October 2014 Archive

Department of Education opens civil rights investigation in Orleans system
By Kari Dequine Harden Contributing Writer The U.S. Department of Edu­cation is opening an investigation into a civil rights complaint filed in May by community groups concerned about allegedly discriminatory practices in ...
President Obama addressing those attending the Congressional Black Caucus Awards dinner in Washington, D.C. recently
Pres. Obama: Let’s finish the unfinished work
By George E. Curry NNPA Editor-in-Chief WASHINGTON (NNPA) — Though the U.S. has made tremendous progress since the passage of the landmark Civil Rights Act of 1964, there is plenty of ...
Efforts under way to celebrate the legacy of Joe Bartholomew Sr.
If you think Joseph M. Bartholomew Sr. didn’t love anything as much as he loved the game of golf, you better think again.
Landrieu’s new hiring efforts challenged by another city employees group
By Charles Maldonado The Lens The legal fight against Mayor Mitch Landrieu’s overhaul of city personnel rules broadened last week when a city employees group filed a lawsuit arguing that the current ...
Xavier routinely outpaces nation’s best institutions
You may find an institution of higher learning with more flash and pop or more star-studded rosters for honorary degrees, but you would be hard-pressed to find a college or ...
New group sees the N.O. as a water-management leader
By Susan Buchanan Contributing Writer “Our city is payday loan cda learning to live with water,” Aron Chang, a spokesman for the Greater New Orleans Water Collaborative and a Waggonner & Ball ...
For oil and gas companies, rigging seems to involve wages, too
By Naveena Sadasivam ProPublica A ProPublica review of U.S. Department of Labor investigations shows that oil and gas workers—men and women often performing high-risk jobs—are routinely being underpaid, and the companies hiring ...
Emerging leaders discuss pressing issues in Black America
By James Wright Contributing Writer (Special to the Trice Edney News Wire from the Afro American Newspaper) — The facilitators of the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s Emerging Leaders program decided not to ...
Two faces of racism
By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist What was Alessandra Stanley, the longtime television critic of the New York Times, thinking that caused her in that now-infamous article to mis-label Shonda Rhimes, ...
Strip mines, pollution and de-foresting linked to Ebola’s deadly spread
(Special to the NNPA from the New York Amsterdam News) – Pits in the ground from mining, forests stripped of trees and water poisoned by toxic materials are among the ...

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