Black Experience
Know Your Worth, Right Now
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 […]
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Making the Case for Voting Yes on Amendment 2 (Non-Unanimous Jury Law) on November 6
Angela A. Allen-Bell On November 6, 2018, we will decide the most important Criminal Justice Issue of our lifetime. This is because of the multitudes of people effected by Louisiana’s Non-Unanimous Jury Law, either directly […]
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President Laughingstock
By Julianne Malveaux Our 45th President rushed back from his United Nations meeting in New York to watch the hearing of his Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, and his accuser Dr. Christine Blasey Ford. Reportedly, […]
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Vote 2018 – America is on the Ballot
By Jeffrey L . Boney The 2018 midterm elections are nearly upon us. The United States of America, in 2018, is at a major crossroads and there is too much at stake to simply ignore […]
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The Sin, Hypocrisy and Racism of White Privilege
By Austin R. Cooper, Jr. The U.S. Constitution gives three eligibility requirements to be president: one must be 35 years of age, a resident within the United States for fourteen years and a natural born […]
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The Miseducation of “Betsy DeVoid”
By Julianne Malveaux Even her boss, the 45th President of the United States, is derisive of Education Secretary Betsey DeVoid, the Devos woman who is devoid, absent, of good sense. She may have even been […]
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Black Political Excellence
By Julianne Malveaux Senators Corey Booker (D-NJ) and Kamala Harris (D-CA) used their time wisely in their questioning of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kaveaugh, the elusive man whose hidden documents would perhaps disqualify him from […]
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Spiritually Speaking
By James A. Washington Have you ever wondered how a lawyer feels, who knows his or her client is guilty of a crime but is able to get that person off based on a legal […]
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Mourning Kofi Annan, Remembering Ron Walters
By Julianne Malveaux Kofi Annan made his transition in August. The seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations, he worked up from the lower ranks (starting at age 24) of the international organization, to serve as […]
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Secretary Devos’ Plan to Arm Teachers
By Congresswoman Frederica S. Wilson “This is yet another example of Secretary Betsy DeVos’s disdain for our nation’s public schools and underscores the urgent need for Democrats to remain steadfast in the fight to safeguard […]