April 2015 Archive

Our recommendations for the May 2 Millage Elections
Jazz Fest is on, and springtime brings many distractions. It is easy to forget to vote. Our editors have railed at the practice of scheduling property tax elections on ...
N.O. firefighters ask judge to hold city in contempt
New Orleans firefighters plan to ask a Civil Court judge to hold Mayor Mitch Landrieu and the City Council in contempt for failing to fulfill City Hall’s agreement to pay ...
Joseph Sledge, wrongly imprisoned as a young man was released as a senior.
Tortured, jailed Black seniors released – but denied Social Security
By Frederick H. Lowe Contributing Writer (Special from NorthStar News Today and New America Media) – In an unprecedented move last week, Chicago officials have agreed to pay $5.5 million in reparations ...
Bricolage Charter School to get John McDonogh campus on Esplanade
By Marta best cash advance Plano Texas Jewson The Lens Two-year-old Bricolage Academy has been selected to run the storied John McDonogh campus, and the historic high school on Esplanade Avenue should ...
Vaginal Health 101: Dryness, Hormonal Replacement Therapy (HRTs) and Viagra for Her
By Akima Taylor Contributing Writer (Special to the NNPA from the Houston Forward-Times) — In communities around the world, the vagina seems to be a taboo topic; an irrelevant topic or a ...
Thank God for peanut butter and jelly
By Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist Kaylyn Sigman is a high school senior with big plans. A star soccer player from a poor rural Appalachian Ohio community who loves calculus and ...
Results from study of river sediment show enough to make diversions work
By Bob Marshall The Lens Since 2007, Louisiana coastal experts have claimed they can prevent the state’s bottom third from sinking into the Gulf of Mexico based on this assertion: The ...
Reparations activists ready for new phase in long struggle
By Linn Washington Jr. Contributing Writer (Special to the Trice Edney News Wire from North­Star­NewsToday.com) — Racism is a topic that usually divides Black and white Ameri­cans. However, iconic civil rights activist ...
NPR panel discusses the school system in New Orleans
By Kari Dequine Harden Contributing Writer Hosted by NPR’s Michel Martin, a group of panelists gathered last week to discuss the successes and failures of the New Orleans education experiment. The event was ...
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Study says 60 percent of Black women will marry
(Special to the Trice Edney News Wire from NorthStarNews.com) — The proportion of Black women college graduates 25 to 35 years old who have never married is 60 percent compared ...

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