Black vote renominates Mississippi GOP U.S. senator
By Christopher Tidmore Contributing Writer State Senator Chris McDaniel blamed his 49.1 percent to 50.9 percent or 6000 vote loss to incumbent U.S. Senator Thad Cochran in the Mississippi Republican Primary on ...
Fortner, Miami-Dade Public Housing director, tapped to lead HANO
On Thursday, the Housing Authority of New Orleans announced that it has chosen Gregg Fortner, a New Orleans native, to serve as its executive director. Fortner will official take over ... Gusman fends off critics, making progress on consent decree
By Mason Harrison Contributing Writer More than a year after a federal judge approved a sweeping consent decree to improve conditions at Orleans Parish Prison, efforts to reform the troubled facility remain ... 20th Anniversary of the ‘Party with a Purpose’
By Marc H. Morial President/CEO National Urban League July 3-6 is the date. New Orleans is the place. Empowerment is the purpose. Iconic thought leaders and musicians bring ... Watch your mouth
Never underestimate the power of words. That’s a lesson I learned years ago. There’s no denying the power that words have. That’s why the elders used to tell members of my ... Perceptions of equality
By William Spriggs Guest Columnist A recent interview of Morgan Freeman by CNN host Don Lemon lit a firestorm of conversation. Freeman argued that his personal success, and that of Lemon’s, ... The Central Park jogger case settlement
By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist How much is a person’s innocence worth? That’s the most fundamental question framing the news that, after years of bitter dispute, a settlement has been reached in ... Freedom Summer – 50 years later
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist The 50th anniversary of Freedom Summer was commemorated last week in Mississippi and it provides the perfect backdrop to reflect on the transformation of not only ... Blacks have not recovered from the recovery
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist Judging from its June 18-19 meeting, the Federal Reserve is hedging its bets. It says the U.S. economy is on the mend, but more slowly ... Black men and white women leapfrog over Black women
By Oscar Blayton NNPA Guest Columnist Beginning in 1945, as a Black male child, I spent my early years in a small southern town where everything was “Black” and “White.” ...
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By Christopher Tidmore Contributing Writer State Senator Chris McDaniel blamed his 49.1 percent to 50.9 percent or 6000 vote loss to incumbent U.S. Senator Thad Cochran in the Mississippi Republican Primary on ...
On Thursday, the Housing Authority of New Orleans announced that it has chosen Gregg Fortner, a New Orleans native, to serve as its executive director. Fortner will official take over ... Gusman fends off critics, making progress on consent decree
By Mason Harrison Contributing Writer More than a year after a federal judge approved a sweeping consent decree to improve conditions at Orleans Parish Prison, efforts to reform the troubled facility remain ... 20th Anniversary of the ‘Party with a Purpose’
By Marc H. Morial President/CEO National Urban League July 3-6 is the date. New Orleans is the place. Empowerment is the purpose. Iconic thought leaders and musicians bring ... Watch your mouth
Never underestimate the power of words. That’s a lesson I learned years ago. There’s no denying the power that words have. That’s why the elders used to tell members of my ... Perceptions of equality
By William Spriggs Guest Columnist A recent interview of Morgan Freeman by CNN host Don Lemon lit a firestorm of conversation. Freeman argued that his personal success, and that of Lemon’s, ... The Central Park jogger case settlement
By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist How much is a person’s innocence worth? That’s the most fundamental question framing the news that, after years of bitter dispute, a settlement has been reached in ... Freedom Summer – 50 years later
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist The 50th anniversary of Freedom Summer was commemorated last week in Mississippi and it provides the perfect backdrop to reflect on the transformation of not only ... Blacks have not recovered from the recovery
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist Judging from its June 18-19 meeting, the Federal Reserve is hedging its bets. It says the U.S. economy is on the mend, but more slowly ... Black men and white women leapfrog over Black women
By Oscar Blayton NNPA Guest Columnist Beginning in 1945, as a Black male child, I spent my early years in a small southern town where everything was “Black” and “White.” ...
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