Uganda, Fueling The Brain Drain, Sends Md’s To Trinidad
For a country with less than 3,000 practicing doctors to treat 34.9 million people, Uganda’s decision to send some 300 doctors to Trinidad […]
Month: December 2014
A Bittersweet Toast To All The Journalists In Jail
Of the thousands of relentless scribes who dig for a story, dodge bullets, follow paper trails, shine a light in the darkness, some 220 news writers […]
‘Iron Lady’ Of Ivory Coast Goes On Trial
Simone Gbagbo, wife of Ivory Coast’s ex-president Laurent Gbagbo, is facing a court of her peers in Ivory Coast this week. She faces charges of aiding […]
As NNPA prepares for 75th Anniversary: President envisions Black Press as ‘main stream’
According to an analysis of U. S. Census Bureau population stats, people of color, including African-Americans, will gradually increase to become a clear majority of America’s population over the next four decades. […]
‘Selma’ is more than a movie by Lauren Victoria Burke
Selma reminds us of what is required to win results for African Americans with 300 years of history stacked against them. […]
OUR VOICE, GUEST EDITORIAL BY GEORGE CURRY: 2014: Unfair and unbalanced media
(NNPA)-Fox News, which mislabels itself as “fair and balanced,” was anything but in 2014, according to MediaMatters.org, the independent media watchdog group. The way that the right-wing network covered the deaths of police officers […]
Educator/civic leader succumbs
Lethia S Hankins’ services will be this Friday, January 02, 2015 at 1:00 at First Baptist Missionary Baptist Church at 520 North 5th Street with Davis Funeral Home in charge. […]
Masquerade Parties and Nativity Plays Mark The African Christmas Holiday
According to a census study, there are 350 million Christians in Africa and more than a handful of rituals varying by country and ethnic group. […]
In Early Reports – A ‘TsunamiS’ for the Opposition and a Defeat For ‘Ma Ellen’
Despite a low turnout in Liberia’s senate election, poll watchers are already predicting the winners and losers and President Ellen Sirleaf-Johnson […]
Tunisia’s ‘People Power’ Rejects Islamist Party In An Upset Vote
Tunisians, the first people to launch an “Arab Spring” revolution that ousted a despot, returned to power a member of the ousted regime. They cast ballots on Sunday […]