect women around the world against violence
By Jazelle Hunt Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Last year, the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 was amended and reauthorized. This past month, a group of senators began setting their ... Morris Jeff School shows how Common Core can work
By George White Contributing Writer   (Special from New America Media) — When Morris Jeff Community School, a charter elementary, reopened its doors here in 2010, five years after being destroyed by ... Morial addresses role of Black attorneys during Martinet event
By Nayita Wilson Contributing Writer Generations linked and were reminded of African American history and involvement in Louisiana’s legal arena during the Greater New Orleans Chap­ter of the Louis A. Martinet Legal ... Maxi Priest, reggae superstar, hits his groove
By Dwight Brown NNPA Entertainment Critic Reggae superstar Maxi Priest had three reasons to put on a lively, well-received show at B.B. King’s Blues Club & Grill last Wednesday night. 1) He ... Black workers are stuck in poverty wages
By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – As fast food and retail workers continue to march for higher wages, a new study by the Economic Policy Institute revealed that ... Black women are taking care of business
By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) — Instead of breaking the glass ceiling, Black women have increasingly started making their own. According to the Center for American Progress, an independent, ... Bids to build Edna Karr school scrutinized
By Susan Buchanan Contributing Writer The choice of a contractor to design and build the new Edna Karr High School in Algiers is delayed after a bid by one of three shortlisted ... We can make the future come faster in the South
By Benjamin Todd Jealous Guest Columnist We have the antidote to voter suppression: massive voter registration. We proved it 50 years ago during Freedom Summer. We proved it again in Florida in 2012, ... Hypocritical to demagogic to deranged
By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist June’s three most striking domestic political events thus far all have in common the same force that has uniformly characterized the conservative movement’s opposition to the ... Hit your reset button at least once a year
By Fr. Jerome LeDoux Contributing Columnist As I lay in bed about to fall asleep, Monday, June 2, was fading into midnight when my memories were jogged by the bass booming of ...
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