New forms of predatory lending threaten consumers
By Charlene Crowell NNPA Writer Over the past decade, no state has authorized either predatory payday or car title loans. That consumer financial progress came about through a combination of state and ... Efforts underway for recognition of LIALO, a Black athletic association
By Ryan Whirty Contributing Writer How do you preserve the heritage, memory and legacy of a vital, historic, ground-breaking organization when few people even remember it? When the problem is us
By Edmund W. Lewis Editor The most recent rash of shootings, armed robberies and murders that have claimed the lives of hard-working, law-abiding people, injured children and created orphans is another stark ... Our recommendations for October 24 election
Louisiana has a choice. We can elect a Governor who brings us honor, or one that carries with him national contempt upon assuming our top office. Speaking with a forked tongue
By Dr. E. Faye Williams TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist If you were born between 1930 and 1960, you may remember that the Western Genre, or as it was more commonly called, the ... Black people answer when Farrakhan calls
By George E. Curry George Curry Media Columnist It’s time to give Minister Louis Farrakhan credit. When he issues a call for people to join him in the nation’s capital, Blacks ... New Orleans Progress Report
The tragic and senseless murder of my father 28 years ago changed my life forever. From that point in my life, I took notice of every murder that occurred in ... How Ben Carson, a ‘real Black president,’ will govern
By Earl Ofari Hutchinson New America Media Columnist News mogul Rupert Murdoch stirred mild fury when he claimed GOP presidential candidate Ben Carson would be a “real Black president.” Forget the racial insult, ... Federal monitor says NOPD must step up its efforts
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton, the Washington, D.C. based firm serving as federal monitor for the NOPD consent decree, said last week that the embattled police department must step up ... Data shows impact of poverty on Black women, children
By Freddie Allen Senior Washington Correspondent (NNPA) – Although there was improvement in job growth from 2013 to 2014, Black women continue to struggle in the economy, according to recent statistics from ...
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