May 2022 Archive

‘Almost Like Malpractice’: To shed bias, doctors get schooled to look beyond obesity
By Lauren Sausser Contributing Writer (khn.org) — When Melissa Boughton complained to her OB-GYN about dull pelvic pain, the doctor responded by asking about her diet and exercise habits.
Racist ‘replacement’ rhetoric is deadly and Republicans must stop using it
By Ben Jealous TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist The young man who murdered 10 people in Buffalo, New York, on May 14, was out to kill Black people. He chose a grocery store because he ...
Murder
By Dr. E. Faye Williams, Esq. TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist I was shocked! I was appalled! I was infuriated by the callous attack on innocent Black people at the TOPS grocery store ...
Implicit bias
According to World Population Review, Louisiana’s maternal mortality is 58.1 per 100,000 live births, the highest in the United States and triple the United States average of 17.4 deaths per ...
No guns under 21
By Christopher Tidmore Contributing Columnist Last Tuesday, after a gunman killed nineteen children and two teachers in a Texas elementary school, Sen. Chris Murphy stood at his U.S. Senate podium and implored ...
Former La. State Police leader agrees to turn over journals
By Wesley Muller Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) — The state lawmaker leading a probe of Louisiana State Police has agreed to pause his pursuit of contempt charges against former superintendent Col. Kevin Reeves ...
Pres. Biden to Buffalo and America: ‘White supremacy will not have the last word’
By Hazel Trice Edney Contributing Writer (TriceEdneyWire.com) — As President Joe Biden stood amidst the heartbroken in Buffalo, N.Y. calling White supremacy a “poison” in the U.S., historians and scholars of America’s ...
Louisiana will do extra checks of nursing home evacuation sites before hurricane season
By Julie O’Donoghue Contributing Writer REVISED LEGISLATION WOULD PUT NURSING HOME LICENSE AT RISK OVER REJECTED STORM PLANS (lailluminator.com) — The Louisiana Department of Health is conducting additional inspection of all “unlicensed” ...
New Orleans has yet to determine use for nearly $1 million of conflicted court money
By Nick Chrastil The Lens Last November, the Orleans Parish Criminal District Court transferred more than $850,000 of bail and conviction fees paid to the court by criminal defendants over several years ...
Forensic Architecture used historic maps and aerial images to identify possible burial sites near the proposed grain elevator. Photo courtesy of Descendants Project
She warned the grain elevator would disrupt sacred Black history. They deleted her findings.
By Seth Freed Wessler ProPublica In July of 2021, a professional architectural historian named Erin Edwards delivered what she expected would be the near-final draft of a report about a contested swath ...

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