Civic leader starts initiative to turn protesters into policymakers
By Meghan Holmes Contributing Writer Last month, more than two hundred area high school and college students gathered at the University of New Orleans as part of the Isaiah Institute’s Student Civic ... St. Augustine alum receives highest honor for military bravery
By Meghan Holmes Contributing Writer On May 20, friends, family and fellow soldiers gathered to honor United States Army Specialist Caleb Michael Collins in an Award of Valor ceremony at Jackson Barracks. ... Under Director Comey, FBI special agents were required to visit Dr. King’s Memorial
By Frederick H. Lowe Contributing Writer (Special from NorthStarNews Today) — Former FBI Director James Comey, who was hired by President Barack Obama and fired by President Donald Trump, ordered the FBI’s ... Second Harvest Food Bank severs ties with Trinity Food Pantry
By James Sebastien Contributing Writer On May 15, a community meeting was held at the Christian Unity Baptist Church. The topic was the Second Harvest Food Bank’s decision to terminate its six-year-old ... Keep on pushing
By Edmund Lewis Editor There are a lot of people in this city who just don’t get it. I reflected on that fact recently after watching a white gentleman on the local news ... Trump Administration charts a course to criminal injustice
By Marc H. Morial President/CEO, The National Urban League Dear Attorney General Jeff Sessions, the 20th century called. It wants its failed, heavy-handed criminal justice policies back. In a throwback to the George ... Another April 4 has quietly come and gone
By A. Peter Bailey TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist Another April 4 has rather quietly come and gone. It’s way past time for those who considered themselves as supporters of Dr. Martin Luther King ... The lie about voter fraud is the real fraud
By Jesse Jackson TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist After President Donald Trump fired FBI Director James Comey because of, as Trump admitted, the “Russian thing,” he struck a new blow to American democracy: He ... Trump’s apology tour
By Dr. E. Faye Williams, Esq. TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist As truth begins to come to the attention of those who don’t want to hear it, The Donald travels out of the country ... Trump’s embrace of voucher programs will accelerate school resegregation
By Rebekah Barber Contributing Writer (Special from Facing South) — “Segregation of children in public schools solely on the basis of race deprives children of the minority group of equal educational opportunities, ...
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