Ballots cast in recent CDC primary races were along racial lines
By Christopher Tidmore Contributing Writer White voters in Orleans Parish turned out to the polls at a rate nearly three times higher than African-American voters did in the March 25, 2017 ... State education officials are investigating an incident in which a 9-year-old was handcuffed at school
By Marta Jewson The Lens The state Department of Education is looking into Joseph A. Craig Charter School’s use of handcuffs to restrain a fourth-grader. On March 16, a private security guard handcuffed ...
New Orleans remains a hub for up and coming entrepreneurs
[caption id="attachment_25387" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Photo courtesy of Idea Village[/caption] By David T. Baker Contributing Writer New Orleans-based non-profit The Idea Village, a business development organization that caters to entrepreneurs, hosted its 9th annual ... Westinghouse bankruptcy leaves costly nuclear mess for Southern utility customers
By Sue Sturgis Contributing Writer (Special from Facing South) – Federal and state officials who oversee nuclear power can’t say they weren’t warned that financial disaster was a very real possibility should ... Advocates sound alarm on 2020 census
By Honora Montano Contributing Writer (Special from New America Media) — With the 2020 Census three years out, civil rights groups and census experts are sounding the alarm that pending actions by ...
Councilwoman LaToya Cantrell enters mayor’s race
By Christopher Tidmore Contributing Writer District “B” Councilwoman LaToya Cantrell came into the offices of The Louisiana Weekly full of righteous anger. She had spent a good bit of her ...
Native son comes home to perform
By Geraldine Wyckoff Contributing Writer New Orleans native, saxophonist/clarinetist Victor Goines performs at two different venues – the Little Gem Saloon and Snug Harbor – with two different bands playing different repertoires ... Time for Congress to restore $6 billion in HUD funding
By Charlene Crowell TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist From youth yearning for the time to have their own place, to older Americans hoping to age in place, the need to have a home is a ...
U.S. Mint unveils black Lady Liberty collector’s coins
Americans will soon see Lady Liberty in a few new shades on a U.S. collector’s coin. To mark the 225th anniversary of the United States Mint, Lady Liberty will appear ... They don’t just disappear
By Dr. E. Faye Williams TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist If I had to speculate about a common thread that weaves its way through the lives of most of my friends and acquaintances, I’d have ...
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By Christopher Tidmore Contributing Writer White voters in Orleans Parish turned out to the polls at a rate nearly three times higher than African-American voters did in the March 25, 2017 ... State education officials are investigating an incident in which a 9-year-old was handcuffed at school
By Marta Jewson The Lens The state Department of Education is looking into Joseph A. Craig Charter School’s use of handcuffs to restrain a fourth-grader. On March 16, a private security guard handcuffed ...
[caption id="attachment_25387" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Photo courtesy of Idea Village[/caption] By David T. Baker Contributing Writer New Orleans-based non-profit The Idea Village, a business development organization that caters to entrepreneurs, hosted its 9th annual ... Westinghouse bankruptcy leaves costly nuclear mess for Southern utility customers
By Sue Sturgis Contributing Writer (Special from Facing South) – Federal and state officials who oversee nuclear power can’t say they weren’t warned that financial disaster was a very real possibility should ... Advocates sound alarm on 2020 census
By Honora Montano Contributing Writer (Special from New America Media) — With the 2020 Census three years out, civil rights groups and census experts are sounding the alarm that pending actions by ...
By Christopher Tidmore Contributing Writer District “B” Councilwoman LaToya Cantrell came into the offices of The Louisiana Weekly full of righteous anger. She had spent a good bit of her ...
By Geraldine Wyckoff Contributing Writer New Orleans native, saxophonist/clarinetist Victor Goines performs at two different venues – the Little Gem Saloon and Snug Harbor – with two different bands playing different repertoires ... Time for Congress to restore $6 billion in HUD funding
By Charlene Crowell TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist From youth yearning for the time to have their own place, to older Americans hoping to age in place, the need to have a home is a ...
Americans will soon see Lady Liberty in a few new shades on a U.S. collector’s coin. To mark the 225th anniversary of the United States Mint, Lady Liberty will appear ... They don’t just disappear
By Dr. E. Faye Williams TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist If I had to speculate about a common thread that weaves its way through the lives of most of my friends and acquaintances, I’d have ...
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