March 2024 Archive

N.O. public library closes book on late fees
By Khalil Gillon Contributing Writer (Veritenews.org) — The New Orleans Public Library announced Friday (Mar. 15) that it will no longer fine patrons for late returns in an effort to make the ...
Celebrating Black women
Black women continue to shake up the nation in pursuing justice and fairness.
Black women still making history against great odds!
By Dr. E. Faye Williams TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist Listening to the news one would think Fani Willis is the criminal, but let’s get this straight. Donald Trump is the one with the 91 ...
Fudge: One in a short line of Black women Cabinet leaders
By Julianna Malveaux TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist During this Women’s History Month, the Honorable Marcia Louise Fudge announced that she will be only the second of President Biden’s original cabinet members to resign from ...
Buy a building for NOPD
New NOPD Chief Anne Kirkpatrick captured headlines two weeks ago when she exclaimed at the City Council’s crime committee meeting, “The rats eating our marijuana; they’re all high.”
No one likes to be taken for granted
By David W. Marshall TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist Realignment and transformation throughout our nation’s political landscape is not new. Our country will always be divided over who gets the political upper hand and the ...
House GOP propose budget that cuts Medicare, Social Security, and ACA
By Stacy M. Brown Contributing Writer (NNPA Newswire) — In a precursor to what life will be like under another administration led by the four-times indicted, twice-impeached former President Donald Trump, House ...
Louisiana’s toxic air is linked to low-weight and pre-term births
By Jessica Cutz, The 19TH Contributing Writer (Special from The 19th via lailluminator.com) — All three of Ashley Gaignard’s children were born preterm and at low birth weights. It was a fact ...
N.O. officials say payment problems for teen workers fixed
By Khalil Gillon Contributing Writer (Veritenews.org) — New Orleans city officials say they are making a slew of changes to ensure participants in the city’s youth workforce programs get paid for their ...
Black student-athletes urged to reconsider Florida colleges amid DEI controversy
By Stacy M. Brown Contributing Writer (NNPA Newswire) — NAACP president and CEO Derrick Johnson has called on Black student-athletes to reconsider their decisions to attend public colleges and universities in ...

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