February 2018 Archive
By Ryan Whirty Contributing Writer Every year, Mardi Gras in New Orleans brings more than a month of festivities, and a big part of the celebration is food – potentially lots of ... Celebrate yourself
By Edmund W. Lewis Editor Part I Every February, schools, churches and community organizations across the U.S. gather to celebrate the history and achievements of African America. It’s a tradition that dates back ... Reckoning with Confederate monuments in 2018
By Paul Blest Contributing Writer (Special from Facing South) — Back in August, two days after Heather Heyer was killed in a white supremacist terror attack in Charlottesville, Virginia, activists in Durham, ... Black Lives Matter activist from South Carolina slain in N.O.
New Orleans police released new information on the moments that led up to the Tuesday morning shooting death of a Black Lives Matter advocate from Charleston, SC who was killed ... ‘Mardi Gras Mambo’ to ‘You Are the Sunshine of My Life’ – Songs Change with the Holiday
By Geraldine Wyckoff Contributing Writer On Carnival Day, many people in New Orleans who enjoy the celebration rise early to the sounds of the Hawketts’ “Mardi Gras Mambo,” Professor Longhair’s funkified “Big ... A gentle scolding for a dear ally
By Oscar H. Blayton Guest Columnist In January of 1963, I was in my senior year at my all-Black high school and required to take a course in U.S. Government. Our ... 2018: The Year of the Black woman
By Monica Simpson NNPA Guest Columnist There is a reckoning afoot in this country. On one side, Trump has emboldened and embodied a virulent and reckless hate that targets women, Black ... Tax cut will widen the racial wage gap
By Jesse Jackson TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist President Donald Trump keeps boasting about the low black unemployment rate, although African Americans still suffer nearly twice the unemployment rate as whites do. What Trump never ... How you can celebrate Black History Month
By Julianne Malveaux TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist Every year, the Association for the Study of African American Life and History selects a theme for Black History Month. This year, the theme, “African Americans ... Distraction
By Dr. E. Faye Williams, Esq. TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist We’ve just heard #45’s first State of the Union message. Some had hoped he’d be decent, if not presidential. Considering White House ...
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