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Recently I had the great pleasure of visiting New Orleans to promote breast-cancer research, and the new book Just Peachey: Bearing Fruit. Of all the things I’ve heard about the ... The former Confederate states regain positioning
By A. Peter Bailey how to obtain a short term loan TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist My reaction to the election of Republicans’ Mia Love of Utah as the first female Black ... IG report slams NOPD’s handling of sexual assault cases
A report released on November 12 by New Orleans Inspector General Ed Quatrevaux painted an unflattering picture of the department's Special Victims Section detectives' handling of sexual assault cases over ... Violence against women
Just before I participated in a panel discussion on how to end sexual assault on Louisiana’s campuses yesterday, the New Orleans Inspector General released a report on the NOPD’s mishandling ... N.O. ponders vote on OPBS property tax
By Marta Jewson The Lens Next month, New Orleans voters will decide whether to extend an expiring property tax that finances repairs to public school buildings, but the measure is facing resistance ... Council focuses on NOPD staffing and pay raises
With a dwindling police force and the Louisiana state troopers preparing to end their four-month stay in New Orleans, NOPD Superintendent Michael Harrison went before the City Council on Oct. ... Housing discrimination continues in Orleans Parish, says report
By Mason Harrison Contributing Writer Housing the best personal loan companies discrimination, suggests a new report, remains a flagrant issue in Orleans Parish even as federal officials attempt to beef up enforcement ... Budget cuts may imperil Blacks from checking out public libraries
By Jazelle Hunt Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Between the rise of digital media, changing social landscapes, and decreased funding, the nation’s 8,956 public library systems are at a crisis stage. And ... Contras and drugs, three decades later
By Carmelo Ruiz-Marrero Contributing Writer (Special to the NNPA from The Final Call) – In late 1986, Washington was rocked by revelations that the Ronald Reagan administration had illegally aided a stateless ... For many, voting rights remain at risk
By D. Kevin McNeir Contributing Writer (Special from The Washington Informer and New America Media) – When the founding fathers gathered in Philadelphia to form a new country called the United States, ...
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