July 2022 Archive

What did we expect?
By Julianne Malveaux TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist As soon as the Supreme Court announced its decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, a decision that allowed states, not the federal government to legislate ...
We must all commit to stop seeing red
One thing is sure, Americans are in an endless loop of mourning victims of mass shootings and daily homicides. What’s not clear is how to stop seeing the red rivers ...
Lawmakers reluctant to regulate guns in La.
By Wesley Muller Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) – While some states call for stricter laws on guns in response to a wave of mass shootings this year, Louisiana saw limited action from state ...
$13M program aims to support residents in post-disaster power outages
By Ryan Whirty Contributing Writer With Entergy’s near-monopoly of power supply in New Orleans frustrating local leaders and residents with long power outages and electrical infrastructure decay, a coalition of local faith ...
Corps of Engineers scrutinizing report grain elevator company submitted for grain elevator construction site in St. John
By Joshua Rosenberg The Lens The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is questioning the validity of a “cultural resource survey” that the company behind a proposed grain elevator in St. John the ...
Appeals court rules against city in dispute over new jail building
By Charles Maldonado The Lens A three-judge panel for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit on last Thursday affirmed a lower court’s 2021 order that the city of New ...
Mardi Gras Indian suits from five different tribes line two walls at the Backstreet Cultural Museums' new Locale. Photo by Keith Hill
Backstreet Cultural Museum celebrates its ‘Grand Opening’
By Geraldine Wyckoff Contributing Writer The Backstreet Cultural Museum, “A Powerhouse of Knowledge,” will say goodbye to the old and hello to the new as it celebrates its grand reopening at 1531 ...
La.’s new solar farm rules don’t apply to most existing solar farms
By Wesley Muller Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) – A new law enacted to prevent “orphan” solar energy farms in Louisiana contains a carve-out that exempts most of the current solar farm projects in ...
NNPA and Transformative Justice Coalition announce National GOTV campaign targeting 10M more Black voters
By Stay M. Brown Contributing Writer (NNPA Newswire) – Ahead of the all-important 2022 midterm elections, reports show that more than 55 million Americans remain unregistered to vote – and about 10 ...
Genetic screening results just got harder to handle under new abortion rules
By Sara Reardon Contributing Writer (khn.org) – Ann was 15 weeks pregnant with her fourth child when the results of her prenatal genetic test came back last August. The test suggested ...

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