May 2022 Archive
By Billy Corriher Contributing Writer (Special from Facing South) — The Senate Judiciary Committee held a confirmation hearing on April 27 for five women of color nominated to federal judgeships, including Nancy ... Negro League star Gerald Sazon celebrates 86th birthday
By Ryan Whirty Contributing Writer The sounds of baseball are part of what makes America’s pastime so unique, and for those who love the game, the sounds become indelibly seared into one’s ... NEPA restoration buoys Gulf Coast environmentalists’ fight against Big Gas
By Makaelah Walters Contributing Writer (Special from Facing South) — When Congress passed the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 in response to public outrage over ecological disasters ranging from oil spills ... A woman’s world too!
By Dr. E. Faye Williams, Esq. TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist Margaret Mitchell’s famous/infamous heroine/villainess (you choose) of Gone With the Wind, Scarlett O’Hara, offered two memorable thoughts which she applied to her own circumstance. Pay Attention Roe v. Wade and the far right’s extreme plans
By Ben Jealous TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist Things are about to get worse for millions of vulnerable people in our country. Our disappearing rights
By Julianne Malveaux TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist When the Supreme Court overturned Section Five of the Voting Rights Act, it struck a blow to voting rights. No longer did states with a history ... We need a 21st-Century Freedom Summer! Here’s why
As we approach the 58th Anniversary of “Freedom Summer,” which took place in Mississippi from June 14, 1964, to August 20, 1964, America’s Black communities should commemorate and pay homage ... Forget new Baton Rouge bridge, its better to link BR and NOLa.
By Christopher Tidmore Contributing Columnist This week, Gov. John Bel Edwards will make his final push to sequester $500 million of surplus funds as a down payment towards a new Mississippi ... Lawmakers seek contempt charge for former State Police leader in Ronald Greene case
By Wesley Muller Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) — Lawmakers investigating the death of Ronald Greene in Louisiana State Police custody advanced a resolution Wednesday to hold the agency’s former leader in contempt of ... Susan Hutson sworn in as sheriff
By Nick Chrastil The Lens On the evening of Monday, May 2, nearly five months after defeating long-time incumbent Marlin Gusman in a runoff election, Susan Hutson was inaugurated as Orleans Parish ...
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