June 2020 Archive

Rename the Parkway
Dr. Norman C. Francis lived here. Confederate President Jefferson Davis merely died here. In the discussion to rename the picturesque, bicycle-pathed ...
If you’ve lost your health plan in the COVID crisis, you’ve got options
By Julie Appleby Contributing Writer (Special from khn.org) — The coronavirus pandemic — and the economic fallout that has come with it — boosted health insurance enrollment counselor Mark Van Arnam’s workload. ...
When a doctor no longer accepts Medicare, patients left holding the bag
By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez Contributing Writer (Special from khn.org) — Pneumonia. Heart problems. High cholesterol. Betsy Carrier, 71, and her husband, Don Resnikoff, 79, relied on their primary care doctor in Montgomery ...
A silver lining to a slap in the face
By Julianne Malveaux TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist The President of the United States hit a new low when he used the military to clear D.C.’s Lafayette Park of citizens. They were exercising their First ...
Bring them down
By Dr. E. Faye Williams, Esq TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist The aftermath and on going circumstances of the murder of George Floyd have given each of us reasons to give focused thought to the ...
Bro. Malcolm’s message to ‘sincere whites’
By A. Peter Bailey TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist Many people, Black and white, are slapping high fives and shouting hallelujah over the sizeable number of whites marching to protest the brutal ...
Too many African-American children are born in shackles
By Jesse Jackson TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist “I can’t breathe,” pled George Floyd in Minneapolis and Erik Garner in New York City and Javier Ambler in Austin, Texas, before police killed them. ...
Urban League, ACLU call for police, criminal justice reform
By Ryan Whirty Contributing Writer Participants in an online webinar sponsored by the Urban League of Louisiana about police reform on June 16 said that any overhaul of the law enforcement system ...
Should the NOPD be defunded?
Republicans’ hair is on fire at the very notion of the prospect of defunding police departments. Protesters worldwide who are protesting the murder of George Floyd are calling for ...
LAFON BOYS HOME photo provided by AbandonedSoutheast.com
Lafon Boys Home slated for demolition
By C.C. Campbell-Rock Contributing Writer There is a place in time when Black orphaned boys and girls in Louisiana were homeless but seeing their plight, the Sisters of the Holy Family provided ...

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