July 2016 Archive

AME Church Senior Bishop John Bryant is retiring.
AME Church celebrates bicentennial at 50th Quadrennial conference
By Zenitha Prince Contributing Writer (Special to the Trice Edney News Wire from the Afro American Newspaper) — Two centuries ago, former Delaware slave Richard Allen and other Black worshippers formed ...
It’s the police against the Black community; it always has been
By Dr. Wilmer J. Leon, III Guest Columnist/TriceEdneyWire.com On the evening of July 5, 2016 Alton Sterling was fatally shot during an altercation initiated by two Baton Rouge, La. police officers Blane ...
The false dichotomy in supporting police or legitimate protest
By George E. Curry George Curry Media Columnist If Micah Xavier Johnson’s goal was to support people in Dallas who were protesting the fatal police shootings of Alton Sterling in Baton ...
Requiem for Black people
By James Clingman TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist Lorenzo Collins, Michael Carpenter, Roger Owensby Jr., Timothy Thomas, Amadou Diallo, Patrick Dorismond, Kenneth Walker, Sean Bell, Timothy Russell, Kimani Gray, Ezzell Ford, John ...
Hate, hypocrisy and hubris
By Julianne Malveaux TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist Just a day after millions of Americans celebrated the “Fourth of You Lie,” our nation got more evidence of the lie we live when we “celebrate” ...
Enemies of the people
By Lee A. Daniels George Curry Media Columnist In the hours before the 25-year-old Army veteran Micah Johnson launched his, in the words of President Obama, “vicious, calculated and despicable” attack on ...
Freedom is coming tomorrow
By Edmund W. Lewis Editor There’s an unmistakable tidal wave of excitement and electricity in the air as people all over the nation take to the streets to demonstrate their disgust and ...
‘Show of force’ in B.R. leads to federal lawsuits, criticism
More than 200 protesters arrested over weekend Despite Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards’ description of the tactics used by the Baton Rouge Police Department to maintain law and order during a ...
Job training now required for thousands of La. food stamp recipients
A major change in the state’s food stamp program took effect July 1: Food stamp recipients who are not disabled, employed or in school are now required by the state ...
Report shines light on pricey meals at Criminal Court
If you’ve ever served on a jury, you’ve most likely been treated to lunch. Sometimes it’s sandwiches, other times burgers. But a FOX 8 investigation into court records at Orleans ...

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