From ceremony to action
By Rev. Amos C. Brown NNPA Guest Columnist As we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the historic march from Selma to Montgomery, we must not forget that the fight for equal voting ... Five-O shades of blue
By Edmund W. Lewis Editor When it comes to violence, barbarity and a general lack of respect for others’ dignity and human rights, there is no shade like blue shade. The blue shade ... Olivia Hooker is a living history lesson
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist Olivia Juliet Hooker celebrated her 100th birthday on February 12. In 1944, she was among the first five African-American women allowed to serve in the Coast Guard ... Questions about the measles controversy
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist I have to confess that I really cannot believe the measles controversy. The issue of vaccinations had been settled, at least so I thought, until I ... Sad comment on nation built by immigrants
By Sandip Roy Guest Columnist Jnanpith award winner Bhalchandra Nemade recently stirred up a hornet’s nest by calling English a “killer language”. But thousands of miles away across the world in Alabama, ... Zulu reaches new heights in popularity, community service
McDonogh 35 and SU alum is krewe's 100th king It’s Carnival time and all eyes in the City That Care Forgot are on what has become one of Mardi Gras’ most ... While still just an idea, councilwoman holds hearing on rental registry, inspections
By Charles Maldonado The Lens A proposal by which is the best bad credit loans City Councilwo-man LaToya Cantrell that would require many New Orleans landlords to register their rental homes with ... Flood authority flexes technical muscle, and Corps responds
By Bob Marshall The Lens February 9, that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is installing a monitoring system to watch for problems with the Mississippi River-Gulf Outlet floodwalls likely ... Free municipal broadband at stake
By Christopher Tidmore Contributing Writer In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, one of the few positive developments which occurred was that the city of New Orleans was able to offer free ... Rape’s other victims: Children conceived
By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent Editor’s Note: A woman gets raped every 2 minutes in the United States. According to the U.S. Justice Department, nearly one of every five Black ...
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