January 2015 Archive
By Kari Dequine Harden fast track to cash flow superconference Contributing Writer In a unanimous vote last week, the Orleans Parish School Board (OPSB) selected Henderson Lewis, Jr. as the district’s new ... Trial begins to decide BP’s Clean Water Act fines
By Susan Buchanan Contributing Writer The penalty phase of the Gulf oil spill trial, pitting the federal government against BP Exploration & Production Inc. and Anadarko Petroleum Corp., began in ... Police departments lack racial diversity
NOPD is racially balanced but lacks cultural sensitivity and constitutional policing In the early 1970s, as white flight to the surrounding suburbs continued to transform the Big Easy into a majority-Black ... HBCUs divided over free community college plan
By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) — Black college educators and supporters are sharply split over whether President Obama’s proposal to offer a free two-year community college education to students ... Carnival 2015, the year of the women’s organizations
By Kelly Parker Contributing Writer Carnival 2015 marks the 10th celebration since Hurricane Katrina and by the looks of it, the Mardi Gras women’s movement is evident. A small business solution to shrinking workforce – hire seniors
By Mark Taylor Contributing Writer WASHINGTON, D.C. (Special from Yahoo Small Business/New America Media) – As the U.S. economy heats up and successful companies consider expansion and new hiring, competition for reliable, ... La. budget woes could pit SUNO against Hollywood South
By Christopher Tidmore Contributing Writer In 2015, Louisiana faces a looming $1 billion deficit. With a budgetary situation this bad, fiscal reform advocates wonder if the window has finally opened to radically ... SUNO holds ‘Black jobs matter’ summit
By Mason Harrison Contributing Writer Award-winning actor Danny Glover headlined this month’s Black Jobs Matter summit at Southern University at New Orleans. The event raised the ever-present issue of job scarcity ... Sagging pants of today could hurry hip replacements of tomorrow
By Sandra Jordan Contributing Writer (Special to the NNPA from the St. Louis American) — Some of the same activities and behaviors that can cause disease can cause health problems in your ... Report finds ‘staggering inequality’ of incomes once decried by MLK
(Special to the Trice Edney News Wire from are internet payday loans legal in maryland Global Information Network) — Income inequality, one of the issues that so troubled the Rev. ...
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