May 2018 Archive

Trump and the lies that lead to war
By Dr. Wilmer J. Leon, III TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist On May 8 President Trump announced he is withdrawing America from the Iran nuclear deal. His stated rationale for this action is illogical ...
Voters to weigh in on unanimous jury verdicts this fall
After votes in both the House and the Senate last week, a proposed constitutional amendment has cleared the Legislature, and voters will have a chance to repeal a Jim Crow-era ...
Graduation is just the first hurdle
By Julianne Malveaux TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist The Black Panther, Chadwick Bozeman, graduated from Howard University with a Bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts (BFA) in 2000. His writing partner is also a HU ...
Let’s stop kidding ourselves!
By Dr. E. Faye Williams TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist Every day we get alarming news about #45 and the damage he’s causing our country. I’m sure the average person has grown weary of waiting ...
Passing….
By Oscar Blayton Guest Columnist In 1995, a journalist I know was interviewing the First Lady of Virginia, Susan Brown Allen, wife of the new governor at the time, George Allen.
A lynching in Shrewsbury
By Edmund W. Lewis Editor You can call the senseless murder of 22-year-old Keeven Robinson at the hands of four Jefferson Parish narcotics detectives whatever you want. Nothing can change what it ...
Render ‘null and void’
That is the action members of the New Orleans City Council, who were just sworn into office, should do to the now-tainted vote by the lame-duck Council that approved a ...
Mayor Cantrell urges residents to ‘move city forward together’
By Christopher Tidmore Contributing Writer Stepping boldly Monday into history as New Orleans’ first female mayor, LaToya Cantrell urged residents to be forward-thinking and to seek ways to contribute to the growth ...
A rare sight: a marker commemorating a lynching, this one in Brighton, Alabama.
What happens when WE forget?
By Lance Warren Contributing Writer (Special from Facing South) – We didn’t know. Why didn’t we know? The truth crept in — unexpected, unsought, unforgettable. Yet so many had forgotten; so few knew. ...
Entergy says third–party contractor paid actors to attend, speak at council meetings
City Council said it would probe allegations After voting in March to approve the construction of a new, gas-powered plant for Entergy in eastern New Orleans, the City Council said Tuesday ...

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