December 2023 Archive

Southern receives grant to pursue top research designation
By Piper Hutchinson Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) — Southern University has been awarded a grant from the U.S. Department of Education to pursue a prestigious research designation that no Historically Black College and ...
FDA approves groundbreaking cell-based gene therapies for Sickle Cell Disease
By Stacy M. Brown Contributing Writer (NNPA Newswire) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has greenlit two revolutionary cell-based gene therapies, Casgevy and Lyfgenia, marking a significant leap forward in ...
As Ivy presidents falter under pressure, LSU’s president has different approach to campus speech
By Piper Hutchinson Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) — While presidents of Ivy League universities are in the spotlight for their comments on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, LSU President William Tate has a different philosophy: ...
Harvard President retains position amidst controversy
(NNPA Newswire) — Harvard President Claudine Gay will continue in her position despite increasing criticism and demands for her removal, considering her recent testimony on antisemitism; the university’s highest governing ...
As millions prepare for the joys of Christmas, some recall the pain of Jonestown 45 years later. “The pain never goes away,” said woman who lost her mother.
By Hamil R. Harris Contributing Writer (TriceEdneyWire.com) — It’s been more than 45 years since Jim Jones forced more than 900 people to poison themselves in a mass suicide in Jonestown, Guinea. ...
Largest US Credit Union scrutinized over significant gaps between approval rates for white and Black borrowers
By Stacy M. Brown Contributing Writer (NNPA Newswire) — Navy Federal Credit Union, the largest credit union in the United States, is under fire for exhibiting the most substantial racial disparities in ...
With pipeline growth booming, the US agency in charge of safety struggles to keep up
By Jacob Fischler Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) — The pipeline industry added thousands of miles of natural gas, crude oil and carbon dioxide pipelines to the national network in recent years. But the ...
5th Circuit denies Louisiana’s appeal in congressional redistricting case
By Wesley Muller Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) — In Louisiana’s congressional redistricting case, the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday denied the state’s petition to try to halt the lawsuit based ...
If failure is not an option, why do we continue to fail our students
The rash of state takeovers of public schools washed across the nation in the late 1990s, backed by the big lie that urban schools were failing students and not sufficiently ...
Unemployment and Inflation rates are falling. Why aren’t we celebrating?
By Julianne Malveaux TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist For all of 2023, overall unemployment have been below four percent. These rates are lower than they have been for 50 years. People should be ...

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