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By Edmund W. Lewis Editor There’s a lot going on with cops using young Black men for target practice, a federal prosecutor clowning on a local blog and a growing number of ... March 24 election recommendations
National attention has focused on the GOP candidates descending upon Louisiana for next Saturday’s Republican Presidential Preference poll here in the Pelican State. To many, perhaps even most of our ... NAACP delegation asks U. N. to investigate ‘rogue’ voting laws
By Hazel Trice Edney Contributing Writer (TriceEdneyWire.com) — NAACP President/CEO Benjamin Todd Jealous and an NAACP delegation are in Geneva this week. They are reporting to the United Nations Civil Rights Council ... New Orleans city council works to rein in cameras at meetings
By Karen Gadbois thelensnola.org Quietly and with no discussion, the City Council broadened the definition Thursday of what constitutes disturbing the peace during its meetings, asserting control over where people can stand ...
New Orleans’ Fashion Week spotlight…
By Kelly Parker Contributing Writer In March 2011, local up and coming designer Brennan Manuel was just beginning his journey as a force in the New Orleans fashion scene. His Camrich ... Teen’s killing harkens back to uglier days
By Tonyaa Weathersbee Guest Columnist Trayvon Martin probably figured it was no problem — him being Black, and it being 2012 and all — to walk to the store in a gated ... The Hard Truth: An issue of facts vs frustration
By Min. J. Kojo Livingston Contributing Columnist “White folks ain’t our problem. They ain’t doing nothing to us. It’s Black folks we have to worry about.” Just about anytime a Black person does ... The vanishing Black middle class
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist A chapter in the National Urban League’s 2012 State of Black America report reached a sobering conclusion about the Black middle class. Women’s History and Black women
By Dr. E. Faye Williams TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist With careful attention, I have watched the talk shows—both liberal and conservative hosts during Women’s History Month—which just happens to fall at the same ...
47 years later: Marching from Selma to Montgomery
By Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist Voting rights in the United States of America are precious, inalienable and sacred. In fact the right to vote is not just a ...
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By Edmund W. Lewis Editor There’s a lot going on with cops using young Black men for target practice, a federal prosecutor clowning on a local blog and a growing number of ... March 24 election recommendations
National attention has focused on the GOP candidates descending upon Louisiana for next Saturday’s Republican Presidential Preference poll here in the Pelican State. To many, perhaps even most of our ... NAACP delegation asks U. N. to investigate ‘rogue’ voting laws
By Hazel Trice Edney Contributing Writer (TriceEdneyWire.com) — NAACP President/CEO Benjamin Todd Jealous and an NAACP delegation are in Geneva this week. They are reporting to the United Nations Civil Rights Council ... New Orleans city council works to rein in cameras at meetings
By Karen Gadbois thelensnola.org Quietly and with no discussion, the City Council broadened the definition Thursday of what constitutes disturbing the peace during its meetings, asserting control over where people can stand ...
By Kelly Parker Contributing Writer In March 2011, local up and coming designer Brennan Manuel was just beginning his journey as a force in the New Orleans fashion scene. His Camrich ... Teen’s killing harkens back to uglier days
By Tonyaa Weathersbee Guest Columnist Trayvon Martin probably figured it was no problem — him being Black, and it being 2012 and all — to walk to the store in a gated ... The Hard Truth: An issue of facts vs frustration
By Min. J. Kojo Livingston Contributing Columnist “White folks ain’t our problem. They ain’t doing nothing to us. It’s Black folks we have to worry about.” Just about anytime a Black person does ... The vanishing Black middle class
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist A chapter in the National Urban League’s 2012 State of Black America report reached a sobering conclusion about the Black middle class. Women’s History and Black women
By Dr. E. Faye Williams TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist With careful attention, I have watched the talk shows—both liberal and conservative hosts during Women’s History Month—which just happens to fall at the same ...
By Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist Voting rights in the United States of America are precious, inalienable and sacred. In fact the right to vote is not just a ...
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