Students across nation march for gun control
By Amiyah King Contributing Writer (Trice Edney News Wire/Howard University News Service) — Tens of thousands of high school students across America were marked with an unexcused absence last Wednesday, but everyone ... Homicides in N.O. up 18 percent in 2018
As police continued to search late last month for the suspect in a high-profile shooting on Mardi Gras day, the department acknowledged that there has been an uptick in homicides ... First draft of the City of New Orleans disparity study is released
By Fritz Esker Contributing Writer  The City of New Orleans unveiled a draft report of its Disparity Study at a press conference last Wednesday at the New Orleans Jazz Market. The findings ... Dillard’s much heralded Nursing Program is back
By Ryan Whirty Contributing Writer Emerging from a period of intensive self-assessment and review, Dillard University School of Nursing announced recently that it was restarting its pre-licensure baccalaureate nursing programs, reinvigorating a ... DeVos coddles companies while abandoning student loan borrowers
By Charlene Crowell Contributing Writer For the 44 million American consumers who struggle with a still-growing student loan debt of $1.4 trillion, the problems wrought by debt collectors and loan servicers ... Before the Parkland massacre and now
By Dr. E. Faye Williams TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist What happened in Parkland, FL is too horrible to ignore. Yet we’ve tolerated too many of all kinds of evils, including murders. Too many ... No recusal of local judges in Cantrell credit card probe, retired judge rules
A court ruling will allow local judges to take on the investigation of Mayor-elect LaToya Cantrell’s city credit card use, according to Nola.com/The Times-Picayune. Freddie Pitcher Jr., a retired East Baton ... Pharmaceutical industry sued over infant opiod addiction
By Ryan Whirty Contributing Writer Citing “false representations and concealments... made with the intent to deceive Louisiana consumers,” petitioners filed this month a class-action lawsuit against the pharmaceutical industry calling for the ... Dementia: When the ‘filter’ goes
By Glenn Ellis Contributing Writer (TriceEdneyWire.com) — Recently, social media was abuzz following a recent interview that legendary Quincy Jones did with a magazine. In the interview, Mr. Jones caused a ... Gun control historically has meant prohibiting Blacks from owning one
By Frederick H. Lowe Contributing Writer (Special from NorthStar-News Today) — Since the massacre of students at a Parkland, Florida high school, the airways have been buzzing with talk about gun control—making ...
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