Tag: Roosevelt Wright Jr.

    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…

    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…

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…

Monroe Mayor Friday Ellis wants to do what no other mayor in the city’s history has done. He wants to remove the historical stigmas that divide Monroe’s Northside and Southside communities. That is a noble but daunting task because the…

  The Louisiana State Department of Education released guidelines for the re-opening of schools next month, but the guidelines leave more questions than answers.    Even though COVID-19 cases in Louisiana are steadily rising, the state’s decision to reopen schools…

As Monroe’s exposure to the COVID-19 virus escalates, the city has taken no special precautions to help reduce its COVID exposures. While the leaders hesitate, the number of public gatherings, parties, and close contact continues. This week CNN posted a…

Several years ago, this publication printed a series of articles pointing out ways that racist ideas and concepts are embedded in our system and are difficult to change, especially in the South. One of those ways is to memorialize racist…