Charisse JonesUSA TODAYhttps://imasdk.googleapis.com/js/core/bridge3.435.0_en.html#goog_978138837 A key pledge in President Joe Biden’s plan to build the nation “back better’’ is to be bolder in addressing the systemic racism that has hindered the…
Year: 2021
CITY MOURNS THE LOSS OF A COMMUNITY ACTIVIST
LLOYD EDISON LAZARD’S SERVICES SET NEW ORLEANS—Lloyd Edison Lazard’s Celebration of Life Service will be held Friday, January 22, 2021 at Littlejohn Funeral Home, 2163 Aubry Street in New…
Boys in the hood
An Editorial by Professor Blair D. Condoll, JD At first glance one might mistake this article as having something to do with the 1991 Blockbuster film “Boyz on the Hood…
Monument to segregationist E.D. White should be removed, not placed next to Chief Justice Bernette Johnson’s museum
By Guest Contributor Guest column by Okyeame Haley On Saturday, Jan 2., in true pandemic fashion, admirers of Chief Justice Bernette Joshua Johnson drove around the Louisiana Supreme Court building in…
NEW YEAR, NEW FOCUS!
by Jordan Rock For the bulk of 2020, I’ve been keeping up with the news cycle and telling you how I feel about it. I don’t know if you noticed,…
LA CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION GUILTY OF TRYING TO OVERTURN ELECTION RESULTS
BY DISENFRANCHISING BLACK VOTERS: WHAT SHOULD BE DONE TO THEM? by C.C. Campbell-Rock In his final House floor speech before joining President-Elect Joe Biden’s administration as Senior Advisor, New Orleans…
Eight Ugly Truths of Life That Are Worth Embracing
The key to growth comes with accepting the darker side of the future. by Sean Kernan I was drunk with false expectations. Adulthood ambushed me. I felt like a porcupine…
5 Types of People to Keep In Your Life (And 5 to Avoid)
You are not here on this world to be alone. You have many personalities that come in and out of your life to teach you and force you to grow.…
Past Time to Remember Thousands Displaced and Left Behind by Hurricanes Laura and Delta
By Bill Quigley, Loyola University New Orleans, quigley@loyno.edu Four and a half months after two hurricanes ripped apart Louisiana, tens of thousands of people are still suffering. While the national…
THE INSURRECTIONISTS WITHIN & WITHOUT
SAY THEIR NAMES…. by C.C. Campbell-Rock Civil rights activists have always “called out” those who were against the movement for justice, fairness, equality, and civil/voting rights. They do this to…