September 2024 Archive

Harris campaign reacts to Louisiana hospitals pulling life-saving drug from post-delivery access
By Lorena O’Neil Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) — The campaign of Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris has waded into Louisiana’s reproductive health debate, criticizing Republican Donald Trump for restrictive policies that states have ...
University faculty in the South increasingly worried about political climate, survey shows
By Piper Hutchinson Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) — A survey of higher education faculty in the South found that professors are increasingly worried about political interference in higher education, with 80 percent of ...
Doctors grapple with how to save women’s lives amid ‘confusion and angst’ over new La. law
By Lorena O’Neil Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) — When a woman starts bleeding out after labor, every second matters. But soon, under a new state law, Louisiana doctors might not be able to ...
To bring insurance companies back to La., some suggest tackling it as a federal issue
By Delaney Dryfoos, The Lens, and Eva Tesfaye, WWNO Three years after Hurricane Ida made landfall in southern Louisiana, many homeowners are still struggling to afford the cost to insure their ...
Abandoned babies and the mother’s emotional health
By David W. Marshall TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist During the crack epidemic of the ’80s and ’90s, children exposed to crack cocaine before birth were often referred to as “crack babies.”
Boys to men or men to boys?
By Dr. E. Faye Williams, Esq. TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist Years ago, the rule was boys being taught to be men. Donald Trump and J.D. Vance have got it backwards. With their childish ...
Project 2025: A Trump platform to curtail worker protections
At a gathering of the International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF), which is part of the hugely influential AFL-CIO, GOP vice presidential candidate J.D. Vance declared, “President Trump and I ...
We pay tribute to Mrs. Sybil Haydel Morial
Sybil Haydel Morial passed away on September 4, 2024, at the age of 91. She will be sorely missed.
Grambling installs youngest HBCU President
By Fritz Esker Contributing Writer Grambling State University honored its new president, Dr. Martin Lemelle Jr., in an investiture ceremony on campus on September 6.
Gov. Landry bans teaching of critical race theory in schools
By Piper Hutchinson Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) — Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry issued an executive order on Tuesday (Aug. 27) prohibiting the teaching of critical race theory in Louisiana K-12 public schools.

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