On Tuesday, the I-20 Economic Development District Board voted to approve $4.5 million in infrastructure funding for a 113-home subdivision proposed by Black developers Alven Square and Charles Theus—the first time in the district’s 26-year history that a Black-led venture…
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Council files Federal suit claiming civil rights were violated by new state law
Three Monroe City Council members and the publisher of the Monroe Free Press have filed a federal lawsuit challenging a new Louisiana law they claim illegally strips voting power from the city’s Black majority by transferring key appointment authority to…
Court must uphold Section 2 of Voting Rights Act
Black political leaders are sounding the alarm: the hard-won gains secured by the Voting Rights Act (VRA) are teetering on the edge of reversal. At the heart of this threat is Louisiana v. Callais, a case now before the Supreme…
Foodstamp shutdown possibility is real: Prepare
As November 1st nears, anxiety spreads among millions of American families who rely on food stamp assistance to feed themselves and their children. The prospect of losing this vital support is not just an abstract policy headache—it is a real,…
Will “Brown Bombers” survive Tony Little issue?
The political alliance known as the “Brown Bombers” — Monroe City Council members Juanita Woods, Verbon Muhammad, and Rev. Rodney McFarland — may face its first serious test of unity at the October 28 council meeting. The issue: whether to…
State’s Ten Commandment law isn’t over yet, but should be
A Louisiana law requiring the 10 commandments to be posted in every school isn’t dead, yet, but it should be.On October 6th the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit agreed to rehear the case en banc, vacating…
Was the Braggs sex arrest an entrapment?
The recent arrest of Boris J. Braggs, a 43-year-old teacher at Robinson Elementary School and pastor in West Monroe. Charged with trafficking children for sex, indecent behavior with juveniles, and computer-aided solicitation of a 15-year old. Braggs was ensnared in…