October 2014 Archive

Ebola in America: CDC, White House fighting fears with information
By Hazel Trice Edney Contributing emergency loan goalkeeper Writer (TriceEdneyWire.com) — As the first case of the deadly Ebola virus has been diagnosed in the U.S., the Centers for Disease Control ...
Black females lack leadership opportunities
By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – While Black girls posses high levels of leadership qualities, they receive the least opportunity to fill these roles throughout their lives, a ...
20th annual summit on Black males set for Oct. 17
While post-Katrina New Orleans has experienced tremendous progress and some quality of life improvements, Pastor Tom Watson, organizer of the 20th Annual Citywide Summit on the African-American Male, argues “that ...
Officials ill-prepared to help those outside of levee system, Tulane study finds
By Bob Marshall The Lens Tulane researchers recently sought the answer to a question the coastal-restoration community usually avoids: What happens to people and towns if state fails in its efforts to ...
How the Supreme Court could scuttle critical fair housing rule
By Jeff Larson and Nikole Hannah-Jones ProPublica (SPECIAL REPORT) — The U.S. Supreme Court has announced that it will take up a key enforcement tool used to address systemic discrimination ...
Approximately 2.5 million men in the nation currently have prostate cancer, and African Americans are 60 percent more likely to develop the disease than whites.
Health screenings vital to Black men
By Stacy M. Brown personal loan pencen Contributing Writer (Special to the NNPA from the Afro-American Newspap-er) – It’s an occurrence that Maryland’s Dr. Sanford Siegel has seen all too ...
Censorship goes viral with the Internet
By Marjorie R. Esman Guest Columnist During the week of September 21–27, the ACLU of Louisiana joined organizations around the country to participate in Banned Books Week. The week is highlighted by ...
A decade after reforms ordered, critics point to problems in juvenile-justice system
By Della Hasselle The Lens application form loan Reports of gladiator-style fighting, guards molesting children and a lack of basic education for kids as young as 14 once gave Louisiana’s juvenile justice ...
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A ‘fight for survival’: Male breast cancer awareness
By Mary L. Datcher Contributing Writer CHICAGO (Special to the NNPA from The Windy City Word) – When you hear the name Twone Gabz, many of us are not familiar with the ...
NOPD officers’ rights violated
The New Orleans Advocate’s Saturday, October 4, 2014 article, “NOPD given two weeks to find new jobs for high-ranking cops or lay them off,” sums up why Mayor Mitch Landrieu’s ...

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