By C.C. Campbell-Rock Two weeks ago, LeBron James stepped up to launch the biggest civil rights campaign launched by athletes since Colin Kaepernick took a knee in 2016 to protest…
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4 Reasons Why Activists Burn Out
Vinita Mehta Ph.D., Ed.M. Recent research sheds light on what racial justice activists are up against. THE BASICS America’s social justice movement for racial equality appears to be full steam…
Rename the Parkway
From the Louisiana Weekly Dr. Norman C. Francis lived here. Confederate President Jefferson Davis merely died here. In the discussion to rename the picturesque, bicycle-pathed parkway stretching from Bayou St.…
FROM The NEW ORLEANS TRIBUNE
It’s Time to Unmask and Address America’s Racial Inequities A NEW ORLEANS TRIBUNE EDITORIAL Racism in America is institutional. The nation’s legal, business, civic and social constructs and the policies,…
A lesson in policing from New Orleans history
by ORISSA AREND If policing as we know it must die — as has been forcefully demanded by protesters worldwide — then what will replace it? Tim Wise, in his thought-provoking article…
It’s A Wonder Nobody Is Talking About Defunding The S&WB
By Kenneth Cooper I had a dream I punched turbine 4 in the face. It was a wonderful moment. Light rain was falling. People were kayaking up Carrollton as I…
What to know about Juneteenth
The emancipation holiday By Daniella Silva Juneteenth, the commemoration of the end of slavery in the United States, will be celebrated by Black Americans this Saturday amid a national reckoning…
THE WORLD IS WOKE….
IT’S NOW OR NEVER FOR REPARATIONS By C. C. Campbell-Rock As we enter the third week since George Perry Floyd, Jr.’s murder, millions are still protesting around the world, carrying…
Black Athletes Are Playing A Different Kind Of Sport
By Kenneth Cooper Remember that old school jam that went, “my long hair just can’t cover up my redneck?” No? Yes? Maybe? Well, neither can the Confederate flag these days,…
What is the Point of Protesting
How Eras End: A Call to Action by Jordan Rock You know it and I know it but let me make it clear and loud for those in the back:…