‘Lookback window’ extended for child abuse survivors to file lawsuits in Louisiana
By Julie O’Donoghue Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) — Child abuse survivors may have more time as adults to file lawsuits against their perpetrators under a new law. It’s a measure meant to strengthen ... Oklahoma Supreme Court dismisses Tulsa Race Massacre survivors’ lawsuit
By Stacy M. Brown Contributing Writer (NNPA Newswire) — The Oklahoma Supreme Court dismissed a case filed by the last two remaining survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre on Wednesday, June ... NOLA Black Wall Street to host 2nd Annual Senior Car giveaway
By Fritz Esker Contributing Writer Local nonprofit NOLA Black Wall Street will be hosting its 2nd annual Senior Car Giveaway at St. Roch Park on Saturday, June 22 from noon to five. Despite push from Landry, effort to weaken state worker protections fails
By Julie O’Donoghue Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) — Louisiana lawmakers rejected a proposed constitutional amendment that would have weakened state worker protections, in spite of a final push from Gov. Jeff Landry to ... A research duel heats up, amid high-stakes decision on LNG exports
By Sara Sneath Contributing Writer (Special from DeSmog via The Lens) — Industry and academic groups have launched a research arms race to influence the U.S. Department of Energy’s decision about whether ... Minorities ‘systematically’ underrepresented in U.S. petrochemical workforce, study finds
By Terry L. Jones Contributing Writer (Special from Floodlight) — This country’s heaviest polluters also rely on a workforce that disproportionately fails to fill good-paying jobs with people of color who are ... Howard University revokes Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ honorary degree
By Stacy M. Brown Contributing Writer (NNPA Newswire) — Just days after Howard University announced it would revoke the honorary degree awarded to Sean “Diddy” Combs in 2014, additional details have emerged ... Justice Clarence Thomas acknowledges he should have disclosed free trips from billionaire donor
By Joshua Kaplan, Justin Elliot and Alex Mierjeski ProPublica Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas acknowledged for the first time in a new financial disclosure filing that he should have publicly reported two ... Daisy Bates left her mark on others!
By Dr. E. Faye Williams TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist We have not had a lot in the news lately about which we could cheer, but we’re blessed that occasionally there’s something we can call ... Byron Donalds and the myth of the broken Black family
By Keith Boykin Word In Black Contributor Black Republican Byron Donalds has come under fire for saying that “during Jim Crow, the Black family was together.”
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