September 2017 Archive

All On a Mardi Gras Day filmmaker Royce Osborn dies at age 58
By Geraldine Wyckoff Contributing Writer It was always easy to imagine Royce Osborn’s perpetual smile somewhere inside the big, somewhat frightening, paper mache skull that he donned when masking skeleton on Carnival ...
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Eastern New Orleans – Barren of retail diversity, to get another Dollar outlet
By Susan Buchanan Contributing Writer Dollar stores are popping up like mushrooms, and New Orleans East has a dozen of them, with six along Chef Menteur Highway alone. Earlier this year, ...
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Treme Fall Festival – A Celebration of faith, neighborhood, music and culture
By Geraldine Wyckoff Contributing Writer Trumpeter Glen Hall III, better known as Lil Glen, is glad to be returning to the Treme Fall Festival (Friday, September 29 through Sunday, October 1, 2017). ...
The Louisiana Weekly celebrates 92nd Anniversary
Last week, The Louisiana Weekly, one of the longest-running and most widely read publications owned and operated by people of color in the Deep South, officially began its 93rd year ...
Warning letter to Harvey and Irma survivors from Katrina survivor
By Bill Quigley Contributing Writer Our hearts go out to you as you try to return to and fix your homes and lives. Based on our experiences, here are a few ...
Blind!
By Dr. E. Faye Williams, Esq. TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist Throughout the history of humankind, there have been incorrect explanations and theories for the cause of natural events. Ancient Greeks and Romans ...
With sanctuary for some
By Edmund W. Lewis Editor Wouldn’t it be nice if “Sanctuary Cities” could also provide sanctuary for Black, Brown and poor men, women and children, a safe space where these historically oppressed ...
Reinstate Daca and protect dreamers
By Marc H. Morial President/ CEO, National Urban League An overwhelming majority of voters — about 85 percent — are opposed to deporting immigrants who are eligible for the Deferred Action for ...
The White House should postpone its HBCU conference
By Johnny C. Taylor, Jr. NNPA Guest Columnist Last month, after speaking with the White House about a few calls we had received, I was asked to get a sense of where ...
44’s last year brought economic success
By Julianne Malveaux TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist The income, poverty and health insurance data released by the Census Bureau on September 13 confirm what many already knew. President Obama’s last year was one ...

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