April 2009                             

Headlines

Local NAACP Demands Officer Middleton's Job For Brutal Beating
Glen Ford: NAACP Banquet Speaker
Court Reverses DA Fachini's Conviction of Unadilla Police Chief Smith
Walker’s Case Closed
 

Editorial

Local Black Elected Officials Have Let Us Down
Henry Louis Gates Jr.: Was Lincoln a Racist?
Don't Go There Mr. President! Afghanistan
Obama's Democrat Problem
The biggest mistake in the history of American foreign policy’
Improvement requires will to make changes
 

Local

NAACP Scholarship Recipient, Yale Grad
The Late Miss Trixie Beatrice Seay The Tight Triad of Seay Sisters is Torn

Black History

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Health

Blacks, Hispanics have higher end-of-life costs
Initiative Offers Coverage For Obesity Prevention
Dire warnings as House OKs budget
One painful issue: Medicaid payment cuts
For Blacks, Risk of Heart Disease Starts Much Younger
Insurers shun those taking certain meds
 

National / World

The Iraq War - Six years is too long!
NAACP says Black troopers in hostile environment
Corrupt judges, harsh sentences impact young lives
Lawsuits accuse mortgage lenders of rip-offs
Activists unhappy with Obama boycott of racism meeting
High court blunts Black voting power
 

Education

Damaisha Goober Excels at Sumter Primary Fine Arts Academy

Economic Status Increases Demand of Local Sama Food Pantry

Career Fair at Americus-Sumter High Fills Gym With Prospective Employers

Cherokee Elmentary Exceeds Pre-k Standards For State Funding

 

Religion

 

Reparations and Presidential Election
Finish It!

 

Obituaries

 

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