November 2015 Archive
By George E. Curry George Curry Media Columnist It was disturbing to listen to some people calling in Friday during my weekly radio segment on Keeping it Real with Rev. Al ... Students, athletes teach lesson in non violent change
By Jesse Jackson NNPA Columnist Paul Robeson. Muhammad Ali. Bill Russell. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Jim Brown. Curt Flood. Hank Aaron. The “Black 14” at the University of Wyoming. The St. Louis Rams. Michael ... Don’t believe the holiday hype
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist The buildup began right after Halloween, when the newspapers got thicker; the advertising inserts longer, and emails touting shopping bargains coming more frequently. Buy! Buy! ... ‘Safe space’ is for white people
By Lee A. Daniels George Curry Media Columnist Dear Black College Students: There’s much I admire about the purpose of the demonstrations and protests you and your allies among other students and faculty ... Yielding to terror
By Dr. E. Faye Williams TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist It is doubtful that anyone will dispute that the ultimate goal of terrorism is to create unmanageable, disorganizing fear. Terrorists revel in the ... Stop the abuse of children in school: Expel the police
By Richard Cohen President, Southern Poverty Law Center Guest Columnist Far more common than incidents of police brutality in schools are the everyday encounters with police that result in suspensions, expulsions and arrests ... Trump’s lies matter
By Edmund W. Lewis Editor Mr. Mouth Almighty, Tongue Everlasting is at it again. Anyone who knows anything about GOP presidential hopeful and tycoon Donald Trump should not be surprised by the recent ... City gets one step closer to building “low-barrier” homeless shelter
By Della Hasselle Contributing Writer A new “low-barrier” homeless shelter, an initiative led by Councilwoman LaToya Cantrell and the Downtown Development District, moved one step closer to reality this month after the ... 42nd Annual Bayou Classic set to kick off November 28
Mark Alexander is what some might call a die-hard fan of the Southern University Jaguars. Even though the New Orleans native matriculated at the University of Houston as an undergrad ... School site honored as historic landmark
By Ashlee Hill Contributing Writer It was a Saturday on the grounds of Valena C. Jones Elementary School at 1901 North Galvez St. and a group of its alumni ...
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