June 2022 Archive
Aulston Taylor, a 1998 graduate of St. Augustine High School, has been named president and CEO of his alma mater. Pride, prejudice, and power
By Ben Jealous TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist June is Pride month in the United States. In big cities and small communities, LGBTQ+ people and their friends, families, and allies will celebrate freedom and progress ... The colossal stakes in the SCOTUS scrap of Roe
By Earl Ofari Hutchinson Guest Columnist Ever since the almost certain deliberate leak of the memo laying out the SCOTUS conservative majority’s reasoning for scrapping Roe v. Wade, there has been non-stop ... Black Buffalo is hurting from more than the massacre
By Julianne Malveaux TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist I was invited to join folks from Black Lives Matter to meet some of the affected in Buffalo, New York, people who have been traumatized y the ... Insidious oppression
By Dr. E. Faye Williams, Esq. TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist In past articles, I have frequently referred to the subject of “Maslow’s Theory of the Hierarchy of Needs.” In my opinion, it is ... Juneteenth celebrates our independence
On June 19, 1865, about two months after the Confederate general Robert E. Lee surrendered at Appomattox, Va., Gordon Granger, a Union general, arrived in Galveston, Texas, to inform enslaved ... Audit: Teachers in New Orleans are less likely to be certified
By Marta Jewson The Lens Teachers in Orleans Parish are over four times more likely to be uncertified than teachers throughout Louisiana, according to a recent report from the Louisiana Legislative Auditor. Despite years of payments, Black student loan balances go up – not down
By Charlene Crowell Contributing Writer Over half of federal loan debt held by borrowers with a net worth less than $6,370 With every passing day, urgency grows to cancel the nation’s $1.7 trillion ... Pres. Biden signs landmark police reform executive order
By Stacy M. Brown Contributing Writer (NNPA Newswire) — President Joe Biden signed an executive order on police reform that he hopes will help prevent excessive use of force and encourage officers ... La. loosens licensing requirements for plumbers, contractors
By Wesley Muller Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) — The Louisiana Legislature approved a bill last Thursday that would give full statewide licensure to plumbers currently restricted to working in a certain parish or ...
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