AT&T Dream in Black recognizes 2022 HBCU rising future makers
By Liza Montgomery Contributing Writer AT&T Dream in Black awarded 25 honorees from its second Rising Future Markers Class. The 2022 class recognizes students, all from Historically Black Colleges and Universities, ... tWitch shattered the myth of Black suicides
By Earl Ofari Hutchinson Guest Columnist One of legendary comedian and social activist Dick Gregory’s off told jokes about Blacks and suicide went like this. "Whites when they want to do away ... Far-Right school board candidates: ‘We’ll be back’
By Ben Jealous TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist Back in August, I wrote that getting “back-to-school” this year would also mean getting back to fighting far-right attacks on education. The threats included a rising ... New Year’s resolutions for our elected officials
The song, “Auld lang syne” is often sung by New Year’s celebrants. The phrase “auld lang syne” roughly translates as “for old times’ sake.’” Another verse says, “We’ll take a ... Stop normalizing anti-Blackness
By Julianne Malveaux TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist Autumn Robeson Monahan is a 17-year-old Black girl attending high school in Slaton, Texas. The senior, who transferred to Slaton High School when her parents relocated ... The price we pay for political cowards
By David W. Marshall TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist We are just weeks away from the end of the 117th Congress, and with it comes the transfer of the gavel from Nancy Pelosi to the ... Capt. Michelle Woodfork chosen as interim NOPD Superintendent by Mayor Cantrell
By Christopher Tidmore Contributing Writer Last Tuesday (December 20), New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell announced that new leadership would be stepping in to take the reins of the New Orleans Police Department. Louisiana imposes new nursing homes evacuation rules in wake of Bob Dean scandal
By Julie O’Donoghue Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) — Louisiana issued long-awaited, new evacuation rules for nursing homes last month, over a year after the disastrous evacuation of seven homes by owner Bob Dean ... New funding arises to eliminate medical debt for NOLa. residents
By Meghan Holmes Contributing Writer New Orleans residents could soon see around $130 million in medical debt erased, as a collaboration between the New Orleans City Council and a national nonprofit called ... ‘Bounce to Zero’ campaign aims to end HIV epidemic in New Orleans
By Ryan Whirty Contributing Writer Ronald Thomas was diagnosed with HIV 37 years ago, and it’s been a long, bumpy journey since then to reach a place of physical health and inner ...
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