November 2016 Archive

Do not be complacent in the face of hate
By Marc H. Morial President /CEO, National Urban League The day after Trump was elected the 45th president of the United States of America, a group of middle school students in Royal ...
Love the Boot. Don’t Pollute.
As communities continue to rebuild after the devastating Great Flood of 2016, there is more litter and debris than ever before. Drive down I-10 on any given day and ...
Wake up and rise up
By Edmund W. Lewis Editor It’s always good to know where you stand with people. I thought about that after reading about the racist, venom-laced post on social media made by a West ...
Louisiana criminal justice system needs reform
By Fritz Esker Contributing Writer On November 17, the Press Club of New Orleans, in partnership with Tulane Law School, hosted a discussion on one of Louisiana’s most contentious and most challenging ...
Trump shocks world in presidential victory
By Hazel Trice Edney Contributing Writer (TriceEdneyWire.com) — In an epic victory that sent shockwaves around the world, billionaire Donald Trump – ending a campaign characterized by bigotry, insults, vulgarities, sexism, racism ...
N.O. voters are still driving farther to vote than before Katrina
By Charles Maldonado The Lens Eight months after Hurricane Katrina, voters were weigh­ing whether to re-elect Mayor Ray Nagin. But there was a problem: Many of the schools, churches and community ...
HUD has ‘serious concerns’ about Facebook’s ethnic targeting
By Stephen Engelberg ProPublica The federal agency that enforces the nation’s fair housing laws said it is “in discussions” with Facebook to address what it termed “serious concerns” about the social network’s ...
B.R. cop sues Black Lives Matter activist over protest injury
A Baton Rouge police officer who says he was injured during a protest after a Black man was killed by two cops, filed a lawsuit on Nov. 7 against ...
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Democrat Foster Campbell in runoff with Kennedy
By Christopher Tidmore Contributing Writer The Democratic smart money was on Caroline Fayard, but she couldn’t overcome the decades of support from rural and North Louisiana Democrats that Foster Campbell had ...
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Former pro baseball player Omar Washington training Black youth for the big leagues
By Stacy M. Brown Contributing Writer (NNPA Newswire) — A former professional baseball player with the Philadelphia Phillies and the Boston Red Sox is on a mission to increase minority participation ...

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