Neighbors protest sports complex.
Credit: Gabriel Fraire
It’s not over, til it’s over...
It has been five years since Greensboro College purchased the J.C. Price School and property from Guilford Technical Community College (GTCC) in the hopes of building a sports complex. Standing in the way of a peaceful property transformation are some residents of the surrounding Warnersville Community, who fear their neighborhood...
Police stress prevention and intervention in GSO
The Greensboro Police Department held a gang forum, last week, to educate the public about gang activity in Greensboro. According to police spokesmen, gang activity in the Triad has been steadily on the rise since its first appearance back in the 1980s. It ...
Obama’s Nomination 'A Step Toward' Fulfillment of the Dream
DENVER (NNPA) – America has come a step closer to the fulfillment of Dr. King’s dream in Denver this week with the official coronation and acceptance speech of U. S. Sen. Barack Obama as the Democratic nominee for president, civil rights insiders say.
“Barack Obama's address to the nation is unparalleled in its significance. Coming nearly 50 years after the dramatic impact that both president John Kennedy and Dr. ...
Incidents of HIV Worse than Previously Known
MEXICO CITY (NNPA) - The number of people infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, is 40 percent higher than the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has been reporting each year, according to new figures recently released.
According to the CDC, approximately 56,300 new HIV infections occurred in the United States in 2006. The previous estimate had been 40,000 new infections per year.
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Economics of a healthy lifestyle
In today’s couch potato, video game, microwave, drive thru, grab-a-bite-and-go society, Black people, in particular, must pay more attention to its detriments to our health and the economics of it all.
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