May 2018 Archive

Trump’s ‘New Deal for Blacks’ was dealt from the bottom of the deck
By Jesse Jackson TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist African-American unemployment has reached its lowest levels ever. President Donald Trump boasts about this on the stump, naturally claiming credit for a recovery that began after ...
African Americans drastically underrepresented in Tech Industries
By Marc H. Morial TriceEdneyWire.com Columnists “It is our hope that this document will pierce the dark veil of neglect that has thus far smothered efforts to right the wrongs of ...
Discovering the Best of Black America in 2018
By Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. President/CEO, National Newspaper Publishers Association There is an old African proverb that says, “What you seek, you will surely find.” We live in ...
The racial politics of the Israeli State
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist In my last column, I addressed the murder of Palestinian protesters by Israeli state officers. The racial politics of the Israeli state were also demonstrated ...
First Amendment detractors
By Dr. E. Faye Williams, Esq. TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist It seems that ignoring the laws of our land is so ordinary these days. The person who thinks he’s the leader of the ...
When North Korea and the U.S. meet, will Dennis Rodman be nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize?
By Frederick H. Lowe Guest Columnist There’s a lot of talk that President Donald Trump deserves the Nobel Peace Prize for opening a dialogue with North Korea and thus lowering world tensions. ...
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State legislators face proposed Medicaid cuts for elderly, disabled
By Nayita Wilson Contributing Writer Uncertainties loom regarding the state’s proposed $1.4 billion cuts to Medicaid, which could potentially impact more than 36,000 elderly, disabled and blind recipients.
Actors were paid to support Entergy’s power plant at New Orleans City Council meetings
By Michael Isaac Stein The Lens Last October, about 50 people in bright orange shirts filed into City Hall for a public hearing on Entergy’s request to build a $210 million power ...
Accord between Cantrell and Landry short-lived
State Attorney General Jeff Landry said last week, a few days before the inauguration Mayor LaToya Cantrell, that his office’s investigation of her use of a City of New Orleans-issued ...
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Family of slain Black man gets justice 70 years later
By Ryan Whirty Contributing Writer U.S. Sen. Glen Taylor of Idaho approached the podium during a Senate session on March 16, 1948, to address a subject no Congressional representatives from Louisiana, ...

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