NDG Newstand Edition
8/26/2010
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Obama signs Jobs Bill as CBC Chair calls for specific »
By Hazel Trice Edney (NNPA) As the Black unemployment rate rose slightly last month, President Barack Obama has signed the long-awaited jobs bill with hopes of turning around employment rates, which for African-Americans still nearly doubles the national average of 9.5 percent. “The Manufacturing Enhancement Act of 2010 will create jobs, [...]
North Texas Job Corps Center, a place where youth from »
By: Jackie Hardy, NDG Contributing Writer The North Texas Job Corps Center (NTJCC), located in McKinney sits over 90 acres of land and to many of its students it represents their land of opportunity. NTJCC is contracted to serve a maximum of 650 students that range in ages from 16 through 24. Job Corps is a national program funded by the [...]
Parents will see more items included in sales tax »
By Sen. Royce West With the Summer break winding down and the start of school just weeks away, Texas shoppers and parents can once again look to take advantage of the sales tax holiday. Since 2002, parents have been able to purchase school clothes and other items including footwear, free of sales tax charges - a nice break during back-to-school [...]
The deal between Friendship West and terminated »
By Ruth Ferguson NDG Editor Last month in hopes of avoiding an ugly day in court, Friendship West Baptist Church reached a tentative agreement with Elizabeth Payne, the terminated secretary over her wrongful termination lawsuit. However, on this week Susan Hutchinson, a lawyer representing Payne informed U.S. District Judge Jane Boyle the [...]
Irving Independent School District Hires First African »
By: Jackie Hardy NDG Contributing Writer Irving Independent School District (IISD) hires first African American Superintendent, Dr. Dana Bedden, Ed. D. Bedden comes to Texas after serving three years as Superintendent at the Richmond County School District in Augusta, Georgia. “This is a District where 80 percent of its students live in [...]
A hasty and embarrassing rush to judgment by the White »
By Ruth Ferguson NDG Editor The election of President Barack Obama was heralded as the beginning of a post-racial era in America. Perhaps the White House did not get that memo. Once again, the Administration’s hyper-sensitivity to appear fair to all was on full display with their overreaction to a conservative media driven attack on an [...]
Coppell Mayor’s murder-suicide stuns community »
By Ruth Ferguson The Dallas medical examiner’s preliminary report on Wednesday indicates Coppell Mayor Jayne Peters, 55, shot and killed her 19-year-old daughter and then fatally shot herself in the head. Their bodies were discovered in their home Tuesday night. City spokeswoman Sharon Logan reported there was no sign of forced entry [...]
Even with Wall Street reform, the quest for financial »
By Charlene Crowell (NNPA) As Capitol Hill works to complete historic Wall Street reforms, most of the public debate has focused on mainstream lending such as bank practices, loans and credit cards. Yet according to one of the nation’s Federal Reserve Banks, 30 million American households -- nearly one in four -- are either unbanked or [...]
First-of-its kind organization seeks to support »
(NDG Wire) The inaugural event of the newly formed Latinos in Architecture Committee, a first-of-its-kind Hispanic networking organization, kicked off with drinks, lively discussions and almost 100 people. The Latinos in Architecture (LiA) Committee launched last month with the goal of increasing the relationships between Hispanic architects, [...]
HIV Testing Day is June 27: Here’s What You Should »
By Melody Mendiola Special to the NNPA from Insight News (NNPA) HIV and AIDS have disproportionately affected the African-American population. Of the estimated one million people living with HIV/AIDS in the U.S. today, roughly half are Black. Yet, as a racial group, African-Americans represent just 13 percent of the population. The lifetime [...]
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