Elijah McClain’s death shows us that public pressure can never end
By David W. Marshall TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist On the day that Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser (D) announced a 32-count indictment in the death of Elijah McClain, a 23-year-old Black man from Aurora, ... Lessons from the March on Washington: The Value of Allyship
By Dr. Keith Magee TriceEdneyWire.com Guest Columnist The last weekend in August was the 58th anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. As many Americans reflected on the significance ... Why so many Americans still believe 9/11 was a conspiracy
By Earl Ofari Hutchinson Guest Columnist The two decades since the hijacked 747s rammed into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon hasn’t changed one thing. Millions of Americans still fervently believe ... Believe it!
By Dr. E. Faye Williams TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist Unquestionably, Maya Angelou’s most famous quote is: “If someone tells you who they are, believe them the first time.”  Current events lead one to seriously ... Build a surge barrier
By Christopher Tidmore Contributing Columnist Metro New Orleans got lucky with Hurricane Ida. That’s a heck of a claim to make when many readers of The Louisiana Weekly went as much as ... Hell hath no fury…
Just like the so-called “religious right” majority in the Republican Party, Texas Governor Gregg Abbott pimps “God” to justify unconstitutional acts like the most restrictive abortion ban Abbott signed ... FEMA ends policy that denies Blacks disaster relief funds
(Special from the defendernetwork.com) — The Federal Emergency Management Agency says it will end a policy that prevented many Black families from securing federal relief funds after natural disasters such ... Infrastructure bill a boon for Black businesses, says Rep. Carter
By Ryan Whirty Contributing Writer As Congress goes back and forth about President Biden’s proposed infrastructure initiative, U.S. Rep. Troy Carter, D-Louisiana, said the passage of the $1 trillion proposal would be ... Hurricane Ida interrupts fall semester for many La. universities
By JC Canicosa Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) – Univer-sities in southeast Louisiana put their fall semester on pause after Hurricane Ida devastated the region last weekend, leaving the vast majority of the ... Vaccine effectiveness declines overall, but still remains strong in preventing hospitalization
Stacy M. Brown Contributing Writer (NNPA Newswire) – In a blunt – perhaps troubling – assessment about the need for a third vaccine shot, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. ...
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