African American movements for equality have long been entrenched in the Black church. The Black church has produced some of Black Americas most prolific and profound leaders such as Rev. Adam Clayton Powell, Rev. Martin Luther King, Rev Jesse Jackson and Rev. Ralph Abernathy. In fact, the leading civil rights organization of the 1960s, the […]
The upcoming 2020 NFL Season for the New Orleans Saints is already starting to shape up to become one that eventually will be remembered by passionate and loyally-devoted members of the franchise’s “Who Dat Nation” fan-base, for a very long time. That’s not only just because the Black and Gold will be one of the […]
Currently, 63% of our city budget goes to cops, jails, and reactive measures. Only 3% goes to children and families, and 1% to job development. Hospitality workers bring in 9.1 billion dollars a year to the New Orleans economy. We have a right to the wealth we produce. We refuse to accept that billions in […]
Almost a whole entire 20 miles. 19.22 of them, as a matter of fact. That’s the literal distance measured out in total passing yardage (33,825 yards) in every single game ever played at the 45-year old indoor stadium known as the Mercedes-Benz Superdome, the home venue of the New Orleans Saints, by starting QB Drew […]
Any conservative saying that New Orleans’ Black Lives Matter and prison reform protests have had any effect on the recent coronavirus spikes will have to take up their opinions with the city’s health director, Dr. Jennifer Avegno. According to a recent report from NOLA.com, Avegno was quoted as saying that after weeks of following cases […]
The “bully pulpit.” In the world of politics, the term “bully pulpit” is defined as a public platform for the current American President in power, to use the notoriety and prestige of his office to promote or advocate an agenda. However, in his most recent comments regarding New Orleans Saints starting QB Drew Brees, President […]
NEW ORLEANS — Mayor LaToya Cantrell today released the following open letter regarding peaceful protests in the City and demonstrations by local hospitality workers: An Open Letter, from Mayor LaToya Cantrell: To the people of New Orleans: We are at a pivotal moment when systematic racism, structural inequality and a global pandemic have converged to challenge […]
On August 28th 1963, Martin Luther King stepped onto a podium in front of 250,000 people and begin to speak. The speech he delivered would eventually go down in history as one of the greatest examples of American rhetoric that has ever been composed. Nearly midway through his speech, King was prompted by Mahalia […]
If somehow you missed it or still haven’t noticed by now, the United States of America currently is experiencing a full-scale cultural revolution — as our nation has now entered into a significant point in time in which the very way that we live and function as a civilized society — will dramatically be changed […]
In the aftermath of World War I, in 1925 world leaders met to come to an agreement to ban the use of chemical and biological weapons during warfare. It wasn’t until 1975 when the United States ratified the agreement in accordance with the 1925 Geneva Protocol. However, the United States made exceptions for the use […]
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