March 2016 Archive

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Confusion on palliative care vs. hospice limits help at end-of-life
By Jennifer L. Boen Contributing Writer (Special from Fort Wayne News-Sentinel/New America Media) – Rozanne and Gerald Hallman were thrust unexpectedly and severely into the land of the seriously ill when, in ...
Fibroids may be caused by hair products, according to new report
By EURweb.com Sistas, we may all be in trouble according to a new report. It says that fibroids and some cancers may be the result of the products we use ...
It’s that time of year – The New Orleans festival season
By Geraldine Wyckoff Contributing Writer Freret Street Festival And so it begins. The New Orleans festival season really gets a jump start on Saturday, April 2, 2016 with Uptown’s Freret Street Festival. It ...
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Malia, Sasha Obama turn heads at first State Dinner
(TriceEdneyWire.com) - Sasha and Malia Obama, the teenage daughters of President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama, were nothing less than stunning for their first state dinner, where they were ...
‘Reverse Robin Hood’ pummels the poor
By George E. Curry George Curry Media Columnist While you were focusing on the antics of Donald Trump and young people “feeling the Bern,” Republicans at the state and federal level ...
Trump’s version of an African-American voter outreach campaign
By Earl Ofari Hutchinson New America Media Columnist It was one for the books. The sight of an African American viciously assaulting a Trump protester at his Tucson campaign rally. The sight ...
Black women in the Peace Movement
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist Some words seem rarely mentioned in this highly toxic political season. We’ve heard about bombs and walls, but very little about peace. One is almost tempted, ...
Another JPSO deputy-involved shooting in N.O. under investigation
In the midst of a DOJ and NOPD Public Integrity Bureau investigation of a Feb. 8 fatal shooting that involved two Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office deputies, the NOPD said last ...
Obama cares: Celebrating six years of the Affordable Care Act
By Marc H. Morial President/CEO, The National Urban League On March 23, 2010, President Barack Obama signed the Affordable Health Care Act into law in the East Room of the White House. ...
Obama’s foreign policy has moved us toward reason
By Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist As Barack Obama’s presidency counts down its last months, amid the raucous babble of the Republican presidential debate, people are beginning to realize how much ...

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