New Orleans commemorates the “New Orleans Four” on desegregation anniversary
By Nigell Moses Contributing Writer Sixty years ago, desegregation of New Orleans public schools began with four young, African-American girls, three of whom – Leona Tate, Gail Etienne, and Tessie Prevost – ...
With increased city funding, public defenders avoid ‘worst possible outcome,’ but not out of the woods yet, New Orleans’ chief defender says
By Nicholas Chrastil The Lens Last week, public defenders, advocates and City Council President and D.A. candidate Jason Williams gathered on the steps of Orleans Parish Criminal District Court to celebrate what ... New Orleans Health Department expects to lose National Guard support for COVID response within a month
By Philip Keifer The Lens New Orleans is making preparations to lose Louisiana National Guard support for its COVID response on December 17, city Health Department officials say. The loss of the ...
Millie Charles, educator, social worker, dies
By Fritz Esker Contributing Writer Educator, social worker and civil rights activist Millie Charles died at her home on Friday, November 20. She was 97.
La. native appointed as ambassador to the UN
Linda Thomas-Greenfield spent 35 years in the U.S. Foreign Service, including assignments in Jamaica, Nigeria, Gambia, Kenya, Pakistan, Switzerland and Liberia. Not bad for a girl from Baker, La. ... Student loan debt widens racial wealth gap
By Stacy M. Brown Contributing Writer (NNPA Newswire) — President-elect Joe Biden wants to immediately erase student loan debt, a move that could prove more meaningful for African American students who, on ... David Dinkins, New York’s first and only Black Mayor, dies at 93
By Lauren Victoria Burke Contributing Writer (NNPA Newswire) — David Dinkins was the stuff of political legend in New York’s Harlem. From 1990 to 1993, Dinkins served as the 106th Mayor of ... Schools are quarantining disproportionately large numbers of students who aren’t sick
By Wesley Muller Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) — Some Louisiana public school superintendents are asking state legislators to reduce the 14-day quarantine period that is required of students who come into close contact ... Jehovah’s Witnesses initiate global campaign
By Stacy M. Brown Contributing Writer (NNPA Newswire) — With more than 150 million Americans casting their votes in the November General Election, about 1.3 million Jehovah’s Witnesses in the United States, ... The DNA of a Black woman
By Chuck Richardson TriceEdneyWire.com Guest Columnist There is something magical about a fearless, intelligent, incorruptible Black woman. A woman willing to sacrifice and face any obstacle she must for a greater cause ...
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By Nigell Moses Contributing Writer Sixty years ago, desegregation of New Orleans public schools began with four young, African-American girls, three of whom – Leona Tate, Gail Etienne, and Tessie Prevost – ...
By Nicholas Chrastil The Lens Last week, public defenders, advocates and City Council President and D.A. candidate Jason Williams gathered on the steps of Orleans Parish Criminal District Court to celebrate what ... New Orleans Health Department expects to lose National Guard support for COVID response within a month
By Philip Keifer The Lens New Orleans is making preparations to lose Louisiana National Guard support for its COVID response on December 17, city Health Department officials say. The loss of the ...
By Fritz Esker Contributing Writer Educator, social worker and civil rights activist Millie Charles died at her home on Friday, November 20. She was 97.
Linda Thomas-Greenfield spent 35 years in the U.S. Foreign Service, including assignments in Jamaica, Nigeria, Gambia, Kenya, Pakistan, Switzerland and Liberia. Not bad for a girl from Baker, La. ... Student loan debt widens racial wealth gap
By Stacy M. Brown Contributing Writer (NNPA Newswire) — President-elect Joe Biden wants to immediately erase student loan debt, a move that could prove more meaningful for African American students who, on ... David Dinkins, New York’s first and only Black Mayor, dies at 93
By Lauren Victoria Burke Contributing Writer (NNPA Newswire) — David Dinkins was the stuff of political legend in New York’s Harlem. From 1990 to 1993, Dinkins served as the 106th Mayor of ... Schools are quarantining disproportionately large numbers of students who aren’t sick
By Wesley Muller Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) — Some Louisiana public school superintendents are asking state legislators to reduce the 14-day quarantine period that is required of students who come into close contact ... Jehovah’s Witnesses initiate global campaign
By Stacy M. Brown Contributing Writer (NNPA Newswire) — With more than 150 million Americans casting their votes in the November General Election, about 1.3 million Jehovah’s Witnesses in the United States, ... The DNA of a Black woman
By Chuck Richardson TriceEdneyWire.com Guest Columnist There is something magical about a fearless, intelligent, incorruptible Black woman. A woman willing to sacrifice and face any obstacle she must for a greater cause ...
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