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Work is a necessity
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist I consider myself something of a wordsmith, so I am always amazed in the work of others, especially when they
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Feds eye Black unemployment
The United States Department of Labor has released a new report The Black Labor Force in the Recovery. Key findings of the report: • African-Americans
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By Christopher Tidmore The Louisiana Weekly A ten-year phase out of the Louisiana’s Personal and Corporate Income taxes passed the State Senate on Tuesday, June 7, but with a twist. The ... Civil Rights coalition unveils plan to transform high schools
WASHINGTON —The Campaign for High School Equity (CHSE), a diverse coalition of leading civil rights and education advocacy organizations last week released a bold plan to ensure all students graduate ... Landrieu signs executive order to create Homeless Services Working Group
The Louisiana Weekly Staff Reports New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu on Wednesday signed an executive order establishing the Homeless Services Working Group — an official Mayoral Advisory Committee — ... Serpas cancels ‘reward coins’ to be bought with state forfeiture funds
By Matt Davis http://thelensnola.org The New Orleans Police Department cancelled the use of seized state drug money to purchase reward coins for police officers two hours after our partners at FOX 8 ... Petition calls for the removal of Serpas
Just two weeks after a coalition of residents and community activists led by Community United for Change called for the termination or resignation of NOPD Superintendent Ronal Serpas, another grassroots ... Senate passes resolution on health disparities among minorities
(Special to the Trice Edney News Wire from the Afro American Newspapers) — The U.S. Senate took another step toward closing the racial and ethnic health gap with the May ... Shining a light: One month of NOPD disciplinary proceedings
By Matt Davis http://thelensnola.org The discharge of a high-profile cop like Captain Jeff Winn makes headlines. But the reality of life in uniform as the New Orleans Police Department struggles toward reform ... We have to raise the debt ceiling
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist A recent Gallup poll found that 47 percent of all Americans oppose raising the debt ceiling. Only 19 percent support raising the ceiling past its current $12.1 ...
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