December 2015 Archive

Maness hopes Tea Party will put him in run-off for Vitter’s seat
By Christopher Tidmore Contributing Writer The 2016 U.S. Senate race to succeed David Vitter swelled this week with both GOP Congressmen John Fleming and Charles Boustany formally filling to run, and former ...
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Local attorney pens book to help young girls to embrace their individuality
By Kelly Parker Contributing Writer “My name is Addison ... Madam Queen Busy Body! From a very young age, dance has been my favorite hobby. I sing songs really loudly and bounce ...
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You can’t go wrong with music, it’s a gift that keeps on giving
By Geraldine Wyckoff Contributing Writer Last week, kudos were given to the local musicians who earned Grammy nominations for albums released in 2015. Naturally, all of those are worth considering when looking ...
Huge, obvious holes in Trump’s views on combatting terrorism
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA News Wire Columnist I awoke to a story that Presidential candidate Donald Trump was now proposing that the families of terrorists should be killed. As best as ...
It’s Islamic terrorism. So what?
My name is Mohamad Ali Ozeir. My father’s name is Ali. My mother’s name is Khadija. My children’s names are Zena, Hassan, Jenan, Nadine and Sahar. I look like a ...
For communities of color, the fight against diabetes is far from over
By Patricia Maryland NNPA News Wire Writer Recently, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced the rate of new cases of diabetes in the United States declined by about 20 ...
Eloquence and arrogance
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist On the same day that President Barack Obama gave a stirring and historically grounded commemoration regarding the 150th anniversary of the passage of the 13th Amendment, ...
Don’t be fooled by ‘silent Clarence’ Thomas
By George E. Curry George Curry Media Columnist In arguably the most important civil rights case the U.S. Supreme Court will hear this term — a case that could ban or ...
Ghosts of Antebellum Disney
By Edmund W. Lewis Editor After more than a century of pretending not to see how its monuments to white supremacy negatively impact the collective psyche, spirit and dignity of Black New ...
The education inequality struggle
By Marian Wright Edelman George Curry Media Columnist This has been a hard year for poor children and children of color in a gridlocked and cantankerous Congress. The Every Student Succeeds Act ...

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