Ian Breckenridge-Jackson co-founds Lower Ninth Ward Living Museum to preserve cultural, social history of devastated community

Muddy floodwaters that roared through New Orleans’ Lower Ninth Ward in the aftermath of Hurricane

By Freddie Allen

NNPA Washington Correspondent

WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Areva Martin watched her youngest child play with growing concern. Marty was almost 18 months old and he didn’t play like other kids his age. Instead of racing toy cars on a track or across the floor, Marty would organize them in lines. He did the same thing with crayons. Instead of scribbling on paper or trying to color, he would just line them up.

Substance Abuse Fuels Incarceration Rates for Black Men

By Freddie Allen

NNPA Washington Correspondent

WASHINGTON (NNPA) – A recent study reports that treating substance abusers, especially African Americans, could save the nation billions of dollars at a time when all eyes are glued to debates over how to solve the country’s national debt.

The study by researchers at Meharry Medical College School of Medicine in