From the monthly archives: June 2012
Los Angeles, CA (June 17, 2012) — Rodney King, the black motorist whose 1991 videotaped beating by Los Angeles police officers was the touchstone for one of the most destructive race riots in the nation’s history, died Sunday. He was 47. King’s fiancee called 911 at 5:25 a.m. to report she found him [...]
Washington, DC (June 16, 2012) — President Barack Obama eased enforcement of immigration laws Friday, offering a chance for hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants to stay in the country and work. Immediately embraced by Hispanics, the extraordinary step touched off an election-year confrontation with congressional Republicans. “Let’s be clear, this is not amnesty, this [...]
by Rebecca Rivas Special to the NNPA from the St. Louis American One adult with a college degree can end the cycle of generational poverty in a family forever. However, fewer than nine percent of students from low-income backgrounds receive their bachelor’s degree by age 24. Ayriel Hadley graduated from Saint [...]
By Akeya Dickson,Washington Correspondent NNPA News Service WASHINGTON (NNPA) – When it comes to veterans and unemployment, there isn’t a jobs problem. There’s a hiring problem, said Jim Lorraine, executive director of the Augusta Warriors Project. “A lot of them have top secret clearances and backgrounds in communications and other industries, and they don’t even [...]
By Nina Lakhani , UK INDEPENDENT They are the real heroes of the Haitian earthquake disaster, the human catastrophe on America’s doorstep which Barack Obama pledged a monumental US humanitarian mission to alleviate. Except these heroes are from “America’s arch-enemy Cuba”, whose doctors and nurses have put US efforts to shame. A medical brigade of [...]
At the regular meeting of the Greene County Board of Education, Kayla Dixon with TCU, project managers for construction of the new Greene County High School, explained to everyone present that although construction has not begun, the project is coming along as expected. She said that the State Building Inspector had requested a meeting with [...]
Special to the Democrat by: John Zippert, Co-Publisher Congresswoman Terri Sewell visited Gainesville, Alabama, in north Sumter County, last Wednesday to hold a ‘Congress in your Community’ meeting at the Town Hall. More than a hundred citizens of the area attended and held a dialog with her on important issues. [...]
At 5:00 p.m. on June 18, approximately 200 people gathered in the Greene County High School Auditorium to support the 3 mill Ad Valorem Tax Referendum scheduled to be on the ballot for Nov. 6, 2012 General Election. The purpose of this tax is to help build a new high school for Greene County. The [...]
The painting – which forms part of Murray’s “Hail to the Thief II” exhibition – has already been sold. Buti Manamela, national secretary of the Young Communist League, weighed in, saying: “The movement has always promoted freedom of expression, but you cannot denigrate important figures.” Ferial Haffajee, editor of City Press that [...]
By Akeya Dickson, Washington Correspondent NNPA News Service WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Buying a bagful of multi-colored vegetables at designer grocery stores can easily eat up a significant amount of one’s shopping budget. Cost-conscious buyers might be able to make the splurge, but it is not as easy for the millions of people who receive Supplemental [...]
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