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We Run The World
Dionne Character Data News Weekly Contributor Today, we have become so empowered with ideas and solutions in a society who once violated our freedom in the wake of womanhood. We have given birth to vagina […]
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Looming eviction crisis still goes unaddressed by leaders in New Orleans and Louisiana
Andreanecia Morris Executive Director, HousingNOLA The CARES Act Eviction Moratorium expired on Friday, July 24th and this means that landlords with HUD and federally funded mortgages can begin evicting people from their properties. This is […]
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From Desire to Purpose…A Dreamer’s Journey
Renee’ Dugue Co-Founder and Executive Director of Reborn & Rising How do you grow up during a time in a place considered the deadliest City in the country, and have wonderful memories? When I think […]
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On the Death of Stan “Pampy” Barre’
Roy J. Rodney, Jr. Rodney and Etter, LLC I read the article Gordon Russell wrote in NOLA.com on the death of Stanford “Pampy” Barre’. It was shameful and disrespectful, to Stan Barre’, his contribution to […]
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Donald Trump is More Focused on Saving Statues of Slaveholders & Confederate Generals than Protecting Americans from the Coronavirus
Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) “One would hope that the president of the United States would rise to the level of leadership that our country needs in confronting the deadly uptick in coronavirus cases in America. […]
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From Desire to Purpose…
Renee Dugue Executive Director, Reborn and Rising I am truly Naturally New Orleans! To know me is to know that The N.O. raised me, The Most High’s grace and mercy saved me, and life in […]
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We Can’t Find a Cure for the Coronavirus Without Ending Homelessness
Andreanecia M. Morris Executive Director, HousingNOLA How can we tell people to stay home, when they don’t have homes? How can we tell people they’re safe today and make no plans for their future? These […]
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Report: Companies Owned by Women of Color Account for 89 Percent of All New Women-Owned Businesses
Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior Correspondent Crystal Etienne is a businesswoman, wife, and mother of two children. She’s also the founder of Ruby Love, a $10 million personal care company that she built in […]
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For People of Color, Gentrification is More a Curse than a Blessing
Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior Correspondent From a dowdy provincial city in the 1980s, Philadelphia has become a world-class urban center through gentrification – primarily through landmark architecture that now sets the city center, […]
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What Do the 2019 Elections Mean for 2020?
Dr. Julianne Malveaux NNPA Newswire Contributor If the 2019 elections are any indication, Republicans need to worry about their viability come 2020. In Virginia, Democrats have majorities in both its upper and lower houses. With […]