As our local economy continues to grow each year, I get excited to see more and more independent businesses participate in Small Business Saturday which kicks off tomorrow, November 26th. This year marks Baltimore’s 12th annual Miracle on Main St ...
Posted Friday, November 25th 2016 at 1:49PM
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Watch Pres. Obama wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving!
Also, I want to take this time to thank each of you for supporting LOPnewsmag! We will resume the weekly LOPnewsmag on December 2, 2016 after a Holy-Day break. I love you guys. Thank YOU ...
Posted Thursday, November 24th 2016 at 12:21PM
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CHATTANOOGA, Tenn.– The fatal accident that killed five children in Chattanooga was actually the second time in two months driver Johnthony Walker crashed a school bus.
In September, Walker was driving around a blind curve in a residential area ...
Posted Wednesday, November 23rd 2016 at 6:42PM
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A White man who shot a Black teenager for bumping into him has been charged with first-degree murder after telling police that he took “another piece of trash off the street”.
According to police in Charleston, West Virginia, 15-year-old James ...
Posted Wednesday, November 23rd 2016 at 6:31PM
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE BY AGNES B. LEVINE!
Please take a few minutes this Season to read and follow this Blog Series on Mental Illness Recovery Success (knowledge, wisdom, tips, humor). Each Week a Part from this Series will be poste in the LOPne ...
Posted Wednesday, November 23rd 2016 at 3:49PM
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THIS JUST IN!
Betsy DeVos, charter school advocate, is Donald Trump's pick for secretary of education
President-elect Donald Trump is set to nominate Betsy DeVos, a billionaire and school choice advocate, as his secretary of education.
"Bets ...
Posted Wednesday, November 23rd 2016 at 2:54PM
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE!:
DPW Offices and Yards Closed
Baltimore City Department of Public Works Director Rudolph S. Chow, P.E., reminds everyone that Thanksgiving Day is a City holiday. Department of Public Works offices and yards will be CLO ...
Posted Wednesday, November 23rd 2016 at 2:34PM
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NEWARK—In a time of political and social wailing and gnashing of teeth, a much different tone echoed through a Robert Treat Hotel meeting room as Nation of Islam Minister Louis Farrakhan closed the State of the Black World Conference organized by D ...
Posted Wednesday, November 23rd 2016 at 2:03PM
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(CNN)— Roddy White, a former Atlanta Falcon who is an NFL free agent, used a series of tweets to describe a traffic stop Wednesday that he said had him concerned for his life.
When a DeKalb County, Georgia, police officer apparently put his han ...
Posted Wednesday, November 23rd 2016 at 1:53PM
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A new Black owned grocery store owned by former NFL superstar, Tyrone Legette, has been officially opened in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The grocery store is located in the exact spot where a Winn Dixie stood before it closed fifteen years ago.
As a c ...
Posted Wednesday, November 23rd 2016 at 1:46PM
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Since Donald Trump won the presidential election last week there has been an alarming increase in racist behaviour in America. Many stories have been making rounds online about people’s experiences, especially ethnic minorities and Muslims, but ...
Posted Wednesday, November 23rd 2016 at 1:42PM
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MONTGOMERY, Ala. — A white police officer in Alabama was indicted Friday on murder charges in the fatal shooting of a black man who died just yards from his front door.
A grand jury returned the indictment against Montgomery police Officer Aaron ...
Posted Wednesday, November 23rd 2016 at 1:37PM
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Whether Charlotte should protect one of the oldest African-American cemeteries of the post-slavery era is up for a vote Monday night before Charlotte City Council.
The Biddleville Cemetery, founded in 1873, is one of three properties nominated for ...
Posted Wednesday, November 23rd 2016 at 1:31PM
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A Note From our Executive Director
Over the coming weeks, the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanics (Initiative) will be working to facilitate the transition to the next Administration. As many of you know, the Executive ...
Posted Wednesday, November 23rd 2016 at 1:25PM
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The white Arkansas school board member’s Halloween costume was extremely detailed — and deeply offensive.
In the pictures, every part of Ted Bonner’s face is painted black except his lips, which are a garish red, hiding imitation gapped teet ...
Posted Wednesday, November 23rd 2016 at 1:24PM
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DETROIT — An apparent noose was found in a third-floor boys' bathroom at Royal Oak Middle School on Friday, more than a week after a video of some students at the school chanting "build the wall" went viral.
Royal Oak Superintendent Shawn Lewis- ...
Posted Wednesday, November 23rd 2016 at 1:20PM
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FOR YOUR INFORMATION:
What to Do with Thanksgiving Leftovers
Turkey and cranberry sauce sandwich
Thanksgiving isn't until tomorrow, so why are we already talking about leftovers? Because your leftovers plan should start right after Thanksgi ...
Posted Wednesday, November 23rd 2016 at 12:42PM
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: (FREE WEBINAR)
Housing Not Handcuffs: New Campaign Initiative Looks to End the Criminalization of Homelessness
Homelessness remains a national crisis, with millions of people homeless or at-risk - including at least 1.36 ...
Posted Wednesday, November 23rd 2016 at 12:04PM
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Last week, the Law Center released our latest national report (https://www.nlchp.org/documents/Housing-Not-Handcuffs) on the criminalization of homelessness, which reviewed trends in 187 cities over the past ten years. Laws criminalizing living in ve ...
Posted Wednesday, November 23rd 2016 at 11:23AM
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE!:
Dr. King Sends Letter to States Calling for an End to Corporal Punishment in Schools
U.S. Education Secretary John B. King Jr. sent a letter today urging state leaders to end the use of corporal punishment in schools, a ...
Posted Wednesday, November 23rd 2016 at 9:53AM
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An 8-year-old African American boy was hospitalized after bullies attacked him and his younger sister on November 14, the Atlanta Black Star reports. The incident occurred at the Spanish Lake Primary School in Geismar, Louisiana. Now, the family is s ...
Posted Tuesday, November 22nd 2016 at 10:37PM
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Join Henry Louis Gates, Jr. as he looks at the last 50 years of African-American history — from Dr. King to President Obama, from James Brown to Beyoncé — charting the remarkable progress made and raising hard questions about the obstacles that remain in Black America Since MLK: And Still I Rise. Watch the Mini-Series Event Tuesday November 22 at 8/7c only on PBS. Click to learn more.
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Posted Monday, November 21st 2016 at 8:11PM
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In the year 2000, cancer was the leading cause of death in only two states. Recently the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s 2014 report was released, showing that cancer is now competing with heart disease to be the leading cause of death ...
Posted Monday, November 21st 2016 at 6:25PM
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