Commentary

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 […]

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. […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Correspondent Black girls, and other girls of color, experience discriminatory, disparate, punitive, and unfair treatment in school, including suspensions, expulsions, referrals to law enforcement and arrests on school campuses, at […]

Blue Telusma Writer theGrio.com A new study has confirmed what many have suspected for generations: In this country, the darker your complexion, the more likely you are to end up in prison. According to Quartz, […]

Marc H. Morial President and CEO National Urban League “Any attempt by a President to use the office of the presidency of the United States for personal political gain—rather than the national interest—fundamentally undermines our […]