November 2016 Archive

NAACP’s Select to Elect Initiative aims to change politics
By Fritz Esker Contributing Writer Voter alienation and dissatisfaction has been a theme in American politics for long before the recent presidential election that pitted Hillary Clinton vs. Donald Trump. CNN released ...
Professors can make more than a $1K an hour peddling mega-mergers
By Jesse Eisinger and Justin Elliott ProPublica If the government ends up approving the $85 billion AT&T-Time Warner merger, credit won’t necessarily belong to the executives, bankers, lawyers, and lobbyists pushing for ...
From the pages of A Life in Jazz by Danny Barker, edited by Alyn Shipton is the above photo of Danny Barker, in 1928, in Pensacola, Florida.
New Orleans jazz and gospel music in the spotlight
By Geraldine Wykcoff Contributing Writer A Life in Jazz By Danny Barker (The Historic New Orleans Collection) Notably, it’s been 30 years since Danny Barker’s remarkable biography, A Life in Jazz, was first published by ...
Will Republicans prevail in 2018?
By Julianne Malveaux TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist The apprehension that I felt upon Donald Trump’s victory in the Presidential election has only increased as he has announced the appointments of his chief of ...
Afterthoughts on a debacle
By Dr. E. Faye Williams, Esq. TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist DEBACLE: a complete collapse or failure. For Liberals or Progressives, the 2016 presidential election is nothing less than a DEBACLE. Since Trump’s victory, ...
The right to vote has been fractured
By Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist America’s election system is a disgrace, as the 2016 presidential election once more demonstrates. This isn’t sour grapes. I’m disappointed that my candidate lost ...
The Billion Dollar March
By James Clingman TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist In April 2005 I wrote an article titled, “Billion Dollar March,” at the behest of “The Ice Supreme Man,” Ashiki Taylor in Atlanta. The article ...
The Path Forward
We must hold President-Elect Trump and Congressional Republicans accountable. We cannot allow them to undo President Obama’s remarkable legacy. Like many Americans, my concerns with the course of the incoming Trump ...
Looking for ways to make democracy more democratic
By Marc H. Morial President /CEO, National Urban League When the United States of America was born, emphasis was far greater on “States” than “United.” Citizens of the newly-formed nation identified ...
Lost and ‘lost-er’
By Edmund W. Lewis Editor Who’s more lost, Kanye “Mouth Almighty” West or Dr. Benjamin “Uncle Ben” Carson? Right about now, I can’t really say. Both of these public figures have many people ...

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