September 2019 Archive
By Earl Ofari Hutchinson Guest Columnist Trump was at it again. The again is his endless hector of former President Obama. In a disjointed, rambling confrontation with the press, sometimes called a ... New Orleans ensembles head from the streets and stages to the studios
By Geraldine Wyckoff Contributing Writer Big 6 Brass Band Big Six (Independent) The Big 6 Brass Band really rolls on its debut album, simply titled Big Six, and definitely lives up to the huge reputation ... Calls for justice for a Black immigrant
By Dr. E. Faye Williams TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist In an article, titled “A Clarion Call for Racial Justice Reaches the Highest Level,” Rev. Jesse Jackson brought to light “the story of an immigrant, ... The significance of the 1619 Project
By Jesse Jackson TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist The New York Times unveiled “The 1619 Project,” a journalistic series in its Sunday magazine that seeks to tell the “unvarnished truth” about slavery and its ... Please bring school supplies
By Julianne Malveaux TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist The event promised to be one of those last-gasp of summer events that would raise a little money for a good cause. The young woman who called ... Commonalities both here and abroad
By Christopher Tidmore Contributing Columnist The Battle over Brexit reduced the Mother of Parliaments to near-chaos last week. The subtext of the fight, though, has larger implications for not only Britain ... Affirmative Action in higher education gets a pass when it skews towards white folk
As the college admission scandal rolls on with 33 wealthy parents in the eye of the storm and in the courts charged with bribery, fraud, and a host of other ... Hearing date set in Gert Town radium case
By Ryan Whirty Contributing Writer A hearing has been scheduled for Oct. 24 in U.S. District Court regarding the City of New Orleans’ move to dismiss a lawsuit filed by two residents ... Do Black kids deserve this treatment in school?
By Jeffrey L. Boney NNPA Newswire Contributor Laughing at the humiliation and degradation of a young and impressionable Black boy is intolerable but having that type of behavior displayed by the people ... Do I have PTSD because of Hurricane Katrina?
By Te-Erika Patterson Contributing Writer “I was only 11 then,” Velasquez remembers. “We were one of the last people to leave the Superdome. They were trying to clear out the Superdome and ...
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