From the daily archives: Thursday, September 15, 2011
Special to the NNPA from the Global Information Network Islamic militant suspects were secretly shipped to Libya for harsh interrogation after 9/11 under a U.S. program called “extraordinary rendition,” it was revealed last week by the New York-based group Human Rights Watch. The program was outlined in hundreds of letters recently [...]
By Ben Jealous CEO, NAACP It’s the foundation of our justice system, built to serve and protect the wrongly accused. But in the case of Troy Davis, it’s a principle that has been defied, ignored and trampled on. I’m writing to you once more, because Troy’s execution is scheduled for next week, and there is [...]
Special to the NNPA from the AFRO-American newspapers Former first lady Jacqueline Kennedy held a low opinion of civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr., calling him “phony” and “tricky” and alleging that King mocked the funeral of her slain husband, President John F. Kennedy. The remarks came in a [...]
Cynthia E. Griffin Special to the NNPA from Our Weekly Life has gone on since Sept. 11, 2001. In fact, Sunday marked the 10th anniversary of a tragedy that seems as if it only happened a short while ago. As the nation pauses to remember—10 years away from the cataclysmic events of that morning—there [...]
A New Analysis by George E. Curry TheDefendersOnline.com President Obama discarded his carefully-crafted image of Compromiser-in-Chief last week by proposing a surprisingly bold American Jobs Act that calls for nearly $500 billion in federal spending and tax cuts to jolt the sagging U.S. economy.Instead of waiting for Congress to initiate legislation, as he [...]
Financial problems were the main subject of Monday’s meeting of the Greene County Commission, Although there are sufficient funds to meet the next payroll, October and November are going to be tough months financially for Greene County, Almost all departments are over budget for the year, especially the General Fund and the Sheriff’s Department, where [...]
Once again Jefferson County Circuit Judge Houston Brown came to Greene County to conduct a hearing on the legality of seizure of electronic bingo machines. This time the defendant was Frontier Bingo and the arguments and precedences were basically the same as they were in the Greenetrack vs. State of Alabama hearing. Brown made it [...]
The Safe House Black History Museum, located in Greensboro, AL, has completed a significant renovation which includes the addition of a transparent mural walkway connecting the museum facility to the arts gallery. “This glass walkway, depicting visuals of Dr. Martin Luther, King, Jr. and other leaders of the Civil Rights Movement, is my [...]
The Eutaw City Council voted 4 to 2 to approve an ordinance to rezone the former Sumter Veneer site on Prairie Avenue for Alabama Recycling LLC from M-1 to M-2 to accommodate the new owner’s plans for recycling metals and shredding used tires. Many of the comments at the public hearing on the zoning [...]
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