September 2019 Archive
By Earl Ofari Hutchinson Guest Columnist Every Democratic presidential contender is falling over each other to wear the mantle of top climate change warrior. With a few tweaks mainly involving how much ... NFL’s Depression-era ban on Black players lingers on in the owner’s box
By Jesse Jackson Sr. TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist The National Football League season opened last week with a full slate of games. On the field, extraordinary athletes of all races and backgrounds competed with ... Trump and the weather
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Newswire Contributor Each week I swear that I will write something other than about Donald Trump. I cannot keep to that promise consistently, particularly when certain ... 94 years of freedom fighting and counting
The Louisiana Weekly, which turns 94 on September 19, 2019, holds the distinction of being the oldest, continuously published African-American-owned newspaper in the Southeast. For any business, especially a Black ... Starving Seniors: How America fails to feed its aging
By Laura Ungar and Trudy Lieberman Contributing Writers Kaiser News Service Army veteran Eugene Milligan is 75 years old and blind. He uses a wheelchair since losing half his right leg to diabetes ... N.O. Council utility advisors recommend mandating net-zero carbon emissions by 2050
By Michael Isaac Stein The Lens In a report issued this week, the New Orleans City Council’s utility advisors are recommending that the city require electric and gas utility Entergy New Orleans ... State special education monitoring errors could impact federal consent decree over New Orleans schools
By Marta Jewson The Lens Court-appointed monitors overseeing special education services in New Orleans have been reviewing the wrong schools. The problem may force the extension of a four-year-old federal consent decree ... Odyssey House Louisiana opens new Broad Ave. addiction and behavioral health facility
By Ryan Whirty Contributing Writer More than two decades after it became vacant and later struck by fire, the former Bohn Ford structure on Broad Avenue officially became the home of a ... Education in the segregated South: A determined African-American culture
By Stacy M. Brown Contributing Writer (NNPA Newswire) — During segregation, Black schools in the South focused on building an environment of success for community children. More employers are relying on social media
(Defender News Service) — Before posting pictures of your late-night revelry or complaints about your job on social media, think again – 70 percent of employers use social media to ...
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