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Now that Blacks represent a third of Jefferson Parish’s demographic, will that impact election results?
By Christopher Tidmore Contributing Columnist A critical threshold was passed this year according to demographic surveys. African Americans now constitute at least 33 percent of
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Donald the fool is not Jesus the Christ
By Julianne Malveaux TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist The hours before the House of Representatives impeachment vote were a study in contrasts. While Democrats approached the debate leading
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By Edmund W. Lewis The Louisiana Weekly Editor Three decades ago, the issue of good and bad hair reared its ugly head in the 1988 Spike Lee film School Daze where college ... Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE)
By Fr. Jerome LeDoux Contributing Columnist Now that you have read an almost unreadable title, pause a while and peer into the scary, melancholy, depressing world of people engaged in mortal combat ... We’re all responsible
By Edmund W. Lewis The Louisiana Weekly Editor I didn’t sleep at all on Saturday night, July 28. I couldn’t. Not after hearing the wails and sobs from those who lost loved ... How can we inspire and motivate our youth?
By Fr. Jerome LeDoux Contributing Columnist Appearing to be like any other millennial, the 11-year-old sophomore at McKinley Senior High School in Scotlandville, Louisiana went about surfing her TV for things of ... The mind-numbing ordeal of a valiant soul
By Fr. Jerome LeDoux Contributing Columnist It was halfway déjà vu as I drove north on I-49 beyond Alexandria, Louisiana and turned off at exit 119. But on the previous occasion, the ... Beating the odds
By Marc H. Morial President/CEO, National Urban League Congratulations, graduates. Whether you’ve walked across a stage to receive your high school diploma and begin your journey into a new world of independence, ... Choose freedom
By Edmund W. Lewis The Louisiana Weekly Editor On June 18, 2009, the U.S. Senate unanimously passed a resolution apologizing for slavery and racial segregation in the U.S. and sent the measure ... Love and care are thicker than blood
By Fr. Jerome LeDoux Contributing Columnist Nearly brimming over with 90 African-American youth aged 15 to 20, the decades-old gym reverberated with the cues and shouts of team members passing the basketball ...
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