August 2019 Archive

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Inequity in pay for Black women highlighted at National forum on gender gap
By Meghan Holmes Contributing Writer August 22 marked National Black Women’s Equal Pay Day, representing how far into the year Black women work to earn what their white, male counterparts earn in ...
AT&T Executives with Dillard's College of Business faculty, including Vice President Dr. Yolanda Page, left and University President Dr. Walter M. Kimbrough, second from right
Dillard gifted $250K from AT&T
By Ryan Whirty Contributing Writer In honor of the retirement a longtime AT&T executive and Dillard University alumni, the telecommunications corporation has donated $250,000 to help Dillard’s College of Business educate, train ...
New Orleans Department of Safety and Permits: Businesses in most of city can’t host outdoor live music
By Michael Isaac Stein The Lens In June, the New Orleans City Council passed a motion directing the City Planning Commission to consider new restrictions on outdoor dining and live entertainment ...
NANCY PARKER
Family, friends honor Fox 8 anchor Nancy Parker
By Mark Veals Contributing Writer A memorial service to celebrate the life and legacy of award-winning TV journalist Nancy Parker was held on August 23, 2019 at the Xavier University of Louisiana ...
Public charge rule is Trump’s latest attack on immigrants
By Rebekah Barber Contributing Writer (Special from Facing South) — Three weeks ago, a 21-year-old white man from Dallas drove 10 hours to El Paso, Texas — a city where a majority ...
Feds pave the way to expand home dialysis, but patients hit roadblocks
By Judith Graham Contributing Writer (khn.org) — Home dialysis for older adults will become more common in the years ahead, experts predict — but not without overcoming significant challenges.
Questions loom over impact of data breach on vulnerable communities
By Ryan Whirty Contributing Writer As consumers, political figures and government regulators contend with the Federal Trade Commission’s July 22 announcement that credit-monitoring firm Equifax Inc. agreed to a $700 million settlement ...
CLARENCE JOHNSON
Clarence Johnson pays tribute to the legendary Charlie Parker
By Geraldine Wyckoff Contributing Writer Charlie Parker, one of the most influential purveyors of modern jazz whose brilliant alto saxophone in the 1940s helped create the “new” sound called bebop, was born ...
President Trump is ignorant but he’s not stupid
By Wilmer J. Leon, III, Ph.D. TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist Baltimore is a “…disgusting, rat and rodent infested mess… Why is so much money sent to the Elijah Cummings’ district when it is considered ...
End endless conflict and bring peace to Korea
By Jesse Jackson TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist July 27 marked the 66th anniversary of the signing of the Korean War armistice, which brought an end to hostilities that killed nearly five million people, including ...

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