By Marie Brown The City of Monroe is playing a troubling game as it relates to development throughout the entire city. Because of the age of the infrastructure which consist of roads, bridges, water ,sewer etc. in Monroe, millions of…
Category: Opinions
Our Rich Black Heritage: Rev. M. M. Flynn
By Garry Blanson It’s fascinating how every week I’m able to find a different “FORGOTTEN BLACK PIONEER!” Sometimes while I’m researching a totally different subject, I get drawn to an event, post, or person that leads me to someone new,…
Our Rich Black Heritage: Oretha Castle Haley, President of The New Orleans Chapter Of C.O.R.E., from 1961 – 1964
“Everything You Are and Possess Today, Whether Good or Bad, Will Pass Down To Those Who Come After You” – Paul J. Meyer. Never would I have thought that by accepting to help a friend with an out-of-town assignment, I…
Remember ignored Carver Library when voting Saturday
By Robert Kenneth Wright As voters consider the property tax renewal funding Ouachita Parish Library Services, a longstanding promise remains unfulfilled: addressing the inadequate Carver-McDonald Library serving the Renwick/Booker T. community. Unlike other branches, the Library Board doesn’t even own…
Our Rich Black Heritage : Abraham “Jack” Henderson Jr.
By Garry Blanson As some of our Black Youth in Monroe, Louisiana are celebrating the recent High School Basketball Championships of local High Schools in Monroe, I stumbled across information about a “NOW “DEFUNCT SEGREGATED” government program that was setup…
Our City—Our Community
By Marie Brown Daylight savings time started Sunday, March 9, 2025, and will continue until Sunday, November 2, 2025. This has now been observed for 116 years and consists of moving clocks forward in the spring and back in the…
Our Rich Black Heritage : Attorney Louis Berry
By Garry Blanson Recently, I came across a legal term known as,”Racial Polarization.” Although you don’t really hear the term used that much anymore, the term actually goes all the way back to the 1860s! It seems that the term…