June 2019 Archive

The Soul Rebels find themselves at home in any venue
By Geraldine Wyckoff Contributing Writer The Soul Rebels have recently performed in Colorado’s Red Rocks amphitheater, at the notorious Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival and just last week celebrated the Juneteenth holiday ...
‘When They See Us’ blasts Netflix viewership records
By Lauren Victoria Burke Contributing Writer (NNPA Newswire) — “When They See Us” has been the most-watched series on Netflix in the U.S. every day since it premiered on May 31,” according ...
Juneteenth: Freedom’s promise is still denied to thousands of Blacks unable to make bail
By Matthew Larson Guest Columnist June 19 marked Juneteenth, a celebration of the de facto end of slavery in the United States. For hundreds of thousands of African Americans stuck in pretrial detention ...
A moral agenda
By Dr. E. Faye Williams, Esq. TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist A few days ago, I had the opportunity to participate in the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival. Along with Jerry ...
A tale of two graduations
By Julianne Malveaux TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist I love graduations! I thoroughly enjoy the sense of achievement and possibility that permeates the air. Graduations signify an ending, but the term “commencement” is used to ...
Plastics are strangling the planet
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Newswire Contributor On my morning walk, I pass a tree every day that has a long plastic bag stuck in the branches. I keep wondering whether my ...
Consistency is required
Vouchers in Louisiana, like it or not, are probably here to stay. Still, that’s no excuse to keep funding private and parochial schools which fail to educate. ...
Everybody deserves a second chance, really?
Conservative media and some mainstream media outlets are leading the clarion call for Harvard University to give Kyle Kashuv a second chance. Harvard recently admitted then rescinded its invitation to ...
Trump confuses bluster with strength on trade
By Jesse Jackson TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist For Donald Trump, America First is increasingly translating into America alone. He apparently believes that the United States is so dominant that it needs no ...
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Louisiana ranked 49th in child welfare
By Fritz Esker Contributing Writer Louisiana ranks 49th in overall child well-being, according to a new study by the Annie E. Casey Foundation.

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