Ex-cop apologizes to Wendell Allen’s family
A day after he apologized to the family of Wendell Allen, former NOPD Officer Joshua Colclough entered a guilty plea and began serving a four-year sentence for manslaughter for the ... Celebrating the ‘masses’ of the Mass Movement
By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. wasn’t there by himself. On that sweltering sunlit day of August 28, 1963, King and the other leaders of the national civil ... Armed guards watch Black audience view The Butler
By J. Kojo Livingston Contributing Writer A movie theater in Maryland treated used riot-control measures at a screening of The Butler. America’s growing caregiving crisis
In response to August 18 Article: America’s growing caregiving crisis, one in four Louisianans care for a child or adult with disabilities or an older adult in their home. It ... A dedicated life: Shirley Sherrod’s ongoing battle for racial cooperation in Ga.
By Ryan Cooper Contributing Writer Editor’s Note: This is the sixth in a series Race in America - Past and Present America’s Twentieth-Century Slavery. (TriceEdneyWire.com) — Almost three years ago, in late March ... Black La. town latest victim of ‘environmental racism’
By Saeed Shabazz Contributing Writer (Special to the NNPA from The Final Call) – A handful of free Black men and women led by an ex-slave named Jack Moss settled along the ... Study shows New Orleans growth since Katrina
By Michael Patrick Welch Contributing Writer According to two recent studies of New Orleans’ health economic and otherwise, the city is currently riding high—better than the rest of the country, in many ... 2,000-plus convictions to be reviewed because of invalid hair samples
By Frederick H. Lowe Contributing Writer (Special to the Trice Edney News Wire from TheNorth­StarNews.com) — The U.S. Justice Department and the FBI will review more than 2,000 criminal convictions in which ... AARP and FEMA partner on disaster preparedness, response and recovery
On Monday, the U.S. Depart­ment of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and AARP announced an agreement that will expand outreach around emergency preparedness for millions of older Americans. ... Judge strikes down New York’s stop-and-frisk policy
By J. Kojo Livingston Contributing Writer Ruling may affect Louisiana A game-changing decision by a federal judge may have an impact on civil liberties across the nation. On Monday of this week, Judge ...
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