Louisiana panel dives into medical marijuana workplace issues
By Wesley Muller Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) — With medical marijuana now available to Louisiana’s workforce, employees have raised concerns that they could be fired or face other job-related repercussions for testing positive ... Business, bank groups sue to stop CFPB’s fight against financial discrimination
By Charlene Crowell Contributing Writer On September 28, two of the nation’s largest and most influential business groups filed a lawsuit against the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and its Director ... Southern University board overturns 50-year campus ban on student protestors
By Piper Hutchinson Contributing Writer Fifty years after two students were killed during a protest over campus conditions, the Southern University Board of Supervisors has overturned a ban of students who ... Say what? Hearing aids now available over-the-counter for as low as $199, and without a prescription
By Phil Galewitz Contributing Writer (khn.org) — Consumers are now able to buy hearing aids directly off store shelves and at dramatically lower prices as a 2017 federal law finally takes effect. Louisiana Supreme Court declines to grant new trials for people still in prison on non-unanimous jury convictions
By Nick Chrastil The Lens The Louisiana Supreme Court ruled on this past Friday (October 21) that around 1,500 people still serving time in prison on split-jury verdicts are not entitled ... The Third Reconstruction: Carrying on New Orleans’ Civil Rights legacy
We are experiencing America’s Third Reconstruction. Since its birth in 1776, leadership in America has torn the nation apart three times, followed by a reconstruction (rebuilding) period. Separating fact from fiction
By David W. Marshall TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist Finding a fact-based reason to distrust the government as an institution is not difficult. When referring to conspiracies, the Tuskegee Experiment, which started in 1932 in ... Modeling the spirit of democracy
By Ben Jealous TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist Some things are unthinkable—until they happen. For Jamie Raskin, a congressman and father, the first unthinkable thing was the loss of his beloved son Tommy to suicide on ... Calling out global anti-Blackness
By Julianne Malveaux TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist In Los Angeles, City Council President Nury Martinez resigned both her Council Presidency and later her seat after someone leaked vile racist sentiments that she shared with ... Recommendations for the November 8, 2022 election
Early voting begins on October 25, providing ample opportunities to cast a ballot all the way to election day itself. It might be easy for many metro area voters ...
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