The July 2, 2025, verdict in Sean “Diddy” Combs’ federal trial—acquitted of racketeering and sex trafficking but guilty on two counts of transportation for prostitution—has left advocates for abused women disheartened. While Combs faces up to 20 years for actions…
Category: Roosevelt Wright
Superintendent Moore praised for principal forum, more needed
Superintendent Rev. Sam Moore, III, deserves high praise for his leadership in hosting this week’s public forum for the finalists seeking to become the next principal of Carroll High School. The event was more than a formality—it was a refreshing…
“Brown Bombers” make history; they have stood together for an entire year
Councilmembers Juanita Woods (District 3), Verbon Muhammad (District 5), and Rodney McFarland (District 4) have completed their first year together on the Monroe City Council—and what a year it has been. These three leaders have accomplished something no team of…
Millions of Black Fathers are doing it right; we see you
This Father’s Day, we pause to celebrate a group too often overlooked, underrepresented, and underestimated—Black fathers. Despite what some may believe, Black fathers are not absent; they are active, engaged, and essential. Despite the myth of the absentee Black father,…
Don’t let them cancel the “Southside Dream”-If we stop dreaming we die
Three years ago, the residents of South Monroe put all of their dreams on paper and presented them to the Monroe City Council and received unanimous approval. It was an ambitious dream package that would take 25 years or more…
Southside deserves better communication when violence occurs
Last week, South Monroe witnessed two murders and a shooting. Today, the public still waits for answers. A 20-year-old man was killed in a shooting on Roy Drive. The incident occurred within city limits, yet confusion over jurisdiction has left…
Inmate escapes in Orleans reveals critical failures in the system
The escape of ten inmates from the Orleans Parish Justice Center on May 16, 2025, the largest in the facility’s history, exposed critical failures in New Orleans’ correctional system. This breach, enabled by a maintenance worker’s alleged complicity and defective…