October 2024 Archive

Study raises concerns about amount of lead in New Orleans water
By Fritz Esker Contributing Writer A recently released study from local nonprofit The Water Collaborative of Greater New Orleans revealed a disturbing truth: lead was in 83 percent of tested New ...
Project 2025 will assault Black people first; then everybody else
By Barrington M. Salmon Contributing Writer (TriceEdneyWire.com) — If Donald Trump becomes president again, African Americans stand to lose the most. But so do women, other Black people, brown folks and immigrants ...
City council denies permit to turn former home of Oretha Castle Haley into a museum
By John Gray Contributing Writer (Veritenews.org) — The New Orleans City Council voted to deny a conditional use permit to a woman who wanted to turn the childhood home of civil rights ...
Study uncovers disparities in post-surgical pain management for Black patients
By Stacy M. Brown Contributing Writer (NNPA Newswire) — Black patients recovering from major surgery are less likely to receive multimodal analgesia, a pain management approach proven to reduce opioid dependence, according ...
You don’t know Kamala yet?
By Dr. E. Faye Williams, Esq. (Ret.) TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist As much as Vice President Kamala Harris has shown us who she is in her lifetime through her work, some people are still ...
The voice of the voter
By David W. Marshall TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist Former President Barack Obama gave us a lot to think about concerning the Black vote, the Democratic Party, and the issue of misogyny.
NoLa Rising: GOTV efforts to save democracy
In the 20th century, the African-American community, faced with systemic barriers to voting, relied on organizations like the NAACP and SCLC to help people register to vote and march for ...
Court hears arguments in Cancer Alley school desegregation case
By Safura Syed Contributing Writer (Veritenews.org) – A federal district court in New Orleans heard arguments on Tuesday (Oct. 22) in an ongoing lawsuit against the St. John the Baptist Parish School ...
Endorsements for the Nov. 5, 2024 Elections
President & Vice President of the United States: Kamala D. Harris and Tim Walz The United States stands on the cusp of electing its second African-American president and the ...
As AI takes the helm of decision making, signs of perpetuating historic biases emerge
By Paige Gross Contributing Writer (States Newsroom) — In a recent study evaluating how chatbots make loan suggestions for mortgage applications, researchers at Pennsylvania’s Lehigh University found something stark: there was clear ...

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