WH initiative celebrates 10th Anniversary with diverse 2024 HBCU cohort

By Stacy M. Brown Contributing Writer (NNPA Newswire) — The White House Initiative on Advancing Educational Equity, Excellence, and Economic Opportunity through Historically Black Colleges

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Study: Undocumented immigrants in La. paid $181M in taxes

By Casey Quinlan Contributing Writer (States Newsroom) — A new study shows that undocumented immigrants paid nearly $100 billion in federal, state and local tax

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The stark differences between wind and oil industry accidents
By Wesley Muller Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) — Two recent accidents in the energy sector – an oil spill in Louisiana and a wind turbine failure in New England – have generated starkly ... HBCU med schools are gifted $600M
By Stacy M. Brown Contributing Writer (NNPA Newswire) — In a monumental move to address the underrepresentation of Black physicians in the United States, Bloomberg Philanthropies has announced a $600 million donation ... New Louisiana law serves as a warning to bystanders who film police
By Richard A. Webster Contributing Writer Editor’s Note: This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with Verite News. (VeriteNews.org) — Four years before a Minneapolis police officer ... Local nonprofit offers free lead testing, water filters for New Orleans residents
By Safura Syed Contributing Writer (VeriteNews.org) — The Water Collaborative of Greater New Orleans is offering free lead and copper testing to Orleans Parish residents to help them find out how ... Lafayette coroner will take over sexual assault exams from nonprofit
By Julie O’Donoghue Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) — Lafayette Parish Coroner Dr. Ken Odinet’s office will take over performing forensic exams on sexual assault victims starting next year. The change comes after a ... Advocates tour Louisiana to register voters, educate citizens on voting rights
By John Gray Contributing Writer (VeriteNews.org) — A Louisiana voting rights advocacy group is touring the state this summer to register Black voters and educate residents on their voting rights in order ... Fields faces runoff challenge in new Black-majority LA 6th
By Christopher Tidmore Contributing Writer The 6th District congressional race is Cleo Fields’ to lose this autumn, yet Republicans nonetheless hope that low turnout in the December runoff might give former GOP ... Trump’s chilling rally confirms his plans for dictatorship
By Stacy M. Brown Contributing Writer (NNPA Newswire) — In a series of alarming rallies, former President Donald Trump has made his intentions clear, signaling plans that many critics describe as dictatorial. ...
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