From the monthly archives: March 2012
CRANSTON, R.I. – The mystery winner of the sixth-largest U.S. lottery jackpot, $336.4 million, finally came forward last Tuesday, nearly a month after winning the Feb. 11 prize in Rhode Island. She was introduced as Louise White, 81, a Newport African-American woman who was dressed in a dark suit and leopard-print scarf. She [...]
Special to the NNPA from the Washington Informer First Lady Michelle Obama will lead the Presidential delegation for the opening ceremonies of the 2012 Summer Olympic games in London. Mrs. Obama made the announcement at an event with Samantha Cameron celebrating the Olympic games and Mrs. Obama’s “Let’s Move!” initiative. During the [...]
By Kevin Powell, Guardian UK,17 March 12, News Anaysis Whatever the claims, voter fraud is almost non-existent. The real problem is the regressive forces promoting discriminatory laws. Anti-democracy forces in the US are relentless. Each time our nation takes a step forward, sure enough, a collective of well-financed anti-democracy naysayers comes along to shoot holes [...]
by Cyril Josh Barker Special to the NNPA from the New York Amsterdam News The deadly shooting of an unarmed 17-year-old Black male at the hands of a white neighborhood watch member who has not been arrested in Florida is stirring tensions. The situation, which is now gaining national attention and has [...]
On Tuesday, March 20, Sheriff Jonathan Benison distributed the bingo checks for the month of February. A grand total of $143,036.87 was distributed. Each entity gets a set amount of money from each bingo machine in the two currantly operating bingo sites. Greene County Commission receives $95 per machine; Greene Co. Sheriff – [...]
On Monday, March 19, the Eutaw City Hall was filled to capacity with citizens angry and distressed about the failure to repair the roads in Branch Heights and King Village. Members of the Greene County Commission, the Eutaw City Council and both city and county Housing Authorities, along with their attorneys, were present [...]
At their regular meeting on March 13, the Eutaw City Council considered whether or not to grant Winchester Carton a tax abatement on the upgraded system the company is installing. Normally, when a company expands and provides new jobs, this is a routine matter. However, in this particular instance, no new jobs will be created, [...]
By James Queally/The Star-Ledger NEWARK — Hundreds of dignitaries, students and police officers stood in silence on the steps of Essex County’s historic courthouse Monday as the body of U.S. Rep. Donald Payne was carried inside, beginning three days of events that will serve as a final goodbye for Newark’s elder statesman. [...]
By David McKenzie, CNN Koro, Uganda (CNN) — One of the abducted boys featured in the viral video demanding the capture of infamous warlord Joseph Kony is now a man and says the time for justice has arrived. Jacob Acaye, now 21, revisited the village where he was abducted by Kony’s Lord’s Resistance Army to [...]
Huffington Post: The battle over voter I.D. laws — which critics say disenfranchise the poor, elderly and citizens of color — has been fought in state houses, court rooms and op-ed columns. And now that fight is headed for the pews. Leaders of several prominent Black churches have stated an ambitious goal: to [...]
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