By Edwin Buggage Pontchartrain Park in New Orleans is a historic Neighborhood where middle-class African-Americans live, love and prosper. Today this is still a thriving community that is a source of great pride in the […]
By Julianne Malveaux Rev. Jesse Louis Jackson turned 77 on October 8, 2018. Nobody has led a less storied life. He first took a public stand for civil rights when he was just a kid […]
By Stacy M. Brown “It started with slave ships… There are more records of slave ships than one would dream. It seems inconceivable until you reflect that for 200 years ships sailed carrying cargo of […]
By James A. Washington My word for today is “Steward” or “Stewardship.” I haven’t found this very important word in the bible yet, but I have heard many a pastor preach on it. From the […]
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. I did not intend to watch Dr. Christine Blasey Ford’s testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee regarding her allegations of sexual assault on the part of Judge Brent Kavanaugh. I was […]
Edwin Buggage Voting, Citizenship and Three Fifths A Person We are on the eve of yet another election, and it is incumbent that people get out and vote. And while voter apathy is something that […]
By Morgan A. Owens Three words that we often should follow, but don’t. I didn’t know my worth or even know I was worthy for many years. How many of us feel or have felt […]
By Stacy M. Brown Democratic California Rep. Maxine Waters went on the defensive when pundits and media friendly to President Donald Trump accused one of her staff members of secretly releasing the personal information of […]
By Victoria Clark Mental Health is a problem that can affect any and everyone but remains less acknowledged in the Black community. In 2017, suicides in African-American children increased twice as much as White children, […]
Photos by Kichea S. Burt In just five short years the Bogalusa Blues & Heritage Festival has become known as one of the best festivals in the New Orleans region and Gulf Coast. Putting on […]
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