Three years ago, the National Black Women’s Justice Institute partnered with the Cornell Center on the Death Penalty Worldwide and The Sentencing Project to co-lead the Alice Project, an initiative to end the extreme punishment of women in America and globally. By Stacy M. BrownNNPA Senior Correspondent The United States incarcerates more of it citizens than […]
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Legislators Mull Raising State Spending Limit at Start of New Session
By Molly RyanLSU Manship School News Service BATON ROUGE–The Legislature started the 2023 session, and lawmakers, blessed with a large budget surplus, are at odds about whether they should raise the state’s spending limit. Thanks to an influx of federal dollars from hurricane and pandemic relief and an increase in revenue from a temporary 45-cent […]
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House Budget Committee Considers Beefing Up Budgets for Corrections, Youth and Public Safety
By Molly Ryan and Jenna BridgesLSU Manship School News Service BATON ROUGE–The House Appropriations Committee discussed Tuesday (April 11) expanding the budgets for youth, corrections and public safety services as state officials expressed a need to address employee turnover rates through higher salaries. Corrections Department Secretary James LeBlanc underscored the stressful, difficult work his staff […]
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Local After School Program Receives NASA Grant
Anna’s Place will use funding to increase STEM programming for students By Troy Carter II Anna’s Place, a local K-12 after-school program, recently received a $39,197 grant from NASA to implement its Communicating Our Future For Education Expansion (COFFEE) program. Working in tandem with NASA’s Office of STEM Engagement, Anna’s Place will provide a free […]
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April is Financial Literacy Month: How to Exercise Good Financial Health
Sponsored content from JPMorgan Chase & Co. April is Financial Literacy Month – a perfect time to start building a foundation for a healthy financial future. Good financial health is the foundation on which strong and resilient households, communities and economies are built, but the reality is, many struggle to manage their financial daily lives. […]
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Kamala Harris Leads Tennessee Rally, Backs Ousted Lawmakers
Harris received wild applause and several standing ovations as she told a crowd at Nashville’s historically Black Fisk University that the so-called Tennessee Three — ousted Reps. Justin Jones and Justin Pearson and a third Democrat, Gloria Johnson, who avoided expulsion by a single vote — were being, in her words, silenced and stifled for […]
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Lawmakers Set to Debate How to Use Budget Surplus
By Molly Ryan/LSU Manship School News Service BATON ROUGE–The Legislature convenes Monday (April 10) for the start of the 2023 session, and lawmakers, blessed with a large budget surplus, are at odds about whether they should raise the state’s spending limit. Thanks to an influx of federal dollars from hurricane and pandemic relief and an […]
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Faith-based Leaders Plan Unity March in Wake of Failed Recall
Citing divisiveness they believed caused by the failed mayoral recall effort, a coalition of ministers and other faith leaders will gather for a Prayer March for Unity and news at 10:30 a.m. Monday, April 3. More than two dozen leaders are expected to join the demonstration. At the news conference, leaders are expected to encourage […]
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Recall Thwarted . . . What’s Next?
Here at The New Orleans Tribune, We say, “Bring It!” The effort to oust Mayor LaToya Cantrell failed because Black New Orleanians did not sign the petition. Period. Of course, some Black residents signed; and it was their right. And yes, the public faces of the recall were Black. But when it came down to […]
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Local Organization Heads to State Capitol May 1 to Demand Reproductive Justice
By Troy Carter IIfor The New Orleans Tribune A community-based non-profit that formed in the late 1980s in response to the AIDS epidemic’s impact on communities of color, Women with Vision has been advocating for African-American and other marginalized women around social conditions and injustices that impact their lives for more than 30 years. With […]