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The Greene County Commission held its regular meeting on Monday, May 13, 2013. A key topic regarding public and private parks was raised by the County Engineer Willie Branch. Branch said that the engineering department has been receiving request to assist in upkeep of the parks grounds, including maintaining the grounds for summer recreational programs. [...]
By: John Zippert, Co-Publisher The Network of Black Farm Organizations has responded to a 5,000 word investigative article published in the New York Times on April 26 which charges widespread fraud in the settlement of the initial $1 billion Black farmers discrimination lawsuit (Pigford I) against USDA. The article, by Sharon LaFraniere, entitled “Federal Spigot [...]
By George E. Curry, NNPA Editor-in-Chief JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (NNPA) – When international icon and former political prisoner Nelson Mandela was elected president of South Africa in 1994, it marked a watershed moment for the former minority-ruled country. Mandela, the standard bearer for the African National Congress, won with 62.6 percent of the vote. The [...]
By Maya Rhodan NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services announced plans to provide $150 million to community health centers to assist in getting uninsured Americans prepared for the Oct. 1 opening of the Health Care Marketplace. The 1,2000 Community Health Centers across rural and [...]
by Charlene Muhammad Special to the NNPA from The Final Call SACRAMENTO – Hundreds gathered in front of the California state capitol April 23 to remember their murdered loved ones during National Crime Victims’ Rights Week. But, some whose family members died in police violence, foster care, and other killings rallied with this specific message: [...]
By Tom Curry, National Affairs Writer, NBC News Attorney General Eric Holder told reporters Tuesday that he recused himself last year from any involvement in an investigation of national security leaks. Holder also announced Tuesday that he has ordered an investigation to see if there were criminal violations in the Internal Revenue Service scrutiny of [...]
Greene County Probate Judge Earlean Isaac signs a proclamation designating May as Foster Care Month. Surrounding Judge Isaac are Wilson Morgan, Greene County DHR Director, Jimmie Zoppi, Geraldine Sands, Mozell Knox, Fannie Smith, Mattie Gray, Mary Harris, Minnie Knox, all Foster Parents; Beverly Vester and Jacqueline Hughes, Social Workers; Mollie Rowe, Supervisor. DHR staff not [...]
On May 2, 2013, officials of the United States Department of Agriculture, Alabama state agencies and community based organizations announced the launching of the Strikeforce for Rural Growth and Opportunity in Alabama. The Alabama Strikeforce is an effort by USDA agencies and partners in state and local government, universities, community based organizations and others to [...]
By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent ASHVILLE, N.C. (NNPA) – The W.K. Kellogg Foundation has awarded $75 million in grants for a 5-year project called the American Healing Initiative. But in an unusual and unexpected move, the foundation assembled some of the grantees here recently to help heal the healers. The W.K. Kellogg Foundation, a [...]
By Maya Rhodan, NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Social Security changes proposed by Obama could hurt African Americans more than other groups, a new report by the Center for Global Policy Solutions finds. In this fiscal year 2014 budget, President Obama proposes switching the way benefit programs such as Social Security and civil service [...]
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