By Lauren Victoria Burke “I just won an Oscar. WTF?!?” Jordan Peele tweeted after being handed the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay for “Get Out” during the 90th annual Academy Awards. The film made $255 […]
By Julianne Malveaux All too often, our “history” month turns into a tribute to the past. And while the past is an important place to lift up it is, indeed, a tributary, a stream that […]
By James Washington Some of you may remember that I declared this some time ago and it bears repeating. I wish it was original, but it is not. It comes straight from the pulpit and […]
NNPA Newswire The NAACP is deeply concerned by Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Ben Carson’s move to dilute the agency’s long-standing mission. The Department of Housing and Urban Development Act, which established HUD as […]
By Piper Thurman As part of commemorating Black History Month across the City, the World War II Museum on Magazine Street convened a panel of historians on Feb. 21, 2018, to revisit what African-Americans faced […]
By Jared Braud Colored Conventions began in 1830 and were held by free, once captive, Black people who came together to organize Civil Rights activities. This is why students and residents came to Tulane University […]
Photos by Kichea S. Burt New Orleanians played host to visitors from near and far as they came to enjoy the 11th Annual Congo Square Rhythms Festival on March 3rd and 4th. Event presenters, The […]
By Stacy M. Brown Bill Cosby is taking a no-holds-barred approach in his sexual assault case in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. The embattled comedian is set to ask Judge Steven O’Neill permission to unseal his decades-old […]
By Precious Smith Today’s generation of Black millennials should give their smartphones a break and become more involved in the community. Hip-hop Activist David Banner shared this and other insights when he spoke at a […]
By Wade Henderson From attacks on voting rights to police killings of unarmed civilians and growing inequities in earnings and wealth, the civil rights gains of the past six decades are facing threat after threat. […]
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