March 2016 Archive

New Orleans should be an apartheid-free city
New Orleans has a history rooted in the struggle for justice. There were moments in time where the right thing (abolition, desegregation, women’s suffrage) wasn’t always the popular thing. At ...
It’s good to be the king
The mayor is at it again, y’all. And this time he’s not playing. Nola.com reported in a story dated March 23 that the emperor of this little plutocracy has convinced a ...
Tuskegee Airmen were founded 75 years ago March 22, 1941.
Anniversary events may mark the last time to honor surviving members of heroic fighters
By Frederick H. Lowe Contributing Writer (Special from NorthStarNews Today) – The Tuskegee Airmen Foundation will host a celebration on March 22, marking the 75th anniversary of the inauguration of the U.S. ...
Orleans Parish School Board okays unified funding formula
By Della Hasselle Contributing Writer Following a highly anticipated vote clarifying who has authority to disperse public school dollars, a battle over unified school funding is now headed to federal court.
Danziger cops seek release while awaiting new trial
Four former NOPD officers convicted for a post-Katrina shooting that left two unarmed people dead and four others wounded on the Danziger Bridge in eastern New Orleans asked a federal ...
Study reveals that Blacks and immigrants lead a hard life in the Gulf South states
A new study conducted by Loyola University of New Orleans found that life is hard for Blacks and immigrants in the five states nestled along the Gulf of Mexico that ...
Very young children and seniors are especially vulnerable to the common RSV bug.
Children, elders hit by common virus that can turn deadly
By Mark Taylor Contributing Writer (Special from Chicago Tribune/New America Media) – Kristen Padavic said no one told her about respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, when she delivered twin daughters prematurely eight ...
Was it Civil Rights or a Movement?
By Avis Thomas-Lester Contributing Writer (Urban News Service) – They fought for integration, equal education and voter registration. There were Freedom Rides, a march on Washington and mayhem on Selma’s Edmund Pettus ...
Photo of a lynching embedded in a chain restaurant’s table
By Frederick H. Lowe Contributing Writer (Special from NorthStarNews Today) – Joe’s Crab Shack, a Houston-based restaurant chain, embedded a photo in one of its dinner tables, showing two Black men being ...
5 things you should know about the FCC’s proposed privacy rules
By Julia Angwin ProPublica Earlier this month, the Federal Communications Commission proposed new privacy rules for Internet providers. The proposal was immediately praised by privacy advocates as “a major step forward” and ...

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