From the daily archives: Thursday, April 5, 2012
Special to the NNPA from the Global Information Network Mar. 27 (GIN) – A digital archive of Nelson Mandela’s life and times has been launched on the internet, with thanks to a gift from the internet firm Google. The archive is housed at Johannesburg’s Centre of Memory. Almost 2,000 entries have been made available for [...]
by Zenitha Prince Special to the NNPA from the Afro-American Newspaper Three Mississippi men who ran down and killed a Black man last June pleaded guilty to federal hate crimes March 22, one day after one of the defendants pleaded guilty to the slaying in state court.Dylan Butler, 20, Deryl Dedmon, 19, and John Aaron [...]
by Alexis Taylor Special to the NNPA from the Afro-American Newspaper A Republican-proposed federal budget for the 2013 fiscal year that would cut taxes for the wealthy, restructure Medicare and slash federal spending cleared the House of Representatives March 28 with no support from Democrats, and opposition from 10 GOP members. The legislation passed on [...]
WASHINGTON (NNPA) – George Zimmerman’s claim that he killed 17-year-old Trayvon Martin in self-defense during a scuffle in Sanford, FL has continued to unravel, even as the shooter’s relatives have gone on TV to justify the killing and the city’s police department has leaked information aimed at discrediting the Black high school [...]
By Bernie Delinski. Florence Times Daily While the Alabama Attorney General’s office seeks to have another execution date set for death-row inmate Tommy Arthur, his defense attorney is hoping for a day in court to challenge the way Alabama carries out executions. Arthur, 70, a Sheffield native, avoided death for the fifth time last week [...]
Chris McGreal -guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 28 March The US supreme court begins a final day of hearings over the constitutionality of Barack Obama’s sweeping health reforms that has taken on added significance after a majority of justices appeared to tilt against the legislation on Tuesday. Appearing at a press conference in the Rose Garden alongside Prime [...]
Alabama families living at the poverty line paid more in state income tax in 2011 than families living in any other state, according to an annual report released recently by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP), a nonprofit research group in Washington, D.C. Alabama also came within $100 of having the nation’s lowest [...]
A press release issued by the Greene County Board of Education, announced that former school superintendent Isaac Atkins has filed a suit in federal court against the school board. “Nearly nine months after termination, Former Greene County School Superintendent Isaac Atkins filed a lawsuit in the Northern District of the United States District [...]
The Greene County Board of Education and the Greene County Commission met in a joint working session, Thursday, March 29, 2012 to discuss the school board’s proposal for an additional 3 mill ad valorem tax for the new Greene County High School. School Superintendent Emma Louie led the presentation explaining that the increased [...]
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