July 2021 Archive

Zaila Avant-Garde holds the Scripps National Spelling Bee trophy. Photo credit: Scripps National Spelling Bee.
14-year-old Harvey girl wins Scripps National Spelling Bee
By Fritz Esker Contributing Writer Zaila Avant-garde, a 14-year-old Harvey resident, has become the first African-American child to win the Scripps National Spelling Bee.
La. has three new abortion laws: Here’s what they do
By Julie O’Donoghue Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) – Louisiana has three new laws aimed at restricting and deterring abortion. Gov. John Bel Edwards, a Democrat who opposes abortion, announced last week he signed ...
Hospital prices must now be transparent. For many consumers, they’re still anyone’s guess.
By Julie Appleby Contributing Writer (khn.org) – A colonoscopy might cost you or your insurer a few hundred dollars — or several thousand, depending on which hospital or insurer you use. ...
Are public schools a service, a right, or a business?
“Today, education is perhaps the essential function of state and local governments. Such an opportunity, where the state has undertaken to provide it, is a right that must be made ...
This anthem does not speak for me
By Julianne Malveaux TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist Frances Scott Key, author of the "Star-Spangled Banner," our “National Anthem” was a died in the wool racist. He opined that “Negroes” were a “distinct and ...
LSU to handle Title IX cases ‘from a trauma-informed perspective,’ says new Pres. William Tate
By JC Canicosa Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) – On his first day on the job, new LSU President William Tate spoke Tuesday (July 6) about the sexual misconduct scandal that has ...
SCOTUS blunts voting rights in Arizona – and potentially nationwide – in controversial ruling
By Cornell W. Clayton and Michael Ritter TheConversation.com Columnists Arizona may keep two voting laws that Republicans say protect election integrity and Democrats believe will make it harder for some residents to ...
Advocates push to change economic policy to help the underpaid
By Ryan Whirty Contributing Writer Eight days after Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards signed a bill that at the end of July will terminate the state’s payment of ...
World War II veteran Johnnie Jones shakes the hand of U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy on Saturday, June 26, 2021, during a ceremony where he was presented the Purple Heart, which is awarded to veterans wounded on the battlefield during combat. Photo courtesy of Facebook
Black veteran awarded Purple Heart 77 years after service
By Ryan Whirty Contributing Writer On June 6, 1944, Johnnie A. Jones Sr. was a warrant officer – the first African American to receive that designation in Army history – in the ...
The bullet has unseen collateral impact on the Black community
By Virgil Parker Contributing Writer (TriceEdneyWire.com) — Gun violence has had an adverse impact on the Black community, part of which is actually invisible. That’s because the impact has been both physical ...

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