National Higher Education Summit
By Marc H. Morial President/CEO, National Urban League Acting U.S. Secretary of Education John B. King, Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed and Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam will join dozens of other elected officials, ... Better late than never
Once again, little Abigail Williams is running round Salem Village and calling people “racist.” We are acting on emotion, not logic. Stalin and Hitler tore down monuments to those who ... The gun lobby can be defeated
By Rev. Jesse Jackson TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist Each Monday in Chicago, we gird ourselves for the most recent score. Not on how well the Bears, Bulls or Blackhawks, Cubs or White Sox have ... Why calling the Black Lives Matter ‘anti-police’ won’t work
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist It has been both interesting and unsettling to watch the attacks from the political Right on the Black Lives Matter movement, and the larger movement for ... The Democratic debate and race
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist In contrast to the most entertaining Republican Presidential candidate debate, the first Democratic Presidential candidate debate was more absorbing. We heard from grownups that refrained ... Wellness Week focuses on mental health of Blacks
By Eliqua Brooks Contributing Writer Many New Orleans residents carry a heavy burden from depression 10 years after Katrina. It continues to play a huge role in the wellness of the city. ... Generation to generation
By Rev. Aundreia Alexander TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist “It is our duty to fight for our freedom. It is our duty to win. We must love each other and support each other. ... Teaching the truth about America’s history
By Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist “The more you know about the past, the better prepared you are for the future.” –Theodore Roosevelt “History is important. If you don’t know history it is as ... Mayor, police chief seek federal funds to hire more policemen
New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu and NOPD Supt. Michael Harrison recently attended a U.S. Department of Justice summit on violent crime in Washington, DC along with nearly two dozen other ... N.O. Inspector General and Police Monitor go their separate ways
On Wednesday, October 14, Councilmembers Jared Brossett and LaToya Cantrell met with the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) and the Independent Police Monitor (IPM). Inspector General Ed Quatreveaux and ...
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