Leslie Wilson, 63, of Monroe, died November 19, 2025. Memorial Service will be Wednesday, 10:00 am November 26, 2025, at Smith Funeral Home Chapel under the direction of Smith Funeral Home. Walter Bright, 77, of Oakland, CA, formerly of Monroe,…
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Too Thankful to Be Hateful
By Rusty Potter Thanksgiving invites us to slow down and recognize the countless blessings we walk past every day. If you are reading this right now, you have something to be grateful for – life itself. There is blood still…
Birthdays November 27 – December 3rd
November 27-Roy Shelling, Jr., Carla Johnson-Sells, C.D. Hunt, Natrena Knights, Kerby Larkin, Francis Holland, In Loving Memory of Ida Reed, Siera J. James, Ulanda Shaw, Tia Gray, Rolland Ryan Robinson, Kanesha Collins, In Loving Memory of Jerry Ford, Dorothea Reed-James,…
Who needs to be invited to your Thanksgiving dinner this year?
By Lisa Wilmore Scripture: “Then said he also to him that bade him, When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, neither thy kinsmen, nor thy rich neighbours; lest they also bid thee…
Our Rich Black Heritage: Pythina “Pye” Brown
By Garry Blanson “The education of the Negro has become the perfect device for control (by the American government) from without.” — Carter G. Woodson What if I told you that the very system Black people in Monroe, Louisiana, have…
2026 will be a game changer for school standards
With the rollout of the 2026 “Grow. Achieve. Thrive.” accountability system, Louisiana schools can no longer afford to approach academic progress as “business as usual.” This new era requires careful re-evaluation of how student achievement is recognized, how grades are…
“Black Power” advocate H. Rap Brown dies in prison, at 82
H. Rap Brown, once among the most powerful and provocative voices of the 1960s Black Power movement, has died in federal custody at age 82. His widow, Karima Al-Amin, confirmed Monday that he passed away Sunday at the Federal Medical…