‘We all deserve to keep our children’: Grandmother calls attention to La.’s high infant, maternal mortality rates
By JC Canicosa Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) — Argarette Weatherspoon-Collins told the Louisiana Senate Committee on Health and Welfare Wednesday (April 14) that her daughter Jessica, then six months pregnant, went to see ... Biden’s promise to diversify the courts
By Ben Jealous TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist People who care about equal justice under the law should be very happy about President Joe Biden’s first set of judicial nominees. I am especially excited ... Bill to streamline sales tax collections in Louisiana clears first hurdle
By Wesley Muller Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) — The Louisiana House Ways and Means Committee advanced a bill Tuesday that would create a centralized state agency to streamline sales tax collections in the ... Congressional panel splits on regulation of ‘orphaned’ oil and gas wells
By Jacob Fischler Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) — Members of a U.S. House Natural Resources panel agreed last Thursday on the need to clean up and cap abandoned oil and gas wells, but ... Derek Chauvin trial: 3 questions America needs to ask about seeking racial justice in a court of law
By Lewis R. Gordon TheConversation.com Columnist There is a difference between enforcing the law and being the law. The world is now witnessing another in a long history of struggles for racial ... Does SCOTUS sound ready to pay student athletes?
By Lauren Victoria Burke Contributing Writer (NNPA Newsire) — U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh called the NCAA’s practices “disturbing.” “The antitrust laws should not be a cover for ... Five years after his death, new music arrives from Prince
By Stacy M. Brown Contributing Writer (NNPA Newswire) — Five years after his sudden death, the icon Prince’s estate is releasing brand new music that is sure to excite his still loyal ... George Floyd Justice in Policing Act would set smart national standards for police behavior
By Jesse Jackson TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist Even as Derek Chauvin is on trial for the murder of George Floyd, police 10 miles away fatally shot an African-American man, Duante Wright, after pulling ... Knock at the door
By Dr. E. Faye Williams TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist There’s no doubt that there are faults and flaws in the American system of democracy. When I taught, my students learned that American Democracy ... Louisiana could lose sporting events, conventions if transgender restrictions are approved
By Julie O’Donoghue Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) — Leaders in Louisiana’s tourism industry — particularly those centered on New Orleans — said the restrictions on transgender people currently under consideration in the state ...
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