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Over the next ten days, seminars, profiles, films, news features, documentaries, and retrospectives of the Black Experience, black culture, and black people will be featured during the remainder of Black ... Broncos’ sale to Robert F. Smith could help NFL begin to solve race problem
By Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr. NNPA President and CEO Even before Coach Brian Flores filed a class-action lawsuit against the National Football League claiming the league discriminated against Black coaches in ... Terrorists won’t stop our HBCUs
By Congressman Kweisi Mfume Guest Columnist In order to ensure the safety of all Americans, it is essential that we reshape how we view and approach the growing threat of terror to ... GOP makes dangerous bow to Trump’s insurrectionists
By Ben Jealous Contributing Columnist The Republican National Committee (RNC) is officially letting Americans know that it is more committed to former President Donald Trump than to democracy, the rule of law, ... Cantrell moves to reverse bans on facial recognition, predictive policing and other surveillance tech
By Michael Isaac Stein The Lens At the request of Mayor LaToya Cantrell, the New Orleans City Council introduced an ordinance on Thursday to severely roll back local restrictions on law enforcement ... The Backstreet Museum finds a new home
By Geraldine Wyckoff Contributing Writer Just in time for Mardi Gras, the Backstreet Cultural Museum, “A Powerhouse of Knowledge,” has found a new place to call home in the Treme neighborhood. ... Main Street program hopes to bring commerce, development to the Lower Ninth Ward
By Ryan Whirty Contributing Writer Lower Ninth Ward resident Debra McHenry is excited to see the progress being made in her neighborhood; progress that includes the growth of the Louisiana Main Street ... La. Legislature to review handling of Ronald Greene’s death
(lailluminator.com) – A select committee of Louisiana lawmakers will be formed “to review the handling, on all levels” of Ronald Greene’s death in State Police custody, House Speaker Clay Schexnayder ... Supreme Court contenders include Black women from the South
By Billy Corriher Contributing Writer (Special from Facing South) — A Black woman will soon be nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court, as President Joe Biden prepares to fulfill a pledge to ... Two U.S. Senate committees back La.’s Shalanda Young as budget director
By Jennifer Shutt Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) — Two U.S. Senate panels voted Wednesday to send the nomination of Louisiana native Shalanda Young for White House budget director to the floor, setting up ...
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