September 2020 Archive

Trump makes Black lives matter the perfect fall guy
By Earl Ofari Hutchinson Guest Columnist Trump’s almost standard harangue of Black Lives Matter as “violent” and even bad for Black people, could almost be shrugged off except for two other occurrences ...
Open season
By Dr. E. Faye Williams, Esq. TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist I read with interest that our neighbors directly to the south, in Virginia, were experiencing an uptick in the numbers and presence of coyotes. ...
Needed: All Black police officers in inner-city neighborhoods
By A. Peter Bailey TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist In a 1992 column written for the Richmond Free Press, I wrote, “Someone should tell young black males who are killing each other with such deadly ...
The Louisiana Weekly celebrates 95 years of civil rights reporting
By Ryan Whirty Contributing Writer Right from the outset, the publication that would become The Louisiana Weekly newspaper established and set in writing the philosophy under which it would operate.
Adults delaying conversations about race with children, according to report
By Meghan Holmes Contributing Writer New research published in the Journal of Experimental Psychology shows that adults delay conversations about race with children due to a lack of knowledge of their development, ...
A burning chemical plant may be just the tip of Laura’s damage in this area of oil fields and industry
By John Pardue TheConversation.com Columnist Hurricane Laura plowed through the heart of Louisiana’s oil and chemical industries as a powerful Category 4 storm, leaving a chlorine plant on fire and the potential ...
Breaking the law
To vote early and often was supposed to be a Louisiana political joke. It was up there with an old adage often quipped by Senator Russell Long, who expressed ...
COVID + Influenza: This is a good year to get a flu shot, experts advise
By Julie Appleby and Michelle Andrews Contributing Writers (Special from khn.org) — Flu season will look different this year, as the country grapples with a coronavirus pandemic that has killed more than ...
Howard University community mourns Chadwick Boseman
By Michael Burgess II Contributing Writer (Special to the Trice Edney News Wire from the Howard University News Service) — While many were getting ready for bed or looking forward to a ...
In the spirit of unity
The Jefferson Parish City Council unanimously approved a resolution last Tuesday urging Gov. John Bel Edwards to allow parishes that meet coronavirus benchmarks to open ahead of others that fail ...

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