Black women lawyers freed 17 inmates serving life sentences
By Stacy M. Brown Contributing Writer (NNPA Newswire) — “Let’s pause here to give a little credit where credit is due. Freeing 17 prisoners – all of whom were serving life sentences ... Veterans First Business Initiative advances in state legislature
By Madeline Meyer Contributing Writer (LSU Manship School News Service) — Legislators are supporting efforts to help veterans start businesses and get hired in Louisiana. The Senate Commerce Committee on Wednesday advanced ... Deacon John got it rollin’ with a new recording, an honorary doctorate and a birthday bash
By Geraldine Wyckoff Contributing Writer “It’s not really pop anymore when Deacon John do it,” vocalist/guitarist Deacon John Moore declares with a laugh referring to his brand new video and recording. ... Byron Allen expands his empire with purchase of Fox Regional Sports Networks
By Stacy M. Brown Contributing Writer (NNPA Newswire) — One year ago, Byron Allen made a historic purchase of The Weather Channel for $300 million along with The Weather Channel’s streaming service, ... Forget the adversity score, just dump the SAT
By Julianne Malveaux TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist The College Board, the organization that develops and administers the SAT test, has developed a new “adversity score” to augment the widely used college admissions examination. The ... Extremist laws will make it harder for poor women to end pregnancies
By Jesse Jackson TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist Alabama – led by utterly clueless male legislators – just passed the most restrictive ban on abortion in the country, with Georgia and Missouri piling on. A tale of two police killing cases
By Earl Ofari Hutchinson Guest Columnist Grady Wayne Wilkes, armed, guns down one Auburn, Alabama police officer and wounds two others. Pamela Turner, unarmed, is gunned down by a Baytown, Texas police ... Ain’t nobody’s business if I do
The recent spate of unconstitutional anti-abortion laws passed in Republican-ruled statehouses is a slap in the face of women and smacks of plantation mentality politics. Maybe we should take a gamble on a better casino deal
Fear motivates our elected officials in Baton Rouge to support House Bill 544. The Operators of Harrah’s Casino have so whipped up terror in the state House that the ... Demonstrators take to streets again in protest of petrochemical plants
By Meghan Holmes Contributing Writer A march against the petrochemical industry, initially planned for April, will begin with a rally on May 29, and proceed from Reserve to Baton Rouge over the ...
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