March 2018 Archive

Proposed bill would allow teachers to use ‘reasonable force’ to prevent bullying
State senators are set to discuss a controversial bill that would allow Louisiana teachers to use “reasonable force” to protect themselves and students from school bullies.
Code noir; Paris; les Librairies Associez, 1743; The Historic New Orleans Collection,80-654-RL | Image courtesy of The Historic New Orleans Collection
New Orleans, the Founding Era places city’s birth on view at HNOC
[caption id="attachment_28136" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Code noir; Paris; les Librairies Associez, 1743; The Historic New Orleans Collection,80-654-RL | Image courtesy of The Historic New Orleans Collection[/caption] By Fritz Esker Contributing Writer As a part ...
Settlement reached in handcuffed Black man’s death
A settlement agreement has resolved a federal lawsuit against Iberia Parish Sheriff Louis Ackal over the 2014 shooting of Victor White III who was fatally shot while he was handcuffed ...
Prostate Cancer not often fatal, but Black men die of it twice as often than whites
By Glenn Ellis Contributing Writer (TriceEdneyWire.com) — Dealing with the “prostate” is often the first significant experience many Black men have with the medical system. Typically, our decisions on how to handle ...
Another generation of New Orleans musical families in the spotlight
By Geraldine Wyckoff Contributing Writer In a city renowned for its musical families, it nonetheless still remains somehow startling just how that tradition keeps on going and going. The subjects of the ...
The FBI — ‘Fidelity, bravery, integrity’ — still working on diversity
By Topher Sanders ProPublica For the FBI, the longstanding failure to diversify its ranks is nothing short of “a huge operational risk,” according to one senior official, something that compromises the agency’s ...
Black consumers, businesses must lead American energy policy talks, experts say
By Freddie Allen Contributing Writer (NNPA Newswire) — As the debate continues over the future of energy in the U.S. and around the world, industry insiders say that now is the time ...
A watershed year for Black women’s political power in the South
By Rebekah Barber Contributing Writer (Special from Facing South) — From the onset of the women’s suffrage movement, Black women were among the strongest advocates for universal suffrage. Years before Black feminist ...
Black Caucus capitulations won’t stop Farrakhan, say analysts and activists
By Richard B. Muhammadand Charlene Muhammad Contributing Writers (Special from FinalCall.Com) — The Jewish stranglehold on Black political leaders was manifested when some Congressional Black Caucus members caved in to demands by ...
Lawsuit accuses Angola prison guards of forcing transgender visitor to strip
A transgender woman who tried to visit her incarcerated brother claims that prison officers at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola ordered her to remove her underwear and told her ...

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