January 2021 Archive
An Analysis By C.C. Campbell-Rock Contributing Writer As the nation and the world commemorates the 92nd anniversary of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birth (January 15, 1929), an analysis of his ... New Orleans City Council rejects multimillion-dollar Folgers tax breaks
By Michael Isaac Stein The Lens The New Orleans City Council voted unanimously on last Thursday to reject four multi-million dollar property tax breaks for Folgers Coffee Company. The rejections come a ... La. Attorney General Jeff Landry declines to join other AGs in singling out US Capitol attack for condemnation
By Wesley Muller Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) — Attorney General Jeff Landry declined to sign a letter 50 other state attorneys general sent to the U.S. Department of Justice Tuesday condemning the right-wing ... Gen. Russel Honoré to investigate security failures at US Capitol
By Wesley Muller and Jarvis DeBerry Contributing Writers (lailluminator.com) — Lt. Gen. Russel Honoré (U.S. Army – Ret.) was appointed to a commission that will investigate security failures during the Jan. 6 ... Feds tell states to give COVID-19 vaccine to anyone over 65 in bid to speed rollout
By Laura Olson Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) — The Trump administration on Tuesday directed state officials to expand who is getting vaccinated for COVID-19, and announced that all available doses will be distributed ... Rental assistance in COVID-19 relief package ‘about a third of what Louisiana actually needs,’ says housing advocacy group
By JC Canicosa Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) — The COVID-19 relief package passed by Congress at the end of 2020 extended rental assistance to people struggling to stay in their homes during the ... Advocates discuss just how safe is the right to vote in America?
By Jenny Manrique Contributing Writer (Ethnic News Media) — Despite historic voter turnouts on November 3 and January 5 in Georgia, voting rights advocates warn that last week’s assault on the Capitol ... While voting barriers persist, activists urge to include the right to vote in the Constitution
By Jenny Manrique Contributing Writer (Ethnic News Media) — The angry mob of white supremacists supporters of Donald Trump who took the Capitol as an affront to the victory at the polls ... Past time to remember thousands displaced and left behind by Hurricanes Laura and Delta
By Bill Quigley Contributing Writer Four and a half months after two hurricanes ripped apart Louisiana, tens of thousands of people are still suffering. While the national election has ... The Capitol riots and a tale of two US Government coup attempts
By Stacy M. Brown Contributing Writer (NNPA Newswire) — A group of white vigilantes – angry and fearful over the newly elected government – joined forces with area militias to rain terror.
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