December 2016 Archive
By Jesse Jackson TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist On a recent Sunday, a man armed with an assault weapon marched into a popular pizza place — Comet Ping Pong — in Washington, D.C. He ... If Trump is serious about fighting terrorism, register white nationalists
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Newswire Columnist I have been trying to figure out how there can be any discussion of registering Muslims due to alleged national security concerns, when it ... It’s time to stop whitewashing Civil Rights history
The African American Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s failed more than it succeeded. Yet, in the popular history of the Civil Rights Movement, we never talk ... Justice for Joe McKnight
By Edmund W. Lewis Editor What makes anyone think that he or she can take a human life because of a traffic dispute and not think he or she should go directly ... NOPD accused of hiring improprieties
A high-ranking executive of the severely undermanned New Orleans Police Department has been accused by a police union leader of approving NOPD applicants whose applications had been rejected by contractors ... Entergy New Orleans to host public info sessions on proposed power plant
Entergy New Orleans will host two information sessions, next week, to "keep the community fully informed about its investments in the city," according to a media alert the organization issued. ... Louisiana fights an HIV epidemic
By Fritz Esker Contributing Writer While HIV infections do not garner the media attention they did during the AIDS crisis of the 1980s, the disease is still at epidemic proportions ... BEHIND CLOSED DOORS: Protections fall short in in-home care
By Jennifer Marguilis Contributing Writer Part II of a two-part series (New America Media) – A retired pharmacist, Roland Sergio, 68, was so careful about his appearance that he mowed the lawn in ... Record number of African Americans will now serve in Congress
By Lauren Victoria Burke Contributing Writer (NNPA Newswire) – Reality star billionaire Donald Trump won the presidency in shocking fashion, but African-American candidates also made history on November 8. Richmond elected Congressional Black Caucus chair
U.S. Rep. Cedric Richmond, D-La., was elected chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus Wednesday giving the New Orleans native a national platform to push criminal justice reforms and other priorities, ...
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