Get ready for Donald Trump’s shadow government
By Jesse Jackson TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist Leave it to Donald Trump to run brazen subversion — refusal to accept the decision of the voters in the presidential election — as a clown show, ... Delay Mardi Gras to Easter or possibly the Fourth of July
By Christopher Tidmore Contributing Columnist Shrove Tuesday, traditionally the last day to feast upon meat before the advent of Lent, grew into a festival of such Bacchanalian scope that it came to ... Knowledge is power: We need to know what we don’t know
Black Americans know that the education levels playing field and generation after generation in Black communities have passed down this knowledge and urged their offspring to secure the highest education ... Blacks should forget the conspiracy stuff when it comes to a COVID vaccination
By Earl Ofari Hutchinson Guest Columnist In an informal poll on my Facebook page. I asked, “Now that there’s the likelihood of a COVID vaccine soon will you get vaccinated?” There were ... The state of Louisiana lags in human development and well-being, according to a new report
By Ryan Whirty Contributing Writer Despite some progress since a similar study in 2009, a new report by Measure of America found that the state of Louisiana – and especially people of ... ‘Every single one’ of Louisiana’s hospitals at risk of overflow
By Wesley Muller Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) — Gov. John Bel Edwards expressed deep concern Thursday about the continuous increase in COVID-19 hospitalizations across Louisiana, which have climbed by nearly 30 percent over ... Report: 80 percent of people still in prison on non-unanimous jury verdicts are Black
By Nicholas Chrastil The Lens Two years after Louisiana residents voted to end non-unanimous jury verdicts, and six months after the U.S. Supreme Court found them unconstitutional, more than 1,500 people convicted ... New Orleans City Council approves ‘somber budget’ for 2021
By Michael Isaac Stein The Lens The New Orleans City Council formally adopted a $1.14 billion city budget for 2021 on Thursday after seven days of department by department hearings. Those hearings, ... Amid pandemic, students of color call out for health justice
By Ryan Whirty Contributing Writer American society needs to take ownership of the health problems facing people of color if it wants to find solutions to the medical crises caused by COVID-19 ... Gov. Edwards vetoes oil and gas tax break from special session
By Julie O'Donoghue Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) — Gov. John Bel Edwards vetoed Wednesday an oil and gas industry tax break passed by the Louisiana Legislature that would cost the ...
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