July 2018 Archive

Facebook promises to bar advertisers from targeting ads by race or ethnicity. Again!
By Arian Tobin ProPublica Facebook announced Tuesday that it would make “legally binding” changes to its advertising platform, removing some features that allowed discrimination in housing, employment, insurance and credit ads.
EARNEST PARKER JR.
He found good work without a college degree
By Dan Holly Contributing Writer (Special from Urban News Service) — When Earnest Parker Jr. wanted to go to college, his parents did not have the money. Now he is earning more ...
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‘Traveling while black’ guidebooks may be out of print, but still resonate today
By Cotton Seiler Contributing Writer (Special from TheConversa-tion.com) — In the summer of 2017, the NAACP issued a travel advisory for the state of Missouri.
IVORY 'WILDMAN' HOLMES July 22, 1954 - July 14, 2018
Mardi Gras Indians beloved, Ivory ‘Wildman’ Holmes, has died
By Geraldine Wyckoff Contributing Writer “A lot of us in the Nation, we just called him Wild,” says the Golden Blades’ Big Chief Derrick Hulin of Ivory Holmes who held the position ...
ELLIS MARSALIS
Satchmo SummerFest – Celebrating Louis!
By Geraldine Wyckoff Contributing Writer It’s natural that when many people consider Louis “Satchmo” Armstrong’s contributions to jazz they think of the scores of trumpet players that he influenced around the world. ...
This is why migrant parents travel with children
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Newswire Columnist There has been a strange response by many white conservatives to the separation of migrant children from their parents. Whether we are discussing ...
S.F. continues to show its bad side when it comes to Blacks
By Frederick H. Lowe Guest Columnist London Breed recently was sworn in as mayor of San Francisco, making her the first Black woman to hold that post in one of the nation’s ...
The city’s $2 billion program to repair streets and infrastructure doesn’t include innovative water management
By Travis Lux Contributing Writer (Special from WWNO) — Late one morning in mid-May, metal clanked to the ground as a construction worker moved a piece of rebar at a construction ...
Trump’s a lousy general in the trade war he started with China
By Jesse Jackson TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist President Trump has triggered what could be “the largest trade war in economic history,” the Chinese Commerce Ministry warns. Trump is threatening tariffs on $500 billion in ...
It’s not just about Roe
By Julianne Malveaux TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist Senate Republicans hope to get Brett Kavanaugh, President Trump’s nominee for the Supreme Court, confirmed before October 1, when they will reconvene. Senate Democrats hope to ...

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