By Meghan Holmes Contributing Writer In July 2018, the Brennan Center for Justice released a report analyzing voter purging across the country showing that between 2014 and 2016 officials removed more than ... Children start school without water filters to screen lead
By Marta Jewson The Lens Children are returning to Orleans Parish public schools this month without the water filters to screen lead from drinking water that school officials promised to install last ... Lafayette Academy students at little risk of asbestos-related health problems, doctor tells parents
By Jess Clark Contributing Writer (Special from WWNO in conjunction with The Lens) – Lafayette Academy Charter School students who may have been exposed to asbestos during the 2016-2017 school year are ... Settlement reached in LSP handcuffing of Black teen
Louisiana State Police and a Black teen from Indiana who was handcuffed and detained in New Orleans’ French Quarter three years ago during a visit to study local architecture have ...
Aretha Franklin, the daughter of a prominent Baptist minister who began singing in church at an early age and was world-famous for seminal songs like “Natural Woman,” “Respect” and “Ain’t ... Blacks are being urged to buy guns and vote
By Frederick H. Lowe Contributing Writer (Special from Blackmans-Street.Today) – Black men and women are being encouraged to arm themselves–a 180-degree turnaround from the turn the other cheek teachings of Dr. Martin ... Trump’s hateful public demeanor continues – even after private White House meeting with Black pastors
By Hazel Trice Edney Contributing Writer (TriceEdneyWire.com) – Only two days after President Donald Trump met with nearly two dozen predominately Black pastors, he tweeted yet another racially charged message calling CNN ... Charlottesville struggles with race, history and survival
By Cash Michaels Contributing Writer (NNPA Newswire) — To say that Charlottesville, Va. held its collective breath on August 12 – the first anniversary of the deadly “Unite the Right” white ...
By Nina Martin ProPublica Preeclampsia, a dangerous form of hypertension that can develop during pregnancy or in the days and weeks after childbirth, is one of the most common causes of maternal ... For universities, making the case for diversity is part of making amends for racist past
By Juan Miro and Edmund T. Gordon Contributing Writers (Special from TheConver-sation.com) — The Trump administration recently announced plans to scrap Obama-era guidelines that encouraged universities to consider race as a ...
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