Katrina Pain Index 2016: Eleven years after Katrina, Race and Class gap widening
By Bill Quigley Contributing Writer Hurricane Katrina hit eleven years ago. The City of New Orleans’ population is down by over 95,000 people from 484,674 in 2000 to 389,617 in ... Study calls for reduction in Orleans jail population
By Kari Dequine Harden Contributing Writer A detailed study on precisely who is in jail in New Orleans shows significant progress in the city’s history of excessive incarceration rates, but also advocates ... Former death row inmate calls out D.A. on Brady violations
By Della Hasselle Contributing Writer From the moment Leon Cannizzaro took office as the District Attorney for Orleans Parish, he faced an uphill battle in convincing the public of the integrity of ... New Orleans to conduct DBE disparity study
By Charmaine Jackson Contributing Writer “We have been asleep at the wheel, in our community, for twenty something years,” Ernest Stalbert of The Collaborative stated last Wednesday night at Southern University at ... As coastal money flows to parishes, advocates keep wary watch on spending
By Bob Marshall The Lens As Louisiana coastal advocates lobbied Congress to have shares of BP fines and offshore mineral royalties dedicated to the state’s coastal-preservation effort, they knew they had ... Eye Catching Line-up at the Westbank Heritage Festival
By Geraldine Wyckoff Contributing Writer With so many festivals, concerts, special events and tempting club dates continually taking place in the New Orleans area, it’s easy to just sort of breeze through ... When was America great?
By Julianne Malveaux TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist Our American exceptionalism allows us to shimmer, too fully in our greatness. We are the biggest and the baddest. We are the best armed and ... Really think about it!
By Dr. E. Faye Williams, Esq. TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist I’m often amused by interviews aired on late-night TV questioning the average citizen’s knowledge of a particular subject. Although amused by some of ... The problem with Religion’s biased God
By Rev. Dr. Susan K. Smith Guest Columnist There seem to be two groups of “religious” people: those who adhere to a theology which makes God sovereign, and those who use religion ... Why are Black Democrats more popular in the GOP?
By Raynard Jackson NNPA Newswire Columnist If Black Republicans ever want to be taken seriously by the Black community, they have to stop accepting the silly ultimatum being offered by the ...
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