Closure of driver’s license offices ignite demands to restore Voting Rights Act
By Hazel Trice Edney Contributing Writer (TriceEdneyWire.com) - Civil rights leaders around the country are taken aback over a recent decision by the state of Alabama to close 31 driver’s license ... NOPD, council member want to pull cops away from minor accidents
A campaign is underway to get approval for a proposed police that would allow the undermanned NOPD to no longer dispatch cops to handle minor accidents, WWL reported last week. BMW to pay $1.6M; plus offer jobs to settle discrimination suit
(TriceEdneyWire.com) — The U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina last week entered a consent decree ordering BMW Manufacturing Co., LLC (BMW) to pay $1.6 million and provide ... Can years of discrimination disrupt stress hormones?
By Julie Deardoff Contributing Writer (TriceEdneyWire.com) - Feelings of discrimination can change how our bodies control levels of the stress hormone cortisol. That’s true for both whites and Blacks, but new ... Ex-NFLer Warrick Dunn has now gifted 145 homes
(Special from EURWeb) – Wow, good guy Warrick Dunn has done it again. The former NFL running back’s charity (Warrick Dunn Charities) still helps Tampa Bay, Fla single parents ... ‘French Dirty’ is an entrant in New Orleans Film Festival
Have you ever wanted to make a film? Well, a family with roots in New Orleans got together to make a movie that has drawn national attention, and will compete in ... HBCUs want to kick cigarettes and their butts off of its campuses
By Frederick H. Lowe Contributing Writer (Special from NorthStarNews Today) – Thirty-three of the nation’s 105 Historically Black Colleges and Universities announced on earlier this month they have kicked off a Tobacco-Free ...
Get stopped by the police? There’s an app for that
By Sharee Silerio Contributing Writer (Special from The Root and New America Media) — They were tragedies caught on video. Almost a year ago, Tamir Rice, a 12-year-old boy, was shot and ... N.O. STD crisis: Local HBCUs deal with epidemic differently
By Eliqua Brooks Contributing Writer Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) are a global health issue. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) estimates that nearly 19 million new sexually transmitted infections occur every year. ... New Orleans music community mourns loss of two legends
By Geraldine Wyckoff Contributing Writer Joseph “Smokey” Johnson November 14, 1935 – October 6, 2015 “If there is any one drummer active on the scene who epitomizes New Orleans, drummer Smokey Johnson is that ...
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By Hazel Trice Edney Contributing Writer (TriceEdneyWire.com) - Civil rights leaders around the country are taken aback over a recent decision by the state of Alabama to close 31 driver’s license ... NOPD, council member want to pull cops away from minor accidents
A campaign is underway to get approval for a proposed police that would allow the undermanned NOPD to no longer dispatch cops to handle minor accidents, WWL reported last week. BMW to pay $1.6M; plus offer jobs to settle discrimination suit
(TriceEdneyWire.com) — The U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina last week entered a consent decree ordering BMW Manufacturing Co., LLC (BMW) to pay $1.6 million and provide ... Can years of discrimination disrupt stress hormones?
By Julie Deardoff Contributing Writer (TriceEdneyWire.com) - Feelings of discrimination can change how our bodies control levels of the stress hormone cortisol. That’s true for both whites and Blacks, but new ... Ex-NFLer Warrick Dunn has now gifted 145 homes
(Special from EURWeb) – Wow, good guy Warrick Dunn has done it again. The former NFL running back’s charity (Warrick Dunn Charities) still helps Tampa Bay, Fla single parents ... ‘French Dirty’ is an entrant in New Orleans Film Festival
Have you ever wanted to make a film? Well, a family with roots in New Orleans got together to make a movie that has drawn national attention, and will compete in ... HBCUs want to kick cigarettes and their butts off of its campuses
By Frederick H. Lowe Contributing Writer (Special from NorthStarNews Today) – Thirty-three of the nation’s 105 Historically Black Colleges and Universities announced on earlier this month they have kicked off a Tobacco-Free ...
By Sharee Silerio Contributing Writer (Special from The Root and New America Media) — They were tragedies caught on video. Almost a year ago, Tamir Rice, a 12-year-old boy, was shot and ... N.O. STD crisis: Local HBCUs deal with epidemic differently
By Eliqua Brooks Contributing Writer Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) are a global health issue. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) estimates that nearly 19 million new sexually transmitted infections occur every year. ... New Orleans music community mourns loss of two legends
By Geraldine Wyckoff Contributing Writer Joseph “Smokey” Johnson November 14, 1935 – October 6, 2015 “If there is any one drummer active on the scene who epitomizes New Orleans, drummer Smokey Johnson is that ...
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