March 2019 Archive

Despite crackdowns, white supremacist and Neo-Nazi videos take stubborn root on YouTube
By A. C. Thompson and Lucas Waldron of ProPublica and Christopher Mathias of HuffPost In his 74-page manifesto, Brenton Tarrant, the alleged gunman responsible for the massacres at two mosques in ...
REBIRTH BRASS BAND
Rhythmic and melodic roots continue to move the music forward
By Geraldine Wyckoff Contributing Writer The Congo Square Rhythms Festival, presented by the Jazz & Heritage Foundation on Saturday, March 30 and Sunday, March 31, celebrates the African rhythms and melodic flavors ...
A toxic environment
It all started with John Young hoisting up a gas mask. The former Parish President (and current candidate) noted at a public meeting just over a month ago ...
Blacks on white privilege
By Dr. E. Faye Williams TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist For many years many Black people have been denied opportunities for no reason other than the color of their skin. I’ve been guilty like many ...
Let’s call the white terrorists out
By Julianne Malveaux TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist An Australian white nationalist man who says he hates immigrants acted out his hate by murdering at least 49 people and seriously injuring at dozens more. He ...
Everyone must condemn Trump’s sly encouragement of lawless violence
By Jesse Jackson TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist Racism is not natural. Babies – Black, brown, white – explore the world and each other with wonder, not hate. Racism has to be taught. It is ...
Note to Lawmakers: Stop the killing!
Recent reports about the decline in New Orleans’ murder rate brought renewed hope to residents who took comfort in the lowest number of homicides in nearly five decades. However, ...
Charge stacking forces convicted to serve extra jail time
By Meghan Holmes Contributing Writer In recent years, national advocates for criminal justice reform have mounted a campaign to end charge stacking – the prosecutorial practice of charging a defendant with multiple ...
Standing for our Seniors
VOTE YES in the upcoming 2 Mills, Senior Services Property Tax Special Election on March 30. Funding for senior services has collapsed in Orleans Parish post-Katrina, and the dollars allocated out ...
La. among states facing federal preclearance under proposed Voting Rights Act fix
By Benjamin Barber Contributing Writer (Special from Facing South) — Last week marked 54 years since Bloody Sunday in Selma, Alabama, when African-American voting rights marchers were brutally assaulted by law enforcement ...

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