From the daily archives: Thursday, March 8, 2012
By Fungai Maboreke Special to the NNPA from the Global Information Network Feb. 21 (GIN) – The Young Environmental Journalist Award has been presented to Ugochi Anyaka of Nigeria for her piece on recycling waste paper in Abuja. The winning radio report, called Saving the Trees for Paper Briquettes, featured a project based in a [...]
By Kyle S. Yeldell, Special to the NNPA The Act Against AIDS Leadership Initiative (AAALI) held an enlightening and engaging event entitled the National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day Community Forum in Washington, DC on February 7. The successful event, which was held at the African-American Civil War Memorial and Museum, marked a day to get [...]
Special to the NNPA from the Afro-American Newspaper The Mormon Church Feb. 29 condemned racism in the church after a Brigham Young University (BYU) professor said Blacks aren’t ready for priesthood. Church officials issued a statement Feb. 29 repudiating comments published in the Washington Post from BYU religion professor Randy Bott saying Bott’s comments “do [...]
By Catalina Camia, USA TODAY Rush Limbaugh has lost more than 30 national and local advertisers on his syndicated radio program since calling Georgetown University law student Sandra Fluke a “slut” and “prostitute” after she testified in support of insurance companies paying for birth control. JC Penney and Capitol One are [...]
Chicago, IL – Obama for America recently announced the launch of the Truth Team, a new national effort by President Obama supporters online and on the ground to promote the President’s achievements, respond to attacks on his record and hold the eventual Republican nominee accountable. More than a million people took action as [...]
NEW ORLEANS, March, 3, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — The Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee (PSC) spearheading the litigation surrounding the 2010 BP Gulf Oil Spill today announced that a settlement in principle has been reached with BP that will fully compensate hundreds of thousands of victims of the tragedy. The settlement is to be fully funded [...]
The Greene County members of Harambe Community Youth Organization participated with approximately 50 youth leaders, all members of 21st Century Youth Leadership Movement from across the state, in the week end events of the annual Bridge Crossing Commemoration and Jubilee in Selma, AL, March 2-4, 2012. On Friday evening, the young people [...]
This past weekend thousands of people from across the Alabama Black Belt and the nation came to Selma to participate in the annual Bridge Crossing Jubilee which commemorates the “Bloody Sunday March” in 1965 which led to passage of the Voting Rights Act. Several hundred marchers stayed on to continue the [...]
A jury acquitted a casino owner, three current or former state lawmakers and two others on all counts Wednesday, March 7 in a high-profile federal case that alleged the legislators were being bribed to legalize gambling in the state of Alabama. Lobyist Tom Coker, VictoryLand casino owner Milton McGregor, State Sen. Harri Ann Smith, former [...]
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