Whether the holidays excite or overwhelm you, being authentic is key. Dorothy Firman Ed.D. LMHC, BCC KEY POINTS Most of us are being called, in almost every moment, by the…
Month: November 2022
Don’t Give Your Kids Presents
Why Experiences Endure but Presents Don’t How to give children gifts that last. By Angela Duckworth Ph.D. KEY POINTS “If you buy me Creepy Crawlers, I swear I will never,…
Students Share Eyewitness Accounts
THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF A CAMPUS TRAGEDY PART 2: Students United Share Eyewitness Accounts of Police Brutality and Murder on an HBCU Campus There was something very wrong on the…
The Race For Governor Is Getting Spicy
Race for Governor is Spicy As A Two Piece From Popeyes Who knows what Attorney General Jeff Landry pulled off in that back room, but when he emerged, he emerged…
THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF A CAMPUS TRAGEDY
PART 1: LAW PROFESSOR CALLS FOR ACCOUNTABILITY FOR MURDERED STUDENTS & BANNED STUDENTS By C.C. Campbell-Rock Governor John Bel Edwards apologized to Southern students last Wednesday. It came 50 years…
Louisiana Juvenile Prisons Full
Kids Are Waiting In Line To Get Into Prison, And That’s So Louisiana The situation – no more room at the Inn Bit of history – the Louisiana Office Of…
Should Black People Celebrate Thanksgiving?
A Yes Argument and A No Argument Be Thankful! I remember the year I tried to boycott Thanksgiving. I was 19, entering that necessary but annoying phase of young self-righteous…
3 Ways to Make ‘Us’ Time Really Count
How you spend time with your partner can predict if your relationship will last. by Mark Travers Ph.D. KEY POINTS Many people come to therapy worried that they may not be spending…
Mayor Cantrell Needs New Security Officer
Yes It’s come to this. Mayor LaToya Cantrell needs a new security officer. Wanted: a strapping, able male, preferably of African American origin, to protect, serve, and assist the mayor…
The 50th Anniversary of a Student Movement
The 5oth Anniversary of a Student Movement and the Deaths of Denver Smith and Leonard Brown is an Opportunity, Not Just an Occasion by Angela A. Allen-Bell[1] & Brittany Dunn[2]…