Women Have Their Say In Exhibit
Push On Post-Incarceration Dion M. Harris Women persist, despite unequal wages, a widening wealth gap and the daunting challenges of gender bias, abuse, neglect and lax advocacy. A new exhibit…
RESIDENTS WANT OFF OF DUMP SITE
BY C.C. Campbell-Rock The 20-year fight for justice by residents whose homes and apartments were built on a city dump, the Agriculture Street Landfill (ASL), continues next Wednesday, March 13,…
Learning How to Think: The Skill No One Taught You
“I’ve spent my life trying to undo habits—especially habits of thinking. They narrow your interaction with the world. They’re the phrases that come easily to your mind, like: ‘I know…
Twelve Rude Revelations About Sex
In order to transcend the discomfort that sex typically stirs, you may need to radically rethink desire, marriage, fidelity, and much more. By Alain de Botton Why do most people…
7 Lies We Need to Stop Telling About Young African-American Men
by Antwaun Sargent Last week Long Island teenager Kwasi Enin captured national headlines after becoming part of an impressive club: high school seniors who have been accepted into all eight…
Team Led by Wendell Pierce and Partners Hopes to Revive the State’s Only Black News and Talk Radio Station
NEW ORLEANS – Today, New Orleans native and Actor Wendell Pierce, Spears Group President/CEO Cleveland Spears, III, Henry Consulting Managing Partner Troy Henry and Thomas Media Services Founder Jeff Thomas…
Why are black poor Americans more optimistic than white ones?
By Dr Carol Graham America can appear to be sharply divided by politics, incomes and even life expectancy. But why are poor black Americans so much more optimistic than their…
5 Ways to Live Your Best Life, According to Science
The quality and quantity of your life is mostly up to you. by Christina DesMarais CREDIT: Getty Images The quality and quantity of your life is–in large part–up to you.…
Tribute to ORETHA CASTLE HALEY
The New Orleans Jazz Orchestra will host a three (3) day celebration of the legacy of Oretha Castle Haley, the Civil Rights – Community Organizer – Political Strategist – Health…
POWER RISING 2019
We are an intergenerational power force of Black women from various sectors. We are business women, politicians, union members, authors. We are cis and transgender, we are LGBTQ, we are…