Proposed federal rule would lower credit card late fees
By Casey Quinlan Contributing Writer Louisiana residents have among the highest average late fees in U.S. (lailluminator.com) — As Americans continue to struggle with high credit card rates, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ... La. Legislature is quietly sitting on $106 million in reserve funding
By Julie O’Donoghue Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) – The Louisiana Legislature ended its last budget cycle June 30 with $106.5 million worth of reserve funding, according to audits the Legislative Auditor recently released. Survey of the South finds ‘shift’ on race issues
By Wesley Muller Contributing Writer A recent survey of 1,800 Southerners found that 74 percent believe the United States should offer some form of reparations to African Americans for harm caused by ... After Veteran’s Administration rejected payment for his cancer treatment, Black veteran credits HBCU for saving his life
By Hazel Trice Edney Contributing Writer (TriceEdneyWire.com) — The benefits of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) are well known by those who enroll in them, support them or otherwise associate with ... Carnival of fools schedule Saturday’s District 93 contest
By Christopher Tidmore Contributing Columnist What would happen if Louisiana held an election, and nobody came out to vote? Thanks to Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin’s decision to schedule the special election for ... Hurts and Mahomes don’t cancel out the NFL’s sordid treatment of Black quarterbacks
By Earl Ofari Hutchinson Guest Columnist There is a good reason for the euphoria legions of Blacks feel and express about the historic first of two African-American quarterbacks, Patrick Mahomes and Jalen ... Divisions set in concrete and pavement
By Ben Jealous TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist The racial divisions that have split our country for centuries don’t just live in people’s hearts and heads. Some of them exist in concrete and pavement running ... We cannot accept mass murder
By Jesse Jackson TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist Once more the horror. Three mass shootings in California – 11 killed at a ballroom dance hall in Monterey Park, seven killed at Half Moon Bay, and ... Our challenge during Black History Month: Resistance to ignorance
By Julianne Malveaux TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist Each year the Association for the Study of African American Life and History sets a theme for Black History Month. This year the theme is Black Resistance. ... And still they rise… courageous Black women
President Joseph R. Biden’s initial campaign theme, “Fighting for the Soul of America,” encapsulates the battle Black Women have waged since the founding of the United States of America.
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