April 2016 Archive
By George E. Curry George Curry Media Columnist While our attention was focused last week on Bill Clinton becoming unhinged while defending his indefensible crime bill and insulting the Black Lives Matter ... Black lives and drug addiction
By. Rev. Susan K. Smith George Curry Media Columnist I find it difficult to listen to all of the outpouring of concern for the phenomenon of opiate drug addiction, with politicians ... Voting is key to education reform
Education – the answer to many of the problems ailing our country — is getting the least amount of attention from the candidates on the presidential campaign trail. Broken city, broken promises
By Edmund W. Lewis Editor When New Orleans Saints head coach Sean Payton said after the death of former Saint Will Smith that New Orleans is a “broken city,” it struck ... Coalition calls on legislature to raise age for adult prosecution
By Prescotte Stokes, III Contributing Writer The steps of the Louisiana state capitol served as a backdrop for the Louisiana Youth Justice Coalition last Wednesday (April 6) as they pushed state legislators ... President Obama grants clemency to 61 inmates
(Special to the Trice Edney News Wire from the Afro American Newspaper) – President Obama has commuted the sentences of 61 drug offenders, the White House announced March 30, underscoring ... Mayor Landrieu loses favor with white residents, survey finds
A new survey conducted by the University of New Orleans found that New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu’s popularity has plummeted among the city’s white residents. The survey, which also measured ... Highways ruined Black communities, says Transportation chief
By Sarafina Wright Contributing Writer (Special from Washington Informer) – U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx recently said that the country’s highway system had been purposely placed through Black neighborhoods, systematically ... CBC Pac is asked to cut ties with private prisons
By Frederick H. Lowe Contributing Writer (Special to the Trice Edney News Wire from NorthStarNewsToday.com) – Color of Change, the nation’s largest online civil rights organization, is in the midst of a ... NOLA ‘Bike to Work Week’ event celebrates rise of bicycling in city
By Christopher Tidmore Contributing Writer As the street system was rebuilt after Hurricane Katrina, bicycle lanes all over Orleans Parish have sprouted up with the new asphalt. Dedicated bike lanes now ...
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