April 2019 Archive
By Ryan Whirty Contributing Writer Dr. Walters invited home to deliver SUNO’s commencement address When the newest graduates of Southern University at New Orleans (SUNO) receive their degrees at its 2019 commencement ceremony ... Black Millennial political convention scheduled in Washington
By Stacy M. Brown Contributing Writer (NNPA Newswire) — An estimated 62 million Millennials – adults ages 20 to 35 in 2016 – were voting-age U.S. citizens in the nation’s electorate in ... Previewing Jazz Fest’s second weekend
By Geraldine Wyckoff Contributing Writer More great music and difficult decisions abound during the second weekend of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, Thursday, May 2 through Sunday, May 5. ... People arrested by Dallas cop are having their cases dismissed
(Defender News Service) — At least nine people who were arrested by a Dallas police officer who was eventually accused of murdering a man in his own home have had ... Trump plunges U.S. deeper into forgotten wars
By Jesse Jackson TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist While Washington is consumed with reactions to the Mueller Report and the potential impeachment of President Donald Trump, America is descending deeper into largely forgotten wars. Stand up and be counted… or else
Just as Paul Revere’s midnight ride to warn American colonists of the British coming and the pending American Revolutionary War, so too is a clarion call going out about the ... Who gains when Democracy is destroyed?
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Newswire Contributor Democracy is defined as the government “of the people, by the people, and for the people.” Who are the people who support our contemporary status ... The Mueller report and the question of US foreign policy
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Newswire Contributor If there had been any question about Russian interference in the 2016 election, that is now a settled matter in light of the Mueller Report. ... Color “blindness”
By Barbara D. Parks-Lee, Ph.D., CF, NBCT (ret.) Guest Columnist What is the fallacy when someone says, “I don’t see color?” Immediately, when someone says this to me, a woman of color, ... Recommendations for May 4 election
Some very critical tax measures go before the voters on Saturday. Teacher pay raises and commitments to public greenspace and facilities in both Jefferson and Orleans. Even on ...
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