December 2016 Archive

JON CLEARY, left, and TAJ MAHAL, right
Looking Back – Best ‘Live’ Shows in 2016
By Geraldine Wyckoff Contributing Writer Taking a look back at some of the best live performances in 2016 what is most impressive is that so many of them were at free events. ...
It’s winter in America
By Dr. Wilmer J. Leon III TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist Thomas Jefferson, building upon the works of Enlightenment philosophers such as John Locke, Thomas Hobbs, Algernon Sidney and Jean-Jacques Rousseau, believed that all men ...
Put an asterisk on it!
By Dr. E. Faye Williams, Esq. TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist By no stretch of the imagination am I a big baseball fan. Unlike many Americans, I’ll only watch a game under ...
Voter suppression tainted our election
By Jesse Jackson TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist The CIA conclusion that the Russians intervened in our elections in order to help elect Donald Trump has sent Washington into one of its fabled tizzies. President Barack ...
Using credit cards has become a way of life
Dr. James B. Ewers Jr. Guest Columnist I received my first credit card many years ago, when I was a college student. I did not apply for it nor did I have ...
Watered-down justice
By Edmund W. Lewis Editor It hardly seems fair or just that the loved ones of the innocent people slaughtered and wounded by New Orleans police during the Danziger Bridge massacre ...
From left to right, Rhodes Scholarship recipients Cameron D. Clarke, Aryn A. Frazier, Christian E. Nattiel, Olivia A. Klevorn, Aaron C. Robertson, Ahmed M. Ahmed, and Cailyn L. Moore
Record number of African Americans named Rhodes Scholars for 2017
To become a Rhodes Scholar, a student must be of “high academic achievement, have an integrity of character, a spirit of unselfishness, respect for others, potential for leadership and physical ...
Family of slain NOPD officer still waiting for justice
Several days after an Orleans Parish jury convicted Cardell Hayes of manslaughter in the death of former New Orleans Saints player Will Smith, the family of a beloved NOPD officer ...
Bias hinders diversity in hiring for environmental organizations
By Anthony Advincula Contributing Writer (Special from New America Media) — Diversity at the leadership level in the environmental sector remains low despite a high proportion of well-educated and qualified people ...
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New Orleans’ public housing will be smoke-free by third-quarter 2018
By Susan Buchanan Contributing Writer Smoking has been restricted for awhile by public housing authorities in San Antonio, Houston, Seattle, Detroit, Boston and other cities. In August 2018, a nationwide ban inside ...

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