Hungry for sanity – No more Trump
By Juliane Malveaux TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist Have you ever been hungry? Not the missed-a-meal, wanna overeat hungry, but the stomach-churning, bout to steal a loaf of bread hungry. Not the luxury of choice, ... Why Black lives still don’t matter
By Earl Ofari Hutchinson Guest Columnist Two things happened recently within days of each other that again tossed the hideous glare back on the cheapness of Black lives. The first was the ... Free College—at 45
An article featured in The Louisiana Weekly last week articulated how quickly automation will eliminate thousands of jobs in Louisiana, and millions across the United States in the next five ... The 1619 Project makes the case… Tulane owes African Americans an apology
The New York Times Magazine’s 1619 Project commemorates the 400th anniversary of the beginning of American slavery, tells the straight up truth about the legacy of slavery and its negative ... Locals sound the alarm… Black voters must turn out in record numbers to defeat election rigging tactics
By C.C. Campbell-Rock Contributing Writer At a recent Civil Rights & Voting Lecture, local civil rights and voting rights advocates warned voters that the Republicans are pulling every trick in the book ... Homeowners have until Aug. 22 to appeal property tax spikes
By Fritz Esker Contributing Writer Many New Orleans residents, faced by recent property assessments announcing skyrocketing property taxes for their neighborhoods, have until August 22 to file appeals for relief. S&WB seeks $25 million in bonds for sewer repairs required by sewer consent decree
By Michael Isaac Stein The Lens The New Orleans City Council Public Works Committee on Tuesday advanced a resolution to allow the Sewerage and Water Board to issue $25 million in ... Kennedy HS student says he was unofficially sent home for months, describes what civil rights lawyer calls ‘blatant’ special education violations
By Marta Jewson The Lens Nicole Jones said that throughout her son TJ’s four years at John F. Kennedy High School, school administrators seemed to target him. First, they tried kicking him ... How Southern politicians hamstrung the fight against right-wing domestic terror
By Greg Huffman Contributing Writer (Special from Facing South) — Back in April 2009, an internal Department of Homeland Security (DHS) report on political violence by radicalized right-wing groups and individuals operating ... The Black vote could decide Jefferson president and sheriff
By Christopher Tidmore Contributing Writer African-American turnout ties the fate of three Jefferson Parish races together. The potential for John Young to defeat Cynthia Lee-Sheng is partially predicated upon the strength ...
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