From the daily archives: Thursday, January 12, 2012
By Senator Hank Sanders A coalition of 25 Alabama organizations sponsored a state-wide Save Ourselves Summit (SOS) on November 19, 2011. It was a powerful success with a great cross-section of people participating productively. That was just beginning. Among other matters, SOS resolved to facilitate a national Selma to Montgomery March to challenge the increasing [...]
Special to the NNPA from the Global Information Network Dec. 13 (GIN) – With the departure of U.S. troops from Iraq, Djibouti – a major U.S. ally – will be the “central location” in fighting terrorism, according to Defense Secretary Leon Panetta during his visit this week to the north African nation. The U.S. base [...]
ANNAPOLIS, MD – The Maryland State Conference of the NAACP and Maryland civil rights leaders joined state legislators today to call for repeal of the death penalty, citing systemic flaws and racial disparities in the capital punishment system. At a morning meeting National NAACP President and CEO Benjamin Jealous met with several community leaders in [...]
By Charlene Crowell, NNPA Columnist As 2012 unfolds, America’s consumers have now gained a top cop in a wide range of financial affairs. Richard Cordray, a former Ohio attorney general and state treasurer was appointed this week by President Obama to become the first director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). [...]
from The Great Falls Tribune HELENA — The Montana Supreme Court restored the state’s century-old ban on direct spending by corporations on political candidates or committees in a ruling Friday that interest groups say bucks a high-profile U.S. Supreme Court decision granting political speech rights to corporations. The decision grants a big win to Attorney [...]
By George E. Curry. TheDefendersOnline NEWS ANALYSIS The Republican race to become the party’s presidential standard bearer has been increasingly characterized by candidates invoking racist stereotypes. Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, who came within eight votes of tying front-runner Mitt Romney in Iowa, is among the latest culprits. At a stop in Sioux City two [...]
Washington, DC—Today, Rep. Terri A. Sewell issued the following statement on the University of Alabama’s Bowl Championship Series (BCS) National Championship win over the LSU Tigers: “Congratulations to the University of Alabama’s football team for its resounding 21-0 victory over the LSU Tigers in the 2011 BCS Championship, said Congresswoman Sewell.“ Today, we look forward [...]
Only three commissioners were present at the regular meeting of the Greene County Commission on Monday, January 9, 2012 – Allen Turner, Jr., Elzora Fluker and Marvin Childs. CFO Paula Bird presented the financial report. The commission approved paying $342,067.13 in claims. County Engineer Arzo Abrams and his department was able to purchase a one [...]
The first meeting of the Eutaw City Council for 2012 was uneventful. Most of the discussion and business was conducted in a 35 minutes executive session, which lasted from 6:05 to 6:40 PM, to discuss “the good name and character” of a person or persons who were not named. Before requesting the executive session, Councilman [...]
Senator Hank Sanders, speaking at the kick-off of the Auburn segment of the “Journey of Hope—from Violence to Healing” at the Auburn Unitarian Universalist Fellowship on January 8, 2012, announced that in addition to the moratorium bill and other death penalty related bills, which he has filed for years in the legislature, he would this [...]
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