NAACP presidential selection process again mired in controversy
By George E. Curry NNPA Editor-in-Chief WASHINGTON (NNPA) – A search firm hired by the NAACP ranked Rev. Frederick D. Haynes, III, senior pastor of Friendship-West Baptist Church in Dallas, Texas, ... New NAACP president says his strength is among the grassroots
By Hazel Trice Edney (TriceEdneyWire.com) — Underscoring the fact that the NAACP has been a grassroots organization for its 105 years of existence, new NAACP President Cornell William Brooks, last week, ... Letter to the Editor: Please don’t frack Louisiana
I’ve traveled a lot, for work and for pleasure, and I’ve yet to see a state as beautiful as Louisiana — or as environmentally sensitive. And yet ... Seminar held by Charter Schools Assn. on how to ‘avoid employee lawsuits’
By Michael Patrick Welch Contributing Writer On May 8, the Louisiana Association of Public Charter Schools along with the Top Shelf charter assistance organization hosted a presentation for charter school leaders and ... Survey: Louisianians face age discrimination in workplace
By Michael Patrick Welch Contributing Writer According to a new AARP telephone survey conducted in March, 70 percent of Louisiana residents believe people age 50 and older face age discrimination in the ... The 911 recording of Merritt Landry released
A week after Orleans Parish District Attorney can i get another personal loan if i already have one Leon Cannizzaro announced that he would not prosecute ... The browning of public schools
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist This is the 60th anniversary of the landmark Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision outlawing “separate but equal” schools. And like most major anniversaries, ...
Local student Alex Thomas chosen as La. Gatorade Soccer Player of the Year
By April Siese Contributing Writer Benjamin Franklin High School sophomore Alex Thomas has been named the Gatorade Louisiana Girls Soccer Player of the Year. The announcement comes amidst media accolades and only ... The difficult math of inequality
By William Spriggs Guest Columnist Thousands of fast-food workers took to the streets this week, staging strikes in protest over their low pay. In states where the minimum wage has not been ... Uncle Tom’s children
By Edmund W. Lewis The Louisiana Weekly Editor When most people think about Uncle Tom, a character made popular in the Harriet Beecher Stowe ante bellum novel Uncle ...
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By George E. Curry NNPA Editor-in-Chief WASHINGTON (NNPA) – A search firm hired by the NAACP ranked Rev. Frederick D. Haynes, III, senior pastor of Friendship-West Baptist Church in Dallas, Texas, ... New NAACP president says his strength is among the grassroots
By Hazel Trice Edney (TriceEdneyWire.com) — Underscoring the fact that the NAACP has been a grassroots organization for its 105 years of existence, new NAACP President Cornell William Brooks, last week, ... Letter to the Editor: Please don’t frack Louisiana
I’ve traveled a lot, for work and for pleasure, and I’ve yet to see a state as beautiful as Louisiana — or as environmentally sensitive. And yet ... Seminar held by Charter Schools Assn. on how to ‘avoid employee lawsuits’
By Michael Patrick Welch Contributing Writer On May 8, the Louisiana Association of Public Charter Schools along with the Top Shelf charter assistance organization hosted a presentation for charter school leaders and ... Survey: Louisianians face age discrimination in workplace
By Michael Patrick Welch Contributing Writer According to a new AARP telephone survey conducted in March, 70 percent of Louisiana residents believe people age 50 and older face age discrimination in the ... The 911 recording of Merritt Landry released
A week after Orleans Parish District Attorney can i get another personal loan if i already have one Leon Cannizzaro announced that he would not prosecute ... The browning of public schools
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist This is the 60th anniversary of the landmark Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision outlawing “separate but equal” schools. And like most major anniversaries, ...
By April Siese Contributing Writer Benjamin Franklin High School sophomore Alex Thomas has been named the Gatorade Louisiana Girls Soccer Player of the Year. The announcement comes amidst media accolades and only ... The difficult math of inequality
By William Spriggs Guest Columnist Thousands of fast-food workers took to the streets this week, staging strikes in protest over their low pay. In states where the minimum wage has not been ... Uncle Tom’s children
By Edmund W. Lewis The Louisiana Weekly Editor When most people think about Uncle Tom, a character made popular in the Harriet Beecher Stowe ante bellum novel Uncle ...
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