December 2016 Archive

Why are so many of us hiding behind our smartphones?
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Newswire Columnist It hit me the other day that there is a new protocol involved in walking down the street. I never really thought of ...
U.S. economic foundation built on the enslavement of Africans
By A. Peter Bailey TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist I have spent some 14 hours in the recently opened National Museum of African American Culture and History (NMAAHC) and still have only seen one-half of ...
Community at odds over proposed power plant
By Della Hasselle Contributing Writer A discussion over whether Entergy should be able to run a natural gas-powered, $216 million power plant at Michoud in coming years has resurfaced after the energy ...
Trump fills Cabinet quota with token HUD pick
By Lauren Victoria Burke NNPA Newswire Columnist In 1984, at age 33, Ben Carson became the youngest chief of pediatric neurosurgery at John Hopkins Hospital. He pioneered a number of neurosurgical ...
Will workers swallow a bitter pill?
By Julianne Malveaux TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist When Donald Trump was running for President, he specifically targeted the “white working class,” telling them that he’d prevent their jobs from leaving the country, that he’d ...
We may never know
By Dr. E. Faye Williams, Esq. TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist When I ran for the US Congress in Louisiana’s former 8th District, the late Congressman Mickey Leland spoke of the “audacity” of my endeavor. ...
Foreign influence and the integrity of our democracy
By Marc H. Morial President/CEO, National Urban League In 1840, President Martin Van Buren was fighting for re-election. He ultimately lost his presidential bid to a war hero, William Henry Harrison, who ...
Yuletide hate
By Edmund W. Lewis Editor So I’m drinking a cup of morning coffee and reading an article I saved from the previous day when I hear a news report on the radio ...
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Texas company eyes pipeline through Atchafalaya Basin
By Sue Sturgis Contributing Writer (Special from Facing South) — Energy Transfer Partners, the Dallas-based company behind the Dakota Access Pipeline, suffered a setback earlier this month when the Army Corps of ...
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Mistrial in police killing of Walter Scott part of a history of brutality against Black veterans in the South
By Rebekah Barber Contributing Writer (Special from Facing South) — A mistrial was declared this week in the case of police officer Michael Slager of North Charleston, South Carolina, who was charged ...

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