September 2018 Archive
Earlier this year, Louisiana attorneys raised the need to seek help for the great number of babies, many born right here in our state, suffering from opioid withdrawal, a symptom ... My most precious memory of the great Aretha Franklin
By A. Peter Bailey TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist My most precious memory of the great Aretha Franklin occurred in the early 1970s when I was an associate editor of Ebony Magazine, working in Johnson ... Trump’s ongoing scandals mask a radical agenda that hurts people
By Jesse Jackson TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist Trump’s serial scandals — Stormy Daniels, the Russia investigation, the Paul Manafort verdict, the Cohen guilty plea, the juvenile tweets — fill the headlines. Beneath the noise, ... The White House’s war against federal workers
By Julianne Malveaux TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist The economy is doing well, crows the Pugilist-in-Chief, complaining that he doesn’t get enough credit for the things that he has done to “make America great again.” ... Kavanaugh must not join the High Court
By Marc H. Morial President/CEO, The National Urban League There are many words one could use to describe President Trump’s White House, but you might be hard pressed to choose “transparent” ... Boycott Trump
By Oscar H. Blayton Guest Columnist The public shaming of White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Saunders, Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen and other Trump minions has had an impact upon ... You gotta believe in something
By Edmund W. Lewis Editor Nike has done it now. The sports apparel giant has taken a stand for social justice and has shown where it stands in the ongoing debate about ... City Council again approves short-term rental freeze
By Michael Isaac Stein The Lens The city’s freeze on the most popular type of short term rental license got one step closer to being codified in municipal law on Thursday. Problems at S&WB continue to flood the city agency
By Ryan Whirty Contributing Writer How does a public utility in a major American city let its customers – especially the city’s citizens and small businesses – know that the utility’s administration ... Online gun sales are slow in a Trump-related slump
By Susan Buchanan Contributing Writer More people are shopping online, and they can buy guns there. In Louisiana, someone purchasing a gun on a computer through an unlicensed vendor can avoid a ...
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