By Frederick H. Lowe Contributing Writer More than 25 percent genie payday loans of surveyed African-American-headed households suffered from food insecurity last year, meaning they worried that the food would run out ... Crime and violenceweigh heavy on the minds of N.O. residents
After a brief slowdown in the waning days of summer, violence erupted again in the French Quarter early Wednesday morning with a triple shooting that left one person dead and ... Black children suspended and expelled from schools at extremely high rates
By Frederick H. Lowe Contributing Writer (Special to the Trice Edney News Wire from NorthStar-NewsToday.com) — African-American boys comprise 47 percent of suspensions and 44 percent of expulsions from kindergarten through 12th ...
By Steve Manas Contributing Writer (Special to the Trice Edney News Wire from NorthStarNewsToday.com) — African Americans seniors are the least likely to be diagnosed with depression, and if diagnosed, the least ...
By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) — Brandyn Heppard usually arrives 30 minutes early for his visits to Northern State Prison in Newark, N.J. He puts his pre-approved belongings ... Scholarship named in honor of slain SUNO student
Southern University at New Orleans honored one of its prominent students who was tragically killed over the Katrina anniversary weekend by starting a scholarship in his name. Dillard’s ‘Brain Food’ lecture series kicks off Sept. 24
Dillard University’s 2015 Brain Food Lecture Series starts with Michael J. Morton, an ex-convict, turned corporate and civic leader, whose life was forever changed in college. On September 24, at ... The Voting Rights Act at 50
By Marjorie R. Esman Guest Columnist This year marks cash advance with unemployment check the 50th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act (VRA), signed into law by President Lyndon Johnson on August ...
By Sue Sturgis Contributing Writer (Special from Facing South) – When Hurricane Katrina hit the U.S. Gulf Coast 10 years ago, it set off a disaster of many parts — and one ... Students protest treatment by Howard University
By Janelle Berry Contributing Writer WASHINGTON (Special to NNPA from Howard University News Service) – Dozens of disgruntled Howard University students piled into the Mordecai Johnson Administration Building Friday to protest what ...
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