OPSB narrows superintendent search to two
By Kari Dequine Harden Contributing Writer After more than two and a half years without a permanent superintendent, the oft-divided Orleans Parish School Board members ap­pear to be very close to making ... Nothing beats the gift of music, particularly created by our own
By Geraldine Wyckoff Contributing Writer Music is a powerful and often spiritual force. It can bring back a flood of memories or help create new ones for the future. That’s just one ... Distrust: A legacy of media segregation
By James McGrath Morris Contributing Writer (New America Media) — Missing among the many reasons given for the enormous and unchanging racial divide regarding the fairness of the American judicial system is ... Black diabetics suffer from high rates of vision loss
(www.BlackMansStreet.Today) — African Americans suffering from diabetes have higher rates of vision loss compared with other ethnic and racial groups, and poor access to eye exams play a role in ... CFPB tackles medical debt affecting 43M consumers
By Charlene Crowell NNPA Writer Anyone who has been to an emergency room, out-patient clinic or undergone a series of medical tests knows how it feels to receive confusing bills from providers ... A mother’s plea: Don’t overlook my son’s death
By Narene Stokes-James Contributing Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (Special to the NNPA) — In the midst of the headliners Eric Garner, Michael Brown and now Tamir Rice, the name of Ryan ... Obama’s legacy: Defining the course forward
By Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist The president has paid his courtesies to the Republican leaders who now control the Congress. Mitch McConnell has indicated that he’s prepared to ... Six million ways to die
By Edmund W. Lewis Editor The life of Emmett Till, a 14-year-old boy from Chicago, was tragically cut short after he allegedly whistled at a white woman during a summer visit to ... Breathing life into a Movement
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist “I can’t breathe,” gasped Eric Garner, again and again and again. “I can’t breathe,” he said, as several police officers were on top of him, ... Legalized lynchings is on the rise
By E. Faye Williams TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist I’ve never been one to forcefully insert my opinions into the minds or mouths of others, but I think the events of the past several ...
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