On the subject of CRT, white ‘discomfort’ and Black ‘discomfort’ are not always the same
By David W. Marshall TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist During the 1936 Berlin Summer Olympics, the United States won 56 medals, 14 by Black athletes. Jesse Owens dominated the Olympics by becoming the first person ... What’s really behind the continued silly attacks on Critical Race Theory
By Earl Ofari Hutchinson Guest Columnist They’re at it again. It is the continuing shrill attack by the GOP and the right-wing echo chamber on the strawman issue of critical race ... The half-penny reason not to spend the La. surplus
By Christopher Tidmore Contributing Writer This coming fiscal year, the Treasury of Louisiana will experience an embarrassment of riches, but it’s only temporary. Rather than save the money for a fiscal ... Trump, the MLK holiday, and the big lie
By Ben Jealous TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist Did you see how former President Donald Trump spent Martin Luther King Jr. weekend? He made one of the ugliest appeals to racial resentment and white grievance ... Derek Chauvin trial expert calls Hammond police use of force among ‘most abusive’ he’s seen
By Wes Muller Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) — One of the nation’s leading experts in police procedure told the Hammond City Council last Tuesday video of white police officers subduing a handcuffed Black ... Less than half of Louisiana K-3 students reading at or above grade level
By JC Canicosa Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) — Reading skills for more than half of Louisiana’s kindergarten through third-grade students were below grade level last fall, according to a Louisiana Department of Education ... The Charter School Experiment: A case for action
By C.C. Campbell-Rock Contributing Writer Part IV The all-Charter School Experiment in New Orleans is flawed and failed,” says Louisiana State Senator Dr. Joseph Bouie, Jr., the former chancellor of Southern University at ... Landmark $1.85 billion in relief for federal and private loan borrowers: State AGs reach settlement with nation’s largest student loan servicer
By Charlene Crowell Contributing Writer A broad coalition of state attorneys general (AGs) recently secured student loan debt cancellation and restitution against Navient, the nation’s largest student loan servicer. Pending federal court ... As Omicron surges, effort to vaccinate young children stalls
By Rachana Pradhan and Hannah Recht Contributing Writers (khn.org) — Two months after Pfizer’s covid vaccine was authorized for children ages 5 to 11, just 27 percent have received at least ... La.’s Voting System Commission weighs paper ballot option
By Wes Muller Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) — Louisiana’s Voting System Commission met Wednesday to learn about new certification standards for voting machines, part of its assigned task to upgrade the state’s outdated ...
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