Report says Dept. of Education should invest more in HBCUs
By Meghan Holmes Contributing Writer The United States Government Accountability Office recently released a report encouraging the Department of Education to further HBCU capital investments through the department’s Capital Financing Program. Public frustration boils over at meeting on school closures
By Marta Jewson The Lens Last Thursday’s Orleans Parish School Board meeting devolved into shouting at times, as frustrated citizens struggled to conform to the district’s public comment policy following school ... Southern midterms marred by voting problems
By Benjamin Barber Contributing Writer (Special from Facing South) – After this year’s hotly contested midterm elections, pressing questions have emerged about the integrity of the voting process in Southern states.
Miss. Senate race may be defining moment for Black voters
By Khalil Abdullah Contributing Writer (Ethnic Media Services) — Mississippi Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith’s remark to a colleague that “If he invited me to a public hanging, I’d be on the front row” ... Convicted murderer of former Saints player seeks new trial
Cardell Hayes, the man convicted for the 2016 slaying of former New Orleans Saints defensive end Will Smith after a road-rage incident in the city’s Garden District, is seeking a ... Bayou Classic to be part of an ‘epic sports weekend’
The Big Easy will be the center of the football universe this week as the annual Bayou Classic approaches and comes just two days after the New Orleans Saints and ...
Recorded or live, great musicians bring their all
By Geraldine Wyckoff Contributing Writer PJ Morton Christmas with PJ Morton (Morton Records) Christmas with PJ Morton means tradition tweaked by a bounce beat, holiday soul classics and naturally a measure of gospel. The instrumentation ... Memories of Jonestown Massacre leave haunting memories, but important lessons during 40th Anniversary
By Hazel Trice Edney Contributing Writer (TriceEdneyWire.com) — The church building at 1859 Geary Street in San Francisco was in its earlier days festive, vibrant and joyous. Like a cultural hub, there ... Is the FBI failing to report the surge in hate crimes?
By Stacy M. Brown Contributing Writer (NNPA Newswire) — The FBI has released it’s 2017 hate crimes statistics which revealed a 17 percent increase in incidents since 2016. In 2017 there were ... Jazz Museum celebrates the history of the drum
By Kelly Parker Contributing Writer The drum has been the pulse New Orleans’ cultural beat, from serving as an ancestral connection through music and dance in Congo Square centuries ago, to today’s ...
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By Meghan Holmes Contributing Writer The United States Government Accountability Office recently released a report encouraging the Department of Education to further HBCU capital investments through the department’s Capital Financing Program. Public frustration boils over at meeting on school closures
By Marta Jewson The Lens Last Thursday’s Orleans Parish School Board meeting devolved into shouting at times, as frustrated citizens struggled to conform to the district’s public comment policy following school ... Southern midterms marred by voting problems
By Benjamin Barber Contributing Writer (Special from Facing South) – After this year’s hotly contested midterm elections, pressing questions have emerged about the integrity of the voting process in Southern states.
By Khalil Abdullah Contributing Writer (Ethnic Media Services) — Mississippi Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith’s remark to a colleague that “If he invited me to a public hanging, I’d be on the front row” ... Convicted murderer of former Saints player seeks new trial
Cardell Hayes, the man convicted for the 2016 slaying of former New Orleans Saints defensive end Will Smith after a road-rage incident in the city’s Garden District, is seeking a ... Bayou Classic to be part of an ‘epic sports weekend’
The Big Easy will be the center of the football universe this week as the annual Bayou Classic approaches and comes just two days after the New Orleans Saints and ...
By Geraldine Wyckoff Contributing Writer PJ Morton Christmas with PJ Morton (Morton Records) Christmas with PJ Morton means tradition tweaked by a bounce beat, holiday soul classics and naturally a measure of gospel. The instrumentation ... Memories of Jonestown Massacre leave haunting memories, but important lessons during 40th Anniversary
By Hazel Trice Edney Contributing Writer (TriceEdneyWire.com) — The church building at 1859 Geary Street in San Francisco was in its earlier days festive, vibrant and joyous. Like a cultural hub, there ... Is the FBI failing to report the surge in hate crimes?
By Stacy M. Brown Contributing Writer (NNPA Newswire) — The FBI has released it’s 2017 hate crimes statistics which revealed a 17 percent increase in incidents since 2016. In 2017 there were ... Jazz Museum celebrates the history of the drum
By Kelly Parker Contributing Writer The drum has been the pulse New Orleans’ cultural beat, from serving as an ancestral connection through music and dance in Congo Square centuries ago, to today’s ...
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