After apartheid and Jim Crow: Still not equal
By Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist As Nelson Mandela’s body was laid to rest, the leaders from across the world who came to pay tribute to him leave ... ‘Affluenza’: An illness concocted by the virus of white privilege
By Tonyaa Weathersbee Guest Columnist I guess I should be shocked that a judge and a psychologist in Texas would see a rich white kid as a victim of his privilege before ... RTA announces 2014 service changes
The Louisiana Weekly Staff Reports The Regional Transit Authority (RTA) has announced an increase in bus service starting January 5, 2014. The increase comes as part of the recent 2014 budget ... Some Louisiana customers to see Entergy rates increase
By Fritz Esker Contributing Writer In a meeting on Monday, December 16, the Louisiana Public Service Commission approved settlements in the electric base rate cases of Entergy Gulf States Louisiana and Entergy ... Carver parents, students express their dissatisfaction, concerns
By Kari Harden Contributing Writer Parents Bianca Johnson and Darlene Scott aren’t making any excuses for their teenage boys. They don’t deny that their children can at times be a handful, and that ... Black girls disproportionately confined; struggle for dignity
By Monique W. Morris Contributing Writer (Special to the Trice Edney News Wire from America’s Wire) – Nationwide, African-American girls continue to be disproportionately over-represented among girls in confinement and court-ordered residential ...
Clarkson seeks return to District C
By Christopher Tidmore Contributing Writer The decision by Council-woman At-Large Jackie Clarkson to run for her old job as the District “C” representative actually surprised her staff and intimates more than the ... Eating healthier only $1.50 more expensive daily, says study
By Alexis Taylor Contributing Wrier (Special to the NNPA from the Afro-American Newspaper) – Everyone has had that moment — whether to grab a burger from a fast food joint with a ... Energy chair aids Sen. Landrieu’s re-election
By Christopher Tidmore Contributing Writer Bennett Johnston was never a popular U.S. Senator for the voters of Louisiana. Not beloved, at least, the way his colleague John Breaux managed. However, every time ... More massive tar mats from BP oil spill discovered on La. beaches
By Bob Marshall The Lens The 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster was just a month old and BP’s crude oil was still gushing from the Gulf floor when state officials began to grasp ...
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By Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist As Nelson Mandela’s body was laid to rest, the leaders from across the world who came to pay tribute to him leave ... ‘Affluenza’: An illness concocted by the virus of white privilege
By Tonyaa Weathersbee Guest Columnist I guess I should be shocked that a judge and a psychologist in Texas would see a rich white kid as a victim of his privilege before ... RTA announces 2014 service changes
The Louisiana Weekly Staff Reports The Regional Transit Authority (RTA) has announced an increase in bus service starting January 5, 2014. The increase comes as part of the recent 2014 budget ... Some Louisiana customers to see Entergy rates increase
By Fritz Esker Contributing Writer In a meeting on Monday, December 16, the Louisiana Public Service Commission approved settlements in the electric base rate cases of Entergy Gulf States Louisiana and Entergy ... Carver parents, students express their dissatisfaction, concerns
By Kari Harden Contributing Writer Parents Bianca Johnson and Darlene Scott aren’t making any excuses for their teenage boys. They don’t deny that their children can at times be a handful, and that ... Black girls disproportionately confined; struggle for dignity
By Monique W. Morris Contributing Writer (Special to the Trice Edney News Wire from America’s Wire) – Nationwide, African-American girls continue to be disproportionately over-represented among girls in confinement and court-ordered residential ...
By Christopher Tidmore Contributing Writer The decision by Council-woman At-Large Jackie Clarkson to run for her old job as the District “C” representative actually surprised her staff and intimates more than the ... Eating healthier only $1.50 more expensive daily, says study
By Alexis Taylor Contributing Wrier (Special to the NNPA from the Afro-American Newspaper) – Everyone has had that moment — whether to grab a burger from a fast food joint with a ... Energy chair aids Sen. Landrieu’s re-election
By Christopher Tidmore Contributing Writer Bennett Johnston was never a popular U.S. Senator for the voters of Louisiana. Not beloved, at least, the way his colleague John Breaux managed. However, every time ... More massive tar mats from BP oil spill discovered on La. beaches
By Bob Marshall The Lens The 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster was just a month old and BP’s crude oil was still gushing from the Gulf floor when state officials began to grasp ...
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