By Susan Buchanan Contributing Writer As post-Katrina housing prices have escalated, some residents have been forced out of their own neighborhoods. The city’s rents and home prices have more than doubled ... Injured man says he was beaten by state troopers
Michael Baugh told WWL that he had just closed up his family’s hair salon Friday night, Sept. 18, when two state troopers approached his truck, looking for a man waving ... Racism has long-term health impacts on Blacks, study concludes
By Zenitha Prince Contributing Writer (Special to the Trice Edney News Wire from the Afro American Newspaper) — Racial discrimination experienced by youth can have far-reaching health impacts well into their ... $110K: Is this what justice looks like in America?
By Jeffrey L. Boney Contributing Writer (Special to the NNPA from the Houston Forward Times) – The fight for justice has come to a close for police brutality victim and former ... Asking the right questions for your end-of-life choices
By Paula Spencer Scott Contributing Writer (Special from New America Media) – When retired professor, Jeffrey Butler, suffered a stroke at age 79, the prevailing concept of “the best medicine” kicked in ... Black immigrants boost nation’s Black population
By Frederick H. Lowe Contributing Writer (Special from NorthStarNews Today) – Black immigrants from other parts of the world are boosting this country’s Black population, and the immigrants’ median income is 30 ... Congressional Black Caucus conference focuses on Black lives
By Barrington M. Salmon Contributing Writer (TriceEdneyWire.com) — When politicians and pundits talk about public policy issues, they have a tendency to describe them in starkly dispassionate terms. But at the ... Different polls disagree on possible gubernatorial run-off candidates
By Christopher Tidmore Contributing Writer The two most recent polls in the Louisiana Governor’s race continue to predict a Republican v. Democratic runoff between US Senator David Vitter and State Rep. John ... HistoryMakers bring Black role models to schools
By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – On September 25, more than 400 Black role models visited students at schools in 67 cities across 32 states as part of The ... FAMU settles wrongful death suit with drum major’s family
(Special to the NNPA from The Florida Courier) –Florida A&M University (FAMU) has settled a lawsuit with the family of Robert Champion over the hazing death of the drum major ...
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