When I was a teenager, like many of the boys in the Renwick and Booker T. Community, I rushed home from school and raced to the city dump. Curious boys raced to get to the dump to meet trucks that…
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We owe a debt of gratitude to storm volunteers from across the nation
When Hurricane Laura touched down in our state, it unleashed a wave of winds that brought destruction primarily in Acadiana, but also in every part of the state. It also unleashed a wave of volunteerism that swept across our state…
Do Black lives really matter to us?
Across the nation, people are marching protesting police shootings of suspects, some of them unarmed, running away, or handcuffed. The protests, originally designed to make statements of anger and frustration over the abuse of force of some police officers against…
School name controversies continue without a naming police, procedures
There is always controversy when it comes to naming public buildings and streets, in our local community we have had our share of drama that still continues. Tuesday night members of the school board clashed over…
Registration drives are worthless if, our people refuse to vote
The national NAACP is mounting a drive to register thousands of blacks to vote in the November Presidential election. It’s part of a national push to unseat President Donald Trump. The NAACP is under the mistaken notion that…
As COVID deaths and infections increase, we must mask up
Do we have a responsibility to protect each other from the Coronavirus? Some say yes, others say no. Nationally, it appears that experts are beginning to agree that three actions, if followed by the majority of the nation, could help…
School boards must cover COVID medical costs of teachers, staff
When schools open later this month, its disturbing that local school districts will not be covering the COVID related medical costs of their teachers and support staff. All local districts are using a reopening scheme that has some component of…