After purchase, concerns heighten over fate of iconic Circle Food Store
By Fritz Esker Contributing Writer Circle Food Store, the iconic African American-owned grocery store nestled on the corner of St. Bernard and Claiborne avenues, was purchased by local businessman Sidney Torres IV ... Cantrell administration predicting increase in short-term rental sales
By Michael Isaac Stein The Lens Mayor LaToya Cantrell’s administration has been busy in Baton Rouge trying to strike a deal to divert more hotel/motel tax revenue to ...
Playwright, professor and former editor of The Louisiana Weekly dies
By Ryan Whirty Contributing Writer Decorated playwright, visual artist and former editor of The Louisiana Weekly Norbert Davidson Jr. passed away on Wednesday, April 17, at his home in New Orleans. He ...
Diabetic amputations a ‘shameful metric’ of inadequate care
By Anna Gorman Contributing Writer (Special from khn.org) — On his regular rounds at the University of Southern California’s Keck Hospital, Dr. David Armstrong lives a brutal injustice of American health care.
Council committee backs RTA decision to stop tourism industry revenue sharing
By Michael Isaac Stein The Lens For nearly two decades, the New Orleans Regional Transit Authority transferred millions of tax dollars to the tourism industry every year, the result of a deal ...
Jazz Fest started stormy but then nothin’ but blue skies prevailed
By Geraldine Wyckoff Contributing Writer It’s impossible to ignore/forget how the first day, Thursday, April 25, of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage’s 50th anniversary began. It rained torrentially, enough so that ... Biden enters Presidential race, bringing white supremacy to the forefront
By Hazel Trice Edney Contributing Writer Calls campaign against Trump a ‘battle for the soul of America’ – but will he get the Black vote? (TriceEdneyWire.com) — Former Senator and Vice President ... GOP, not Russia, is greater threat to free elections
By Jesse Jackson TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist We all have heard about WikiLeaks and Russian interference in the 2016 election. The report of Special Counsel Robert Mueller has once more put that on the ... James Byrd’s killer didn’t deserve the death penality
By Julianne Malveaux TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist Killing is wrong. Killing Black people because they are Black is even more wrong. Lynching Black people is exponentially wrong. So why was I opposed to the ... Guidance from ancestral warriors
By A. Peter Bailey TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist It was in 1619, 400 years ago, that the first African captives were brought to what is now Virginia, North America. Since that time, many of ...
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By Fritz Esker Contributing Writer Circle Food Store, the iconic African American-owned grocery store nestled on the corner of St. Bernard and Claiborne avenues, was purchased by local businessman Sidney Torres IV ... Cantrell administration predicting increase in short-term rental sales
By Michael Isaac Stein The Lens Mayor LaToya Cantrell’s administration has been busy in Baton Rouge trying to strike a deal to divert more hotel/motel tax revenue to ...
By Ryan Whirty Contributing Writer Decorated playwright, visual artist and former editor of The Louisiana Weekly Norbert Davidson Jr. passed away on Wednesday, April 17, at his home in New Orleans. He ...
By Anna Gorman Contributing Writer (Special from khn.org) — On his regular rounds at the University of Southern California’s Keck Hospital, Dr. David Armstrong lives a brutal injustice of American health care.
By Michael Isaac Stein The Lens For nearly two decades, the New Orleans Regional Transit Authority transferred millions of tax dollars to the tourism industry every year, the result of a deal ...
By Geraldine Wyckoff Contributing Writer It’s impossible to ignore/forget how the first day, Thursday, April 25, of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage’s 50th anniversary began. It rained torrentially, enough so that ... Biden enters Presidential race, bringing white supremacy to the forefront
By Hazel Trice Edney Contributing Writer Calls campaign against Trump a ‘battle for the soul of America’ – but will he get the Black vote? (TriceEdneyWire.com) — Former Senator and Vice President ... GOP, not Russia, is greater threat to free elections
By Jesse Jackson TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist We all have heard about WikiLeaks and Russian interference in the 2016 election. The report of Special Counsel Robert Mueller has once more put that on the ... James Byrd’s killer didn’t deserve the death penality
By Julianne Malveaux TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist Killing is wrong. Killing Black people because they are Black is even more wrong. Lynching Black people is exponentially wrong. So why was I opposed to the ... Guidance from ancestral warriors
By A. Peter Bailey TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist It was in 1619, 400 years ago, that the first African captives were brought to what is now Virginia, North America. Since that time, many of ...
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