By Geraldine Wyckoff Contributing Writer Naturally, not all of the local artists who released fine albums in 2018 were recognized with a Grammy nomination. Many deserve praise and notably their work embraces ... A look ahead: Ten top local political headlines to look for in 2019
By Christopher Tidmore Contributing Writer While other publications look backward into the concluding year, The Louisiana Weekly opts to examine the ten major local political stories that began in late 2018, which ... Border wall demand is dressed up with more lies about immigrants
By Jesse Jackson TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist “Yes, if we don’t get what we want, one way or the other... I will shut down the government,” said President Trump to Senate Minority Leader ... Could false accusations threaten the #MeToo Movement?
By Stacy M. Brown Guest Columnist A dozen years ago, Tarana Burke created the slogan, “Me Too.” Burke, a Bronx, N.Y.-born African-American civil rights activist, created the saying as a means to ... Christmas violence makes residents question safety of N.O.
Multiple shootings in eastern New Orleans and Algiers on Dec. 24 and 25 have prompted some residents to question how safe they are in the city and how much progress ... First Step Act is the most important federal criminal justice reform in decades
By Marc H. Morial President/CEO, The National Urban League The U.S. Senate this week took the most significant step toward federal criminal justice reform in decades with the passage of the First ... My 2018 Top Ten stories ?
By Dr. E. Faye Williams, Esq. TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist At the end of each year, people begin writing New Year’s resolutions that as they write them, they pretty much know they will ... Racism and white supremacy
By Edmund W. Lewis Editor The American Heritage Dictionary defines racism as “the belief that race accounts for differences in human character or ability and that a particular race is superior to ... Unexpected For-profit College closures
By Charlene Crowell Contributing Writer In the midst of holiday festivities, many people wrap themselves up warmly. After all, winter time is supposed to be cold. But this year, just a week before ... Will you join the crusade for Bennett College for women?
By Julianne Malveaux TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist Bennett College for Women is an oasis where we educate and celebrate women, and develop them into twenty-first-century leaders and global thinkers. That was my elevator speech ...
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