ASSOCIATED PRESS Sen. Cory Booker cut through a tense third day of hearings on the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson on Wednesday with a speech on racial…
Category: Politics
Biden and Europeans to announce major plan to redirect gas to Europe
by Tyler Pager, Ashley Parker, John Hudson, Jeff Stein The announcement, a dramatic effort to deprive Russia of leverage as it continues to batter Ukraine, would mark an unusual move…
Louisiana Legislators Need A History Lesson
There’s a grown adult in the state legislature who had no idea what the middle passage was until another state rep. explained it to her last year. This took place…
Congress Wants to Control the Internet
How many times have you heard a new small business owner say, “Find me on social media?” Or do you check your phone looking for the best soul food restaurant…
Gentrification is Changing New Orleans before our eyes.
A TALE OF TWO CITIES: THE MAJORITY OF BLACK NEW ORLEANIANS DON’T BENEFIT FROM NOLA’S BLACK POLITICAL MAJORITY Gentrification is Changing New Orleans before our eyes. Between 96,000 and 100,000…
1,000 Words On Ukraine And Russia
Clearly this isn’t going well. Unable to convince Ukrainians that this war is about liberating them, President Vladimir Putin has resorted to bombing hospitals and apartment complexes – the hospitals…
Europe faces pressure to join US, British ban on Russian oil
By RAF CASERT, KELVIN CHAN and DANICA KIRKA BRUSSELS (AP) — Europe faces a tough choice: Is it worth a recession to choke off oil and gas money to Russia…
NO KNOCK WARRANTS: DANGEROUS AND DEADLY
by C.C. Campbell-Rock Everyone agrees that no knock warrants are dangerous. No knock warrants are often deadly. The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers,…
Facial Recognition Technology and Black Folks
Rollout in New Orleans is met with criticism. Is The City Going Straight Law And Order? Is New Orleans Losing Its Progressive Edge? Apparently, all black people look a like…
NEW ORLEANS NEEDS OLIVER THOMAS AS A WBOK BROADCASTER & COUNCILMEMBER
by Derrick Shepherd Councilmember Oliver Thomas is the voice of Black New Orleans. He speaks the unvarnished truth and tells it like it really is. A beloved WBOK on-air personality…