Cannizzaro will not seek third term as NOLa DA
By Nicholas Chrastil The Lens Orleans Parish District Attorney Leon Cannizzaro won’t be running for reelection, his office announced in a press release Friday afternoon. He will retire at ... Record number of Black female candidates running for Congress
(The Griot via Defender News Service) — More than 120 Black or multi-racial Black women filed to run for congress in 2020, and many are hoping to flip red districts. ... For the greater good
Here we go again! As we watch Congressman John R. Lewis, who marched and bled for the right to vote, be honored and laid to rest, we, who are darker than ... In John Lewis’ honor, ‘Speak out for the heritage of equality and justice’ and restore the Voting Rights Act
By Marc H. Morial President/CEO, National Urban League For those of us whose work is focused on racial justice and voting rights, the Supreme Court’s 2013 decision in Shelby v. Holder, which ... Tackling the phrase, ‘I alone can do it’
A truly indispensable man never declares, “Only I can do this.” Donald Trump’s idol, Winston Churchill, might have written that he believed himself charged with a special destiny to save ... Times Three
Dr. E. Faye Williams, Esq TriceEdneyWire Columnist From my youth, I can remember many of the elders lamenting that death comes in threes. In fact, when a community suffered the ... Don’t be fooled…
Trump’s egomaniacal rants do sometimes achieve political goals, no matter the damage to the Republic, and we in the media fall prey to their trap. Trump’s naked race card play might even make Wallace blush
By Earl Ofari Hutchinson Guest Columnist Trump has only one card left to play to stay in the White House. That’s his old favorite, the race card. He’ll play it with a ... Xavier receives largest private individual donation in institution’s history
By Aviwe DuBois Contributing Writer Xavier University of Louisiana was one of six historically Black universities to receive institutional donations as part of a $1.7 billion charitable effort by philanthropist ...
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