May 2016 Archive
By Frederick H. Lowe Contributing Writer (Special from NorthStarNews Today) — Ursula Burns, the first African-American woman CEO of a Fortune 500 company, will step down from her job later this year ... Policy makers headed for Black Political Convention to set ‘the People’s Agenda’
By Hazel Trice Edney Contributing Writer (TriceEdneyWire.com) — As the U. S. presidential and congressional campaigns remain in full throttle, the National Policy Alliance, a coalition of 16,000 Black elected and ... New federal report finds increasing segregation in U.S. public schools
By Zenitha Prince Contributing Writer (Special to the Trice Edney News Wire from the Afro American Newspaper) — A new analysis by the Government Accounting Office (GAO) reveals that more than 60 ... Bernie and Donald: Angry white men
By Julianne Malveaux TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist For all their dueling ideologies, Senator Bernie Sanders and “presumptive Republican nominee” Donald Trump are two sides of the same coin. Both of them are angry, ... Xavier scholarship fundraiser is June 7
On Tuesday, June 7, Xavier University of Louisiana, the nation's top-ranked producer of Black doctors, will hold its fourth annual online, social media-driven fundraising event – “Give. Love. Xavier Day” ... Danziger cop seeks to spend rest of sentence at home
Just weeks after a federal judge drastically reduced five former NOPD officers’ sentences for their role in the 2005 Danziger Bridge shootings in eastern New Orleans less than a week ... Beyond the borders – Ears on the world
By Geraldine Wyckoff Contributing Writer With all the major and mini festivals in recent months, it’s easy for locals and even visitors to become a bit musically New Orleans-centric. Though during ... On a mission to restore Dillard’s nursing program
Recently, Dillard University announced we were suspending new admissions to our baccalaureate and LPN-BSN nursing programs for the 2017-18 academic year in order to conduct a thorough evaluation that would ... Optimism and skepticism over the health insurance marketplace
By Fritz Esker Contributing Writer The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released a report stating that premiums in the Health Insurance Marketplace will be lower than many media outlets ... Urban League releases ‘Main Street Marshall Plan’ saying the State of Black America is ‘locked out’
By Hazel Trice Edney Contributing Writer (TriceEdneyWire.com) – Declaring that the state of Black America is “locked out” of economic, social and educational equality, National Urban League President/CEO Marc Morial said ...
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