Walter Ignatius Willard, Esq. After a well-fought battle with early-onset Alzheimer’s disease, Walter Ignatius Willard peacefully passed away on February 11, 2022, at the age of 64. A proud…
Year: 2022
The Detrimental Effects of Microaggressions
by The Bronfenbrenner Center for Translational Research A new systematic review categorizes microaggressions and their consequences. KEY POINTS A review organizes microaggressions into categories such as “pathologizing differences” and “denigrating…
The Worst States for Black Americans
Samuel Stebbins 1. Wisconsin > Poverty rate: 31.3% Black, 9.0% white> Homeownership rate: 25.5% Black, 71.1% white> Unemployment rate: 10.0% Black, 3.0% white> Median household income: $31,351 Black, $64,377 white Wisconsin ranks as the…
Redistricting in Louisiana Continues Racially Discriminatory Practices
JUSTICE DENIED IN BLACK HISTORY MONTH! by C.C. Campbell-Rock The words of Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr, ring true. He said, ‘Justice Delayed is Justice Denied.” Other civil rights…
Do Our Schools Breed Criminals?
Let the last legislative audit tell it, our school system sucks. The Orleans Parish School Board/NOLA Public Schools (NOLA-PS) and the Louisiana Department of Education have been operating charter schools…
HBCU bomb threats are the latest racist response to Black success
Predominantly Black spaces don’t operate like predominantly white ones do. Rust College in Holly Springs, Miss., was one of 14 historically Black colleges and universities that received bomb threats Tuesday,…
3 Foods That Could Extend Your Life
by Susan McQuillan M.S., RDN Eat this way, new research suggests, and you may live longer—a lot longer. THE BASICS Given a choice, would you want to extend your expected…
Apology From the American Psychological Association
APOLOGY TO PEOPLE OF COLOR FOR APA’S ROLE IN PROMOTING, PERPETUATING, AND FAILING TO CHALLENGE RACISM, RACIAL DISCRIMINATION, AND HUMAN HIERARCHY IN U.S. Resolution adopted by the APA Council of…
Racism Persists Today
WHO LET THE DOGS OUT? “We are living in a racism pandemic, which is taking a heavy psychological toll on our African American citizens. The health consequences are dire. Racism…