In wake of professor’s comments, Katherine Johnson is still celebrated in Physics
By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Correspondent For many, the words of a senior scientist who said physics “was invented and built by men,” stung. The words recently uttered by Professor Alessandro ... Former police chief sentenced to prison for falsifying arrest data to imprison black men
(Special from Blackmans-Street.Today) — Instead of putting people behind bars, the former police chief of a Florida town will spend the next three years behind bars for falsifying data leading ... Bayou Classic 2018 a major success
With a near-capacity crowd and the national spotlight on what has been called the Black College Super Bowl,” Bayou Classic has been deemed a major success by Southern University, Grambling ... DeVos hid student loan repayment abuses for 18 months
By Charlene Crowell Contributing Writer In February 2017, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) sued Navient Corporation and two of its subsidiaries for allegedly using shortcuts and deception to illegally cheat 12 ... State records detail diesel spill from Bywater Navy base
By Betsy Shepherd The Lens In early August, hundreds of gallons of diesel leaked from storage tanks located at the abandoned Naval base in the Bywater neighborhood into nearby waterways, documents from ... Perfectly good reasons for Trump’s racism
By Earl Ofari Hutchinson Guest Columnist Trump’s insult of three Black women reporters seemed to shock more than a few. It was even headline news for a day or so. The bigger ... Terence Blanchard and Weedie Braimah – The sounds of New Orleans and its African roots
By Geraldine Wyckoff Contributing Writer Appropriately, a great deal of holiday music is presented with December’s arrival. Early this month, however, jazz reigns in its birthplace starting with a rare appearance by ... SUNO celebrates its Kwanzaa Festival with an Edutainment for New Orleans’ youth
By C.C. Campbell-Rock Contributing Writer The Center for African and African American Studies (CAAAS) at Southern University of New Orleans on November 12, celebrated the beginning of Kwanzaa with a showcase of ... Contrast between Obama and Trump has become clear
By Jesse Jackson TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist Donald Trump began his presidency with an inaugural address that denounced the “carnage” that had preceded him. He vowed to “Make America Great Again,” and set about ... Strength in numbers
It is easy to look at the December 8 runoff election as an afterthought, especially in the wake of last month’s electoral enthusiasm. Even though none of Louisiana’s Congressional ...
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