Southwest Louisiana residents split on political redistricting
By Rachel Mipro Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) — Southwest Louisiana residents were divided over keeping their congressional district intact at Wednesday’s public hearing on political redistricting in Lake Charles. Hbcu Alumni Samuel L. Jackson and wife Latanya make largest aumni donation to Spelman College
By Atiya Jordan Contributing Writer (Special from Black Enterprise) — HBCU Spelman College’s John D. Rockefeller Fine Arts building has a long history of investing in its students and helping to launch ... After momentary ‘release,’ Angola prisoner Bobby Sneed rearrested and put in local jail
By Nick Chrastil The Lens Bobby Sneed, the Louisiana prisoner who appeared to have won his freedom this month after suing the state parole board, was technically released from Louisiana State Penitentiary ... FCC should adopt rule change empowering Minority-owned Media businesses
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr., President/CEO, NNPA Whenever I have had the responsibility during the past six decades to weigh in on a vital civil rights issue on behalf of Black ... A time gone by
By Dr. E. Faye Williams TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist As I write, the nation is preparing to lay Bob Dole, one of the “old breed” of Republican politicians, to rest. Although there was ... Why Stacey Abrams is important for Georgia and our democracy
By Ben Jealous TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist You know the old game, two truths and a lie? Here are two truths and a lie about Georgia and Stacey Abrams, who recently announced that she’s ... Homicides every week is not normal
December 2021 arrived with a bang. And not in a good way. Murderers took the lives of seven people during the first week of December for a total of 193 ... NOLa. Public School students 5 and up must be vaccinated by Feb. 1
By Marta Jewson The Lens The NOLA Public Schools district will require students five years of age and older to get both doses of the COVID-19 vaccine by Feb. 1. School officials ... Fund is launched to support post-disaster rental rebuilds
By Ryan Whirty Contributing Writer After Louisiana has endured powerful, destructive hurricanes and floods practically on a yearly basis, rental-property owners in the storm-ravaged Pelican State will now be eligible for up ... After Louisiana Supreme Court decision, judge again orders Bobby Sneed released
By Nicholas Chrastil The Lens A Baton Rouge judge on Thursday (December 9) ordered long-time state prisoner Bobby Sneed released from prison, the second release order the judge has issued in Sneed’s ...
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