By Allen Johnson Contributing Writer Johnny Jackson Jr., 74, the former New Orleans city councilman, state legislator, and Ninth Ward leader who died last week, is being remembered as a champion for ... Childbirth is killing Black mothers
By Glenn Ellis Contributing Writer (TriceEdneyWire.com) — Tennis superstar Serena Williams has revealed she needed an emergency C-section and had multiple surgeries after giving birth to her daughter Alexis. Cong. Danny Davis introduces bail reform bill
By Lauren Victoria Burke Contributing Writer (NNPA Newswire) — During a recent press conference on Capitol Hill, Rep. Danny Davis (D-Ill.) said that at any given time there are roughly 500,000 people ...
By Charlene Crowell Contributing Writer (TriceEdneyWire.com) — Nationwide, auto loans represent the third-highest category of consumer debt. And according to new research, the color of your skin has a lot to ... Five Black innovators inducted into the Nat’l Inventors Hall of Fame
For centuries, American history books have often ignored or failed to acknowledge the ingenuity and contributions of Black inventors and innovators in the U.S. like Lewis Latimer, who invented the ... Political conspiracy to unseat HEAL director continues
By C.C. Campbell-Rock Contributing Writer For more than a year, a group of state elected officials have been running a concerted campaign to kick Jacob Johnson, MPH, CLED, out of his job ... Dillard University inducts athletes into new Sports Hall of Fame
By Ryan Whirty Contributing Writer Ariel Mitchell arrived on the Dillard campus as a freshman in fall 2008, three years after Hurricane Katrina decimated the campus and virtually wiped out the ...
By Geraldine Wyckoff Contributing Writer Hugh Masekela was an important and influential man. Born in South Africa on April 4, 1939, the trumpeter, flugelhornist, singer and composer pioneered jazz in his homeland ... Brother of local artist Big Freedia slain
Adam Ross, the 35-year-old brother of New Orleans bounce recording artist Big Freedia, was slain in Central City Wednesday night. What we’ve lost during Trump’s first year
By Rep. Karen Bass (D-Calif.) NNPA Guest Columnist The year leading up to his inauguration in 2017, as the Republican presidential nominee, Donald Trump espoused senseless, baseless and ultimately empty assertions about ...
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