Health experts say the benefits would be “enormous,” but others worry a ban would invite more criminalization of Black communities. Margo Snipe The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is expected…
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A Real Solution for Crime
Home Ownership is the Key I don’t know the men who stopped traffic and jumped out of their car and shot at the white truck. Click here to see the…
Fighting Crime Is A Tough Job, And Apparently Nobody Wants To Do It.
Care might’ve forgotten about New Orleans, but crime sure has not. The city achieved a recent high for murders last year. The number was 218. That was the most murders…
Boys in the hood
An Editorial by Professor Blair D. Condoll, JD At first glance one might mistake this article as having something to do with the 1991 Blockbuster film “Boyz on the Hood…
Top ten stories in 2020
Our list of the top 10 things that happened this year besides the obvious COVID. by Jeff Thomas 10. LSU’s Championship run Joe Burrow, Justin Jefferson, Clyde Edwards Elaire, Patrick…
A NEW AMERICA DELIVERS FOR BIDEN
BUT SUPPORTERS CAN’T TAKE THEIR FOOT OFF THE GAS BY C.C. Campbell-Rock A desperate Donald J. Trump, Sr. has filed eight lawsuits in an attempt to stop ballots from being…
Breonna Taylor and Systemic Racism
Does her case prove systemic racism is real? By Jeff Thomas Lately phrases like “systemic racism” and “criminal justice reform” have become common. People use them frequently on TV, radio,…
400 YEARS IS NOT A TREND: COVID-19
and its Impact on the African-American Community A NEW ORLEANS TRIBUNE ANALYSIS by Tribune Staff By now, everyone likely knows that African Americans, who comprise only 32 percent of the…
Do We Really Want to Get Back to Normal?
By Jeff Thomas Getting back to normal is what everybody wants. But is that the best thing? Should we reopen the economy and put our people back to work in…
Real Reason Cantrell Should Not Hire Shepherd
By Jeff Thomas Conservative and liberal state legislators were aghast. “How could she? How could she bring a convicted felon to one of our meetings? That is no way to…