La.’s HIV prevention efforts making national headlines
By Meghan Holmes Contributing Writer Recent efforts on the part of the Louisiana Department of Public Health to reduce HIV rates around the state are receiving national media coverage, particularly the department’s ... Little girls that left giant footprints in N.O.
By Edmund Lewis Contributing Writer Even today, it is easier to imagine little Black girls jumping rope or playing with dolls than it is to picture them strutting onto a dangerous battlefield ... New York DA re-opens investigation into the assassination of Malcolm X
(BlackmansStreet.Today) — Cyrus Vance Jr., the Manhattan District Attorney, has agreed to review the conviction of Muhammad Abdul Aziz, who was arrested, convicted and sentenced to life in prison for ... Report: Census readiness is behind schedule
By Mark Hedin Contributing Writer (Ethnic Media Services) — In a Feb. 12 Capitol Hill hearing that stretched more than three hours, Census Bureau Director Steven Dillingham updated the 2020 effort and ... The 2020 debutantes of the Zulu Social Aid & Pleasure Club
For thirty-one young ladies, life-long thoughts, dreams and imagination surrounding Carnival Season became live and “in living color” when they made their debuts at the 2020 Zulu Coronation Ball on ... The Democrats have a Catch 22 Black problem
By Earl Ofari Hutchinson Guest Columnist The Democratic presidential candidates have a Catch 22 problem. They have no chance of ousting Trump from the Oval Office without a massive turnout of Black ... Trump pardoned his cellmate but Rufus Rochell remains in federal prison
By Stacy M. Brown Contributing Writer (NNPA Newswire) — To paraphrase the theme song from the “Fresh Prince of Bel-Air,” this is the story of how Rufus Rochell’s life was turned upside ... Trump’s 2021 budget reflects his values
By Julianne Malveaux TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist If you tell me how you spend your money, I can tell you what your values are. You say you are a Christian but neither tithe nor ... Waste not, want not
Louisiana state and local governments wasted or missed out on a combined $642 million in 2019, according to the state legislative auditor’s year-end report released the week of Feb. 17. ... White supremacists branch out to drug and gun trafficking
(BlackmansStreet.Today) — Sixty-four members of white supremacist gangs, also deeply involved in illegal drug trafficking and the violence associated with supporting the criminal enterprise, have been convicted and sentenced to ...
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