November 2018 Archive

First African-American president of ABC resigns
(Special from Blackmans-Street.Today) — Channing Dungey, the first African American to lead a major television network, has resigned as president of ABC Entertainment amid changes by owner Disney.
WILLIAM ELDON "WILLIE" O'BREE
First Black player in the NHL is the third inducted into sport’s hall of fame
(BlackmansStreet.Today) — William Eldon “Willie” O’Bree, the first African-Canadian man to play in the National Hockey League, was inducted November 12 into the Hockey Hall of Fame, nearly six ...
A revealing look at the immigration controversy
By A. Peter Bailey TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist Anyone who is shocked or surprised by the current immigration battles in Europe and the United States must not have read a 2016 column in The ...
GOP voter suppression poses grave danger to Democrats in 2020
By Earl Ofari Hutchinson Guest Columnist New Jersey Democratic Senator Corey Booker flatly called the Georgia gubernatorial election a theft for GOP winner Brian Kemp. This was not partisan hyperbole. Thousands of ...
America has come to this
By Dr. E. Faye Williams TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist Recently we learned of boys in Wisconsin throwing Nazi salutes and flashing white power signs. This is disturbing. Who taught them to do this? Did ...
Trump, the Republicans and the Neo-Confederate objective
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist It became very clear to anyone who was watching that in the lead up to the November 6th elections, Trump and his allies focused on two ...
The Millennial thing
By Edmund W. Lewis Editor It’s been said many times over the years that youth is wasted on the young. I’m inclined to agree given the many ways young people have ...
Let the Constitution be the Constitution
It’s hard to imagine why anyone might vigorously oppose doing away with an antiquated law that prevents citizens of this nation from standing on the floor of the ...
The Healing Project: Finding justice for families of victims of injustice
By Ryan Whirty Contributing Writer Editor's Note: In the printed version of this story, Mr. Jones' age at his time of death was misstated as 48. He was in fact 42 when ...
Traffic-cameras
Cantrell traffic enforcement plan could cause problems for public defenders
By Michael Isaac Stein The Lens Many New Orleans drivers rejoiced two weeks ago when Mayor LaToya Cantrell’s administration announced that it would take down a small portion of the city’s traffic ...

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