December 2014 Archive

Protests against police violence still rage despite promise of change
By Hazel Trice Edney Contributing Writer (TriceEdneyWire.com) — Out­rage continued across the country last week over the epidemic of police violence, profiling and harassment of Black people. The consistent protests were ...
Landrieu, Civil Service win ruling that aimed to stop personnel overhaul
By Charles Maldonado how to get fast payday loans The Lens Orleans Parish Civil District Court Judge Ethel Julien on Wednesday stymied an effort by three of the city’s largest employee associations ...
America on fire
By Edmund W. Lewis Editor This is not a good time to be a Black, man, woman or child in America. Not that there ever has been. It’s just that some times ...
Did the protest boycott matter to Black Friday retail sales?
By Danielle C. Belton Contributing Writer (Special from The Root and New America Media) – Holiday shopping sales were dramatically down nationwide, but economic analysts aren’t talking about the boycott sparked by ...
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Congressman G.K. Butterfield elected new Black Caucus chair
By James payday loans in temecula ca Wright Contributing Writer (Special to the Trice Edney News Wire from the Afro American Newspaper) – The members of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) ...
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U.S. demand for Ebola ‘moon suits’ creates shortages in Africa
(TriceEdneyWire.com) – Aid agencies that use the iconic ‘moon suits’ – the odd-looking full-body outfits used in battling Ebola – are running dangerously low as the protective garb is being ...
‘Africa Umoja’ captures the spirit of African history and culture
By Charmaine Jackson Contributing Writer “Africa Umoja – The Spirit of Togetherness, 20 Years of Freedom and Democracy Tour” found its way back to New Orleans during a multi-city tour of North ...
Justified rage in Ferguson
By Walter L Fields NNPA Columnist At this moment I don’t need my president to tell me to respect the decision of a tainted grand jury. And the call for calm ...
Integrating into a burning house
By Jineea Butler NNPA Columnist Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s last conversation with Harry Belafonte echoed in my head as I watched the Ferguson aftermath send the country in a tailspin:
Obama should follow Bush Sr.’s example, support federal prosecution of Ferguson cop
By Earl Ofari Hutchinson New America Media Columnist On March 22, 1991, a visibly shaken and angered President George H.W. Bush said he was sickened and “outraged” by what he saw on ...

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