December 2019 Archive
By Jesse Jackson TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist On Wednesday, Christmas was celebrated by millions of people across this country and across the world. Joy surrounds the holiday, with music in the air, lights on ... Stay woke in 2020
After the merriment, the drinks, the food, the fireworks subside, African-American communities will go back to business as usual: Our jobs, our families, our existence….the struggle. Every ... The escalating fight over racist monuments in the South
By Benjamin Barber Contributing Writer (Special from Facing South) — Earlier during the month of December 2019, Nikki Haley, the former Republican governor of South Carolina, wrote an op-ed in The Washington ... The price of America’s inability to track child deaths from abuse and neglect? Sometimes, more lives.
By Jessica Huseman, ProPublica, and Emily Palmer and Heather Schroering, Special to ProPublica Experts have long suspected that the United States badly undercounts the number of children who die from abuse ... There’s still some good in the world
By Dr. E. Faye Williams, Esq TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist Today is my birthday, and my church planned its usual wonderful holiday party that just happened to fall on the date I was born. ... Will proposed CRA rule help or hurt Black America?
By Charlene Crowell Contributing Columnist Amid the tinsel and garland celebrating the holiday season, two important federal financial regulators are planning how the future financial needs of low-and-moderate income (LMI) communities – ... Racism plays role in health of American youth
By Meghan Holmes Contributing Writer Racism plays a major role in the health and well-being of youth in America, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). Monitors say NOPD academy now in compliance with federal consent decree
By Michael Isaac Stein The Lens The New Orleans Police Department achieved substantial compliance with the training academy section of its ongoing federal consent decree, a team of court-appointed monitors found. The ... Appeals Court strikes down portion of Obamacare
By Julie Roverner Contributing Writer (Special from khn.org) — A federal appeals court panel in New Orleans dealt another blow to the Affordable Care Act on last Wednesday, agreeing with a lower-court ... Proposed changes to CRA pose threat to vulnerable communities, critics say most
By Ryan Whirty Contributing Writer Proposed changes to a crucial federal home-ownership program could cripple the communities of color across the country and in New Orleans specifically, said Marc Morial, president of ...
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