Activists turn up the heat in New Orleans
By C.C. Campbell-Rock Contributing Writer Community activism is alive and well in New Orleans at the grassroot level. One group, The New Orleans Peoples’ Assembly (NOPA), is in the vanguard of addressing ... Four F-rated Orleans Parish schools work on improvement plans
By Marta Jewson The Lens Rather than revoking the contracts of four F-rated charter schools, Orleans Parish Schools Superintendent Henderson Lewis Jr. and his team are working with the schools to improve ... Epidemic of missing Black girls continues to stump authorities
By Stacy M. Brown Contributing Writer (NNPA Newswire) — Lashaya Stine, 16, was walking down the street alone in Aurora, Colorado. It doesn’t appear that the young African American female had any sort ... A mumps quarantine in Louisiana may encroach on rights of detained immigrants
By Shefall Luthra and Julie Appleby Contributing Writers (Special from Khn.org) — A mumps outbreak and quarantine at the Pine Prairie Immigration and Customs Enforcement Processing Center in Louisiana blocked immigrants from ... Newsrooms still lack women and individuals of color
By Stacy M. Brown Contributing Writer (NNPA Newswire) — With observances planned throughout March to commemorate Women’s History Month, a new report revealed that women are still mostly absent from newsrooms. NBA legend Abdul-Jabbar talks auction to help kids in STEM
By Stacy M. Brown Contributing Writer (NNPA Newswire) — When Kareem Abdul-Jabbar left the NBA in 1989 at age 42, no NBA player had ever scored more points, blocked more shots, won ... Nicholls-Douglass Alumni create board to keep legacy alive
By Morgan Jackson Contributing Writer Family, friends, students and alumni celebrated the installation of the first alumni association board of directors of the former Francis T. Nicholls High School, now known as ... Patients question how FDA approves medical devices
By Blake Farmer Nashville Public Radio (Special from Kaiser Health News) — There’s no doubt that surgically implanted medical devices can improve lives. Legislation is introduced to commission statue honoring U. S. Rep. Shirley Chisholm
(BlackPressUSA) — Last week, U.S. Senator Kamala D. Harris (D-CA) reintroduced a bill directing Congress to commission a statue of former U.S. Representative Shirley Chisholm to be displayed in the ... Interactive website tracks Slave voyages
By Stacy M. Brown Contributing Writer (NNPA Newswire) — In his PBS series, “Finding Your Roots…” Henry Louis Gates Jr. presents guests whose roots cover the globe – from Samoa, Nigeria, Taiwan ...
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