Trice Edney Newswire

Joint Center report confirms Blacks wait longer to vote

by Trice Edney Newswire October 20, 2016October 26, 2021

Black voters wait longer to cast ballots, discouraging them from voting, according to a study released by the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies in Washington, D.C.
The revealed titled “Reducing Long Lines to Vote,” reported that African Americans waited an average of 23 minutes to vote compared with 19 minutes for Hispanics, 15 minutes for Asians, 13 minutes for Native Americans and 12 minutes for Whites.

Local Politics

George Curry dies at 69

by Trice Edney Newswire August 25, 2016October 26, 2021

Pioneering civil rights and Black political journalist George E. Curry, the reputed dean of Black press columnists because of his riveting weekly commentary in Black newspapers across the country,

Local Politics

Blackonomics

by Trice Edney Newswire June 30, 2016October 26, 2021

The more I see the statistics relating to the so-called “Black Economy” and “Black Buying Power,” the more desperate my message becomes and the more insulted I feel.

National

Clinton, Trump win big on ‘Super Tuesday’

by Trice Edney Newswire March 3, 2016October 26, 2021

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and billionaire businessman Donald Trump won sweeping majorities of the votes in the 12 Super Tuesday states this week. But, as the polls closed, the Election

Local Politics

Report: Reaching unbanked Black, Hispanic millennials possible with use of mobile services

by Trice Edney Newswire March 3, 2016October 26, 2021

Consumer banking relationships are being reshaped by mobile financial services, according to market research publisher Packaged Facts in the report, “Unbanked and Underbanked Consumers in the U.S.” For

Entertainment

Trayvon Martin murder basis of T.V. show

by Trice Edney Newswire September 12, 2013October 26, 2021

The television program “Law and Order: SVU” will air an episode in October based on the murder of an unarmed Trayvon Martin by George Zimmerman.

Entertainment

Vanessa Bush to head Essence

by Trice Edney Newswire September 5, 2013October 26, 2021

Vanessa K. Bush, award-winning journalist, editor and author, has been named editor-in-chief of Essence.

Opinion-OW

Seriously? Boehner scores a zero

by Trice Edney Newswire September 5, 2013October 26, 2021

The current tracking of Congress’ popularity shows that only 15 percent of Americans approve of the job Congress is doing. Now, House Speaker John Boehner

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National

Eight years post-Katrina: New Orleans second among booming U.S. cities

by Trice Edney Newswire September 5, 2013October 26, 2021

A report by Bloomberg Rankings pegs the New Orleans area, including neighbors Metairie and Kenner, as No. 2 on a list of “Top 12 American Boomtowns.”

Local Politics

More than 2,000 convictions to be reviewed due to invalid hair sample analysis

by Trice Edney Newswire August 22, 2013October 26, 2021

The U.S. Justice Department and the FBI will review more than 2,000 criminal convictions in which the FBI used microscopic hair sample analysis that has now been proven to be scientifically invalid. In some cases, hair sample analysis led to convictions of innocent individuals.

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