How the gun control debate ignores Black lives
By Lois Beckett ProPublica On a drizzly afternoon in January 2013, almost a month after the school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, that left 20 first-graders dead, more than a dozen religious leaders ... The holiday season is also the season for increased strokes
By Glenn Ellis Contributing Writer (Special from George Curry Media) – For many years, researchers have been intrigued by a disturbing pattern: Deadly heart attacks increase during the winter holiday season. One ... Dillard among HBCUs attending environmental justice confab
By Darcie Ortique Contributing Writer While the world is still trying to make sense of the Nov. 13 ISIL attacks in Paris, France, two educators at Historically Black Universities are still determined ... Forty years later, the ‘Tarboro Three’ giving thanks for life after death row
(Special to the Trice Edney News Wire from the Southern Poverty Law Center) — They were sentenced to die in 1973 for a rape they didn’t commit, but found freedom ... $160B deal to combine Pfizer and Allergan raises outcry
A $160 billion deal announced Monday to merge Pfizer and Allergan and create the world’s biggest drug company renewed the outcry in Washington over “inversions,” in which U.S. corporations combine ... World Scrabble title scooped by Nigerian in first for Africa
(Special to the Trice Edney News Wire from Global Information Network) – No one disputes the enormous gifts that Africans bring to the global table. But Scrabble? City, residents on edge after recent gun violence
A series of shootings, robberies and other violent crimes over the past two weeks have made it clear that the undermanned NOPD will continue to have its hands full as ... Nigel Hall – A Man of Funk ‘n Soul
By Geraldine Wyckoff Contributing Writer One listen to Nigel Hall’s debut release, Ladies & Gentlemen...Nigel Hall, and it becomes obvious that the keyboardist and vocalist is way hip to the inner workings ... La.’s sheriffs pivotal in electing John Bel Edwards as governor
By Christopher Tidmore Contributing Writer Former Gov. Edwin W. Edwards often voiced a dictum of Louisiana politics. In the Pelican State, the Governor is the King, and the Sheriffs are ... Which nine rappers made more than $20 million in 2015?
By EURWeb Rap music is alive and well, and in fact is still a very profitable industry. Many rappers every year make millions from record sales, merchandise sales, touring, streaming, publishing, endorsements ...
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