November 2015 Archive
New Orleanians and St. Augustine High School alumni and supporters have another reason to watch the wildly popular FOX Network show “Empire” on Wednesday nights. Social Security: No COLA in 2016
By Frederick H. Lowe Contributing Writer (Special from NorthStarNews Today) – The Social Security Administration has announced there will be no automatic cost of living adjustment (COLA) for Social Security beneficiaries next ... Russell Simmons speaks out on the RushCard glitch
By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Contributing Writer Russell Simmons hasn’t slept much since news broke in mid-October that users of his RushCard couldn’t access their own money and were locked out of ... Rigged: Racial bias in jury selection
By Marc H. Morial President and CEO The National Urban League "Illegal and unconstitutional jury selection procedures cast doubt on the integrity of the hole judicial process. They create the appearance of bias ... President Obama backs ‘band the box’
By Hazel Trice Edney Contributing Writer (TriceEdneyWire.com) - President Barack Obama, who last week enacted the largest release of prisoners at one time in 30 years, has announced that he is ... NOPD woes extend beyond long wait times
NOPD officers from each of the eight police districts told Nola.com earlier this month that the department is undermanned and lacks the focus it needs to improve public safety in ... New study attempts to tackle preeclampsia which disproportionately affects Black pregnancies
By Ryan Whirty Contributing Writer Pregnancy disorders preeclampsia and early-onset preeclampsia affect roughly 10,000 women in the United States each year. That might not seem like a lot, but when the condition ... N.O. gets $10M grant to develop Canal Street ferry terminal
The City of New Orleans announced recently that the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has awarded the Regional Transit Authority (RTA) more than $10 million in grant funding to ... Four charter high schools are now eligible to return to OPSB
By Marta Jewson The Lens (Special from thelens-nola.org) – Based on recently released state scores, four Recovery School District high schools are eligible to return to the control of the Orleans Parish ... Fifteen Confederate ‘flaggers’ indicted for terroristic threats against Blacks
(Special to the Trice Edney News Wire from the Southern Poverty Law Center) – A Georgia state prosecutor has announced the indictments of 15 people who threatened African Americans and ...
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