Thanksgiving Holiday

Julianne Malveaux  |   OW Contributing Columnist
Nov 22 2012

Counting the Cost

When I think of Thanksgiving Day, I think of family gathered around a table that groans from the weight of turkey and dressing, green beans and candied yams, mac and cheese or whipped potatoes, and lots of other goodies. I look forward to seeing folks I haven’t seen in awhile, savoring the food and fellowship, bringing in the late evening over coffee and pie. Nobody is rushing out to go shopping—most people save that for the Friday after Thanksgiving, often called: Black Friday, because many stores find themselves in the black after the profligate shopping that day.

Nov 21 2012

Government, banks, post office

LOS ANGELES, Calif.—Government offices, courts, schools, libraries, banks and post offices will be closed tomorrow in observance of Thanksgiving.

There will be no trash collection by city crews in Los Angeles, according to the Los Angeles Department of Public Works’ Bureau of Sanitation.

Residents whose trash is normally collected on Thursday will have it picked up Friday. Friday trash collection will be pushed to Saturday.

Metro buses, trains and subways will be on a Sunday schedule.

Nov 20 2012

Aviation Safeguards workers want SEIU’s to take back its threat of disrupting Thanksgiving travelers

LOS ANGELES, Calif.—A representative of a group workers at Los Angeles International Airport said today they have no intention of joining a union march on Century Boulevard tomorrow.

Airport employees represented by Service Employees International Union’s United Workers West are planning to march in protest of what union officials call unfair labor practices by Aviation Safeguards.

Across Black America

Here’s a look at African American people and issues making headlines throughout the country.
 

Alabama
Freeman A. Hrabowski, president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, will address the annual African American Business Council luncheon on June 28. Hrabowski, who is chairman of President Barack Obama’s Advisory Commission on Education Excellence for African Americans, has a national reputation for his work studying the performance of minority students in math and science. Hrabowski, named one of the 10 best college presidents in the country by Time magazine, was a child leader in the Civil Rights Movement in Birmingham in the 1960s.
 

Arkansas
The Liberty Counsel filed a motion and a brief in United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas seeking to intervene on behalf of a Concepts of Life crisis pregnancy center to defend against a suit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union and the Center for Reproductive Rights. The groups seek to impose a permanent injunction before the Human Heartbeat Protection Act goes into effect July 18. Liberty Counsel also filed a brief opposing the ACLU’s request for an injunction. The “Heartbeat” bill states that when a woman seeks an abortion at or after the 12th week, doctors must test for a fetal heartbeat before an abortion is performed and inform the pregnant mother that the child in her womb has a heartbeat. If a heartbeat is detected, a woman cannot have an abortion, except in cases of rape, incest, and if a mother’s life is in danger. “As we promised when the legislation was introduced, Liberty Counsel will defend this law without reservation for the people of Arkansas, born and pre-born,” said Matt Staver, founder and chairman of Liberty Counsel. “No right is more foundational than the right to life. Without life, all other rights are irrelevant,” concluded Staver.