From the monthly archives: December 2011
By Stephon Johnson Special to the NNPA from the New York Amsterdam News Despite what many people think about immigration and jobs in the United States, immigrants may actually help create jobs, according to a new study. The study, “Immigrants and American Jobs,” conducted by economist and professor Madeleine Zavodny on behalf of the American [...]
by: Marie Diamond, Think Progress | Report Monday 26 December 2011: A 93-year-old Tennessee woman who cleaned the state Capitol for 30 years, including the governor’s office, says she won’t be able to vote for the first time in decades after being told this week that her old state ID failed to meet new voter [...]
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Justice today blocked South Carolina’s discriminatory voter identification law from going into effect, helping ensure thousands of eligible voters will be able to exercise their right to vote. “This misguided law would have prevented countless South Carolinians from exercising one of our most cherished and basic rights,” [...]
Levi Rickert, editor-in-chief in Native Briefs. OAKLAND – Award-winning actor Danny Glover participated in a press conference at 12 noon at Occupy Oakland on Tuesday, December 27, 2011 to voice his belief that Leonard Peltier should be let free. Leonard Peltier is a leader of the American Indian Movement (AIM) who has [...]
Special to the NNPA from the Afro-American Newspaper First Lady Michelle Obama’s physical dimensions were the target of criticism by a Wisconsin Republican recently who criticized the First Lady’s Healthy Food Initiative as unwarranted government intrusion. Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.) issued an apology to the First Lady Dec. 22 in a [...]
Special to the NNPA from the St. Louis American The killing of Osama bin Laden during a raid by Navy SEALs on his hideout in Pakistan was the top news story of 2011, followed by Japan’s earthquake/tsunami/meltdown disaster, according to The Associated Press’ annual poll of U.S. editors and [...]
Mr. James Childs, Sr., a resident of Mt. Hebron, Alabama is a well known and respected farmer and vegetable producer in West Alabama, who has been in the farming business for over 50 years. Mr. Childs currently farms a total of 15 acres with his son James Childs, Jr., and grows a wide [...]
James “Dee” Powell was honored at a reception recently following his retirement from the Transportation Department of the Greene County School System. Powell was initially hired as a mechanic in 1986 and continued to serve in various leadership positions with the department and the system’s support personnel organization. In 2001 Powell was named [...]
Shortly before the program was to begin, there was a steady flow of people gathering at the Eutaw Activity Center for the annual Community Kwanzaa Celebration. Many carried covered dishes of food to share at the closing fellowship feasting. The audience grew even as the program progressed. The Kwanzaa Celebration, co-sponsored by the Harambe Chapter [...]
Special to the NNPA from the Global Information Network Dec. 13 (GIN) – Three female activists – two from Liberia and one from Yemen – accepted the prestigious Nobel Prize for Peace at a special Nobel ceremony Saturday in Oslo, Norway’s capital city. The first to accept the peace prize [...]
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