August 2018 Archive

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EatOkra app brings diners to Black restaurants
[caption id="attachment_29273" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Photo taken from Facebook[/caption] By Meghan Holmes Contributing Writer A recently released smartphone application for Android and iOS allows users to connect with more than 800 Black-owned businesses across ...
New ordinance to give NOPD officers more discretion on traffic arrests
By Fritz Esker Contributing Writer On July 23, the New Orleans City Council’s Criminal Justice Committee unanimously passed Ordinance No. 32,311, which would give New Orleans Police Department officers the discretion ...
Thousands of Sewerage & Water Board customers face potential shut-offs
By Emeka Dibia Contributing Writer On August 1, the Sewerage & Water Board of New Orleans resumed normal collections, leaving thousands of customers with past-due bills at risk of losing service. ...
Friends use various strengths to create Emperors Cut, a high-quality but affordable African-American cigar line
By Curtis Bunn Contributing Writer (Special from the Urban News Service) — As a young man, Greg Willis bonded with his father by sitting on the front porch with him and smoking ...
Mardi Gras Indian Hall of Fame
A change is gonna come… By Geraldine Wyckoff Contributing Writer On this 20th anniversary of the Mardi Gras Indian Hall of Fame, with major changes in the works, Cherice “Queen Reesie” Harrison-Nelson reflects ...
Fired Black assistant to Benson gets $384K
The New Orleans Saints have been ordered by an NFL arbitrator to pay more than $384,000 to a fired personal assistant to late team owner Tom Benson. Documents ...
Putin-Trump: Brothers from another Mother
By A. Peter Bailey TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist It is very revealing and often disgusting to witness the national press coverage of the bromance between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin. They go ...
Sister power!
By Dr. E. Faye Williams, Esq. TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist I cannot count the times I have heard that Black women don’t support each other. I always thought that was wishful thinking for ...
A new generation of Freedom Fighters
By Jeffrey L. Boney NNPA Political Analyst Without being given much direction, Black youth have seemingly taken matters into their own hands, relative to their future here in America, by strategizing, ...
Enough with the racism in the rooftop Solar Industry
Courier Editor's Note: This version has been modified to remove contents of Vivint Smart Home, which is a separate entity from Vivint Solar. By Julianne Malveaux TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist There has always been bigotry ...

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