August 2016 Archive

Less than a century
By Julianne Malveaux TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist With a woman heading the ticket of the Democratic Party, it may be challenging for us to remember - that women have had the right to vote ...
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Big Money vs. Black Lives: Movement connects money in politics to racial justice
By Chris Kromm Contributing Writer (Special from Facing South) – Earlier this month, a coalition of more than 50 organizations connected to the Black Lives Matter movement released a highly-anticipated policy ...
S&WB failed to make needed changes, OIG says
A new report by the New Orleans Office of the Inspector General (OIG) says that the New Orleans Sewerage & Water Board has a lot of room for improvement. The ...
NOPD recruiting shows minimal gains despite aggressive efforts
Despite using online ads, recruiting initiatives at out-of-state military bases and a streamlined screening and hiring process, the New Orleans Police Department’s efforts to boost its ranks haw shown only ...
Murders in N.O. rise sharply in July; 2016 total is highest July tally since 2012
With July 2016 setting new records as the hottest July in New Orleans in recent history, it should come as little surprise that last month was the deadliest month of ...
Recent court decisions fuel renewed push for restoring the Voting Rights Act
By Rebekah Barber Contributing Writer (Special from Facing South) – “What happened on July 29th is history, but the celebration is over. There are ongoing challenges we have to face.” So said attorney ...
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DIAGNOSIS UNPREPARED: Elderly hospital patients arrive sick, often leave disabled
By Anna Gorman Contributing Writer (Special from Kaiser Health News/New America Media) — Janet Prochazka was active and outspoken, living by herself and working as a special education tutor. Then, in ...
Mental health: An ongoing Black crisis
By James Wright Contributing Writer (Special to the Trice Edney News Wire from the Afro American Newspaper) — The “Changing Minds Mental Health Conference: The State of Mental Health in the ...
After La. flooding, Red Cross draws a deluge of complaints
By Sarah Smith ProPublica Three months after record floods swept through Louisiana in March, the government officials in charge of disaster response set up a post-mortem with area Red Cross staffers.
Protestors, clad in all black, call for the removal of all symbols of white supremacy during White Linen Night festivities.
Protestors interrupt White Linen Night festivities
By Christopher Tidmore Contributing Writer Julia Street’s sultry White Linen Night usually is a wine-drenched affair of art lovers and social butterflies prancing from gallery to gallery to see the latest modern ...

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