April 2018 Archive

All about the pancreas
By Glenn Ellis Contributing Writer (TriceEdneyWire.com) — Like many of you, more and more we are hearing about family, friends and loved ones facing a sudden issues with the pancreas. Most people ...
Business as usual
By Dr. E. Faye Williams, Esq. TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist After hearing that two Black men were arrested at a Starbucks restaurant, we were told that some Black people were actually shocked. I ...
I say no to a Starbucks boycott
By Jerroll Sanders TriceEdneyWire.com Guest Columnist Starbucks has proven to be one of America’s most responsible corporate citizens. In 2014 following the shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown in Ferguson, MO, ...
Predatory lending is the tip of the iceberg
By Julianne Malveaux TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is supposed to “protect” consumers from fraud and predatory lending. But since 45 has ruled the roost, he has empowered exploiters ...
Rap music’s path from pariah to Pulitzer
By Lakeyta Bonnette-Bailey Guest Columnist Kendrick Lamar’s Pulitzer Prize win is a major milestone for hip hop, a genre that celebrates its 45th birthday this August.
States are favoring school choice at a steep cost to public education
By Derek W. Black Guest Columnist Teacher strikes are generating a healthy focus on how far public education funding has fallen over the past decade. The full explanation, however, goes beyond basic ...
Waffle House of Terror
By Edmund W. Lewis Editor First Starbucks, now Waffle House? Apparently, Black folks have no business sitting in coffee shops in high-rent districts in Philly or ordering waffles in the state of Alabama.
CHARLES NEVILLE
Charles Neville, beloved musician, dies at 79
Charles Neville, one of the beloved members of the famed New Orleans group The Neville Brothers, passed away on Thursday at the age of 79.
OPSB, RSD unification calls for reapplication for some
Editor's Note: Since the publishing of this story, the OPSB has reached out to The Louisiana Weekly to clarify that some non-teacher RSD staff will be required to go through ...
U.S. Senate votes to revoke protections on anti-discriminatory auto loans
By Charlene Crowell Contributing Writer America is often touted as a nation of laws, and not of men. But it seems that today some lawmakers have no interest in upholding laws that ...

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