By Jeff Thomas When news broke that the city spent over $2 million to remove the Confederate monuments at the same time that we learned that New Orleans had one…
Slave Food: The Impact of Unhealthy Eating Habits on the Black Community
Some staples in our diet are not just unhealthy, but deadly by Jazz Keyes Enjoy soul-satisfying foods without compromising your health African-Americans are a disadvantaged population. This is not…
New Orleans State Legislators Urged to Kill Bill
Senate Bill to Abolish HEAL GETS NEW LIFE By C.C. Campbell-Rock The Baton Rouge and New Orleans NAACP along with Justice and Beyond, a New Orleans coalition of civil…
YAKA MEIN and A TALE OF TWO CHINA TOWNS
Yaka Mein, Ya-ka-mein, Yakamein, Yakamee, Yaka Meat and Old Sober are all different expressions of the same dish. Many claim it has mystical healing powers such that it can cure a hangover with a single…
Misleading Signs Cause Confusion
By Jeff Thomas Is the city of New Orleans deliberately trying to trick drivers into getting tickets? Is so much of the budget dependent upon the city collecting traffic…
How Stopping Car Booting Can Make Landrieu a Presidential Contender
By Jeff Thomas The progressive and inspirational act of removing the Confederate monuments that littered the New Orleans skyline is in danger of turning into a hollow act of triviality. …
Race-Related Trauma Disrupts Psychological Well-Being
How race-related trauma in school disrupts the psychological well-being of youth Any form of alienation, discrimination, and violence inflicted on an individual due to their race is wrong. So, what…
Do We Feel Like We Feel For Real
By Lloyd Dennis I am now convinced that most of our humanity has become distorted, that our perceptions, opinions, emotional reactions are no longer formed by our real realities as…
Colin Kaepernick is just like Muhammed Ali.
By Jeff Thomas Recently Muhammed Ali’s death transfixed the nation. Headlines everywhere praised the former heavyweight champion as “the Greatest”. Ali transcended race was the most popular refrain. But during…
HEAL Abolition Stalls
By Pat Bryant A proposed law by powerful Senator Karen Carter Peterson was deferred last week after a core of civil rights and women leaders fought back, and the New…