Black jobless rate is back up in less than a week
By Frederick H. Lowe Contributing Writer (Special from NorthStarNews Today) — Less than a week after President Donald Trump used his Bully Pulpit–The State of the Union Address–to tell the nation that ... Union membership is holding steady in the South
By Chris Kromm Contributing Writer (Special from Facing South) — Despite losing two high-profile organizing campaigns in 2017 — at Boeing’s factory in South Carolina and a Nissan plant in Mississippi — ...
Congregants of merge churches, who came together after Katrina, in dispute over property rights
By C.C. Campbell-Rock Contributing Writer Amid Black History Month celebrations, a tale of two churches has emerged in New Orleans reminiscent of the same injustices African Americans have fought against for centuries ...
Retired B.R. judge to oversee Cantrell credit-card probe
Freddie Pitcher Jr. a retired Baton Rouge judge and former Southern University Law Center chancellor, has been tapped by the Louisiana Supreme Court to oversee the politically charged case involving ... Proposed budget cuts to Office of Juvenile Justice blasted
By Fritz Esker Contributing Writer Louisiana State Senator J.P. Morrell published a blistering op-ed on February 1 criticizing proposed budget cuts to the state’s Office of Juvenile Justice (OJJ). Sentencing of Ronald Gasser set for March 15
After an eight-day trial and more than seven hours of deliberation, a Jefferson Parish jury on Jan. 26 convicted 56-year-old Ronald Gasser of manslaughter in the Dec. 1, 2016 killing ... Gov. Edwards and Louisiana’s GOP deficit deal looming
By Christopher Tidmore Contributing Writer A seeming agreement seems to be coming together in the legislature to fix the $1.1 billion “fiscal cliff,” strangely enough due to Trump tax cuts and a ... XULA ranked No. 1 among southern schools
Xavier University of Louisiana (XULA) is still first among the nation’s colleges and universities in the number of African- American graduates who go on to complete medical school, according to ... Flu season has officially reached epidemic levels
By Glenn Ellis Contributing Writer (TriceEdneyWire.com) — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) believes the nation is at peak flu season, as the disease is now considered to be ...
Oschner surgeon champions new knee repair treatment
[caption id="attachment_27762" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Photo courtesy of MACI.[/caption] By Meghan Holmes Contributing Writer In early 2017, the FDA approved a new form of knee repair surgery in the United States – MACI (Matrix-Induced ...
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By Frederick H. Lowe Contributing Writer (Special from NorthStarNews Today) — Less than a week after President Donald Trump used his Bully Pulpit–The State of the Union Address–to tell the nation that ... Union membership is holding steady in the South
By Chris Kromm Contributing Writer (Special from Facing South) — Despite losing two high-profile organizing campaigns in 2017 — at Boeing’s factory in South Carolina and a Nissan plant in Mississippi — ...
By C.C. Campbell-Rock Contributing Writer Amid Black History Month celebrations, a tale of two churches has emerged in New Orleans reminiscent of the same injustices African Americans have fought against for centuries ...
Freddie Pitcher Jr. a retired Baton Rouge judge and former Southern University Law Center chancellor, has been tapped by the Louisiana Supreme Court to oversee the politically charged case involving ... Proposed budget cuts to Office of Juvenile Justice blasted
By Fritz Esker Contributing Writer Louisiana State Senator J.P. Morrell published a blistering op-ed on February 1 criticizing proposed budget cuts to the state’s Office of Juvenile Justice (OJJ). Sentencing of Ronald Gasser set for March 15
After an eight-day trial and more than seven hours of deliberation, a Jefferson Parish jury on Jan. 26 convicted 56-year-old Ronald Gasser of manslaughter in the Dec. 1, 2016 killing ... Gov. Edwards and Louisiana’s GOP deficit deal looming
By Christopher Tidmore Contributing Writer A seeming agreement seems to be coming together in the legislature to fix the $1.1 billion “fiscal cliff,” strangely enough due to Trump tax cuts and a ... XULA ranked No. 1 among southern schools
Xavier University of Louisiana (XULA) is still first among the nation’s colleges and universities in the number of African- American graduates who go on to complete medical school, according to ... Flu season has officially reached epidemic levels
By Glenn Ellis Contributing Writer (TriceEdneyWire.com) — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) believes the nation is at peak flu season, as the disease is now considered to be ...
[caption id="attachment_27762" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Photo courtesy of MACI.[/caption] By Meghan Holmes Contributing Writer In early 2017, the FDA approved a new form of knee repair surgery in the United States – MACI (Matrix-Induced ...
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