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By Marc H. Morial President/CEO The National Urban League “Voter suppression isn’t guns and hoses and bully clubs and Bull Connor. It’s administrative burdens that interfere with your right to vote. In the ... A celebration of Us!
Black History month was officially recognized as a monthlong celebration in 1976 when U.S. President Gerald Ford suggested that all Americans “seize the opportunity to honor the too-often neglected accomplishments ... City’s ‘Smart City Pilot’ proposal would add 90 new public cameras using Entergy funds
By Michael Isaac Stein The Lens New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell is asking the City Council to approve a $3.2 million contract with Entergy New Orleans to create a “Smart City Pilot” ... Death toll rises while outrage boils over conditions at Mississippi’s Parchman Prison
By Stacy M. Brown Contributing Writer (NNPA Newswire) — The crisis at Parchman Prison, the former slave plantation where more than two-thirds of inmates are African American, continued with the February 16, ... Fear paralyzes
By Dr. E. Faye Williams, Esq. TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist With all the fearmongering, the unjust firings, transfers, the name-calling, the profanity laced rantings, the lying, the mean spirited ... Five things to help weigh your coronavirus risk
By Liz Szabo Contributing Writer (Special khn.org) — The news about the novel coronavirus in China grows more urgent daily. The number of related deaths is now ... Following Hard Rock collapse, council and Mayor begin work on ‘responsible bidders ordinance’
By Michael Isaac Stein The Lens A New Orleans City Council committee on February 12, heard presentations from labor union leaders, officials with the Louisiana Workforce ... HBCU grads are overcharged by student loan lenders
(Defender News Service) — A report by the Student Borrower Protection Center states that graduates of HBCUs and Hispanic-serving institutions are paying more to loan lenders than graduates from predominately ... Ill. governor calls for an investigation into the arrest of Black college athlete
By Frederick H. Lowe Contributing Writer (BlackmansStreet.Today) — Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker has demanded a thorough investigation into the arrest of an Eastern Illinois University athlete, ... Kerner Report set standard for what a serious candidate should champion
By Jesse Jackson TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist As the Democratic presidential primaries move onto Nevada, South Carolina and the many Super Tuesday states, candidates turn their attention to people of color, and particularly African ...
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