Jozef Syndicate

Community News

• Life –from the womb to the tomb– is precious
• Governor signs Louisiana’s abortion ban with no exception for rape or incest
• Beyond Juneteenth: Break the chains to access capital and achieve real freedom
• Legendary bluesmen Lil Jimmy Reed, ‘Teddy’ Johnson blaze paths promoting musical expression
• Medical marijuana and me: the path to healing now that the cannabis flower is legal in Louisiana
• Leaving viewers with something strong to sip on
• Gift Giving for the Culture
• Shreveport floral designer Sharon Johnson heads to the Tournament of Roses Parade
• Value of one: a 9-11 hero’s marker celebrates life, soothes personal grief
• ‘A true jewel of Shreveport’ has passed
• With filmmakers’ help, Scotlandville steps onto the international stage
• ‘I hated, hated science’ until STEM NOLA
• Supporting natural hair in La, a state without the CROWN Act
• Someone etched her legacy in stone, shared it with free books and prayer
• Louisiana’s oldest Juneteenth celebrations return amid COVID, on heels of holiday legislation
• Rep. Jones pushes bill to extend early voting
• Southern University wins $40,000 Home Depot Grant
• Larry Irvin is shaping the future, making teaching cool again
• Norris Henderson, a long-time criminal-justice advocate, continues push to increase funding
• Songs for Mama: Grieving son creates project a year after COVID loss
• Behind ‘Jozef Book and Brew’: What we’ve been reading, brewing, and enjoying
• Author honors sister with children’s adventure
• Showing the world its Blerds and -ish
• Chad Barnes Jr. advocates for young patients, OLOL hospital
• Don’t make another mistake, Snoop Dogg, read the ballot
• Parenting during this pandemic requires an ‘anointing’ many already possess
• An artist’s angst: Using fan art for honor and release
• Painting protests and pandemic: From canvas to masks
• Louisiana Poet Laureate John Warner Smith awarded national fellowship
• When it’s time to ‘see someone,’ online therapy could be the best choice
• Shreveport native wins Pulitzer Prize
• Eight Southern University leaders join health equity task force
• Baton Rouge native develops antiviral drug with potential to fight coronavirus
• 1,095 days and counting: One doctor’s frustration unfolds into Instagram excellence
• ON-AIR: Broadcasters and hosts covering COVID Louisiana
• Training Junior Cosmetologists
• School to prison pipeline can be dismantled says juvenile judge
• Muralist immortalizes architect Julian T. White, LSU’s first Black professor
• A Louisiana girl with California wine
• Kristen Downing’s art — fueled by social, political climate — will exhibit at SU
• ‘The American Audit’ exposes America as a 400-year-old business and its toll on Black citizens
• Students, teachers use self-efficacy to master learning, show the world ‘we are intelligent’
• Separate, unequal, and dismal: Urban League rekindles leaders’ commitments to improve public schools 
• Minister addresses controversy around latest R&B release ‘Emoji’
• BJT Ledet’s ‘The Christians’ features 1960s Louisiana love story
• Baton Rouge, LA Teens Create Watch to Help Caregivers Locate Patients Living with Dementia, Alzheimer’s Disease – i.Invest Competition
• Toni Morrison, Baton Rouge’s bench and ‘seeing myself’
• Hundreds honor slain civil rights icon, museum founder remembered for living a life of purpose
• When Grandpa leaves land, he leaves legacy. Pensiri: A Talk with Nicolette ‘FarmHer Missy’ Gordon
• ‘Not Charity, Lord, but a Chance’
• She begat this. Oh, really?
• Invisible Warriors: Photo exhibit reveals the truth behind invisible illnesses
• ‘It made me feel like a failure that I could not protect her’
• Pensiri: A Talk with Cristian Hardy, co-pastor, Love Alive Church
• Baton Rouge’s Chenese Lewis ‘honored’ to host famed international beauty show
• The Square Collection gets first public showing in West Baton Rouge
• Women in state law enforcement leave indelible footprints
• ‘A Lucky Man’ wins Ernest Gaines Award for Literacy Excellence
• ‘Ms. Meta’ on frontline, empowering others facing HIV
• Fashions’ ‘Next Big’ designers hail from Baton Rouge
• Fact: Eliminating stigmas can reduce the spread of HIV
• With HIV rates topping the nation, Baton Rouge needs HAART, Open Health, and PreP
• Baton Rouge study looks at whether exercise improves memory for older Blacks
• Trading Black Histories: Louisiana, California middle schoolers meet by chance while competing in national research contest
• Baton Rouge native participates in world’s largest international maritime warfare exercise
• First Black to walk in space visits Baton Rouge
• Black Out Loud Conference celebrates Black visibility Aug 10-12
• Using faith-based training, Team Family resolves conflicts, creates peaceful, productive environment
• Louisiana legislators look to expand ‘Payday’ lending, harming borrowers
• Dr. King, Alton Sterling, and the Difficult Days Ahead
• Louisiana creatives flourish in light of Black Panther
• Louisiana’s non-unanimous jury law: an instrument of mass incarceration
• Black mothers keep dying after giving birth, researchers blame racism
• Baton Rouge gains its sixth community pharmacist
• Baton Rouge sailor reflects on year of recruiting in America’s Navy
• Henry Turner Jr. Day celebrates a musical, community champion
• ‘We need as many natural remedies as possible’; SU, LSU marijuana programs may help
• Momma, he only wanted to ride his bike
• Seating Black judges: Supreme Court finds intentional discrimination in Terrebonne parish
• Baton Rouge Councilman’s use of slur is an attempt to intimidate, bully
• Movin’ on Up in Louisiana–or Not
• Dialogue on race necessary to move Louisiana beyond fear
• 300 Black women sought for Polycystic Ovary Syndrome research
• Baker native serves on Navy’s largest warship
• Community support turns Facebook postings into published book
• Losing healthcare access, Medicaid expansion too risky for Louisiana
• ‘I am that next legacy,’ says Alton Sterling’s oldest son
• Teens deliver resilient poetry following a season of tragedy
• ‘Can you be a little less aggressive?’ Louisiana councilwoman responds to #BlackWomenatWork
• Dear Governor Edwards, TOPS has become an entitlement for rich Louisianans
• Ponchatoula native brings ‘Something Miraculous’ to Baton Rouge stage, March 26
• Madam Mayor: Meet the Black female mayors of Louisiana
• ‘Fat N—-r’; 500 people petition to disbar chief criminal judge for racial slur
• Museum presents ‘The Thibodaux Massacre’ Book Tour, Feb. 18
• When pain, anger turn into action, a mother gives hope after son’s murder
• Baton Rouge charter pushes to keep 600 students, remain open
• COMMENTARY: Has the Electoral College outlived its usefulness?
• Children’s book brings Bayou Classic tradition into every home
• The Genius of Ted Ellis 
• Fans stirred up for first undefeated match up of Jaguars, Tigers
• Summers to lead SLU student affairs
• Readers show solidarity with #WhatADoctorLooksLike
• Changing the Louisiana Judiciary Forever
• Things get uncomfortable’ when protesters Blackout BR, interrupt policing meeting
• Many online resources available for Louisiana disaster survivors
• From flooded homes, President Obama tells America to ‘stay focused on this’
• Share your Louisiana Great Flood rescue, survival story
• President Obama Signs Louisiana Disaster Declaration
• City left with growing embers of grief
• City bears embers of mourning, grief
• Americans for Blane Salamoni Facebook page surfaces
• How to talk with children about tragedy
• I fit the prototype: large and Black. Am I Next?
• You’ve told Alton Sterling’s past records. Now stop ignoring the officers’ disturbing use of force, deep family ties
• Pro Bono legal support established for Louisiana protesters
• Domond leaves Grambling for Rutgers University
• Orchestra festival reaffirms talents of young musicians
• Community to celebrate Amite valedictorian denied walk
• Monroe native rolls into world of ultra luxury
• University leader calls high school decision to keep athlete, ban valedictorian ‘height of hypocrisy’
• Time to get SMART about diabetes
• Southern opens 2016 football season at ULM
• State tax changes take effect Friday, April 1
• Developers sought to reinvent Entergy site, acres in Baton Rouge
• Statewide summit set to improve health policy in Louisiana on March 29
• Gauthier leaves McKinley to serve with Naval Beach Group TWO
• Green takes national college media awards
• SUNO chancellor announces resignation
• Monte Farms of Winnfield breeds success
• Treasury Department commemorates 150th anniversary of Freedman’s Bank
• Webb, Knight lay out ‘Must Reads’
• N.O. native T. Geronimo Johnson wins Ernest Gaines Award
• Tracking wonderful memories for years to come
• Giving, celebrating humanity in the name of Christ
• BR Bus Boycott commemorated by Toni Morrison Society’s Bench by the Road Project
• Black Dollars, Black Power: Call to boycott Black Friday and Christmas shopping spreads nationwide
• Former SU history professor Arthur Tolson passes away
• Race, Risks, and Revolutions
• Baton Rouge community learns ‘quick’ CPR
• Port Allen native releases lighthearted book about Jesus
• Deltas purchase N.O church for community center
• ‘Change Me Prayers’ uncomplicated, gentle
• Don’t call her a hero or a champion
• Center gives male students new life
• General Honore’ says ‘Do a gut check’, Louisiana deserves better leaders
• Ursula White’s quest to understand women’s fat
• Boris Kodjoe gets personal at historic La. NAACP banquet
• Jones, La., native named ADA president
• New admission standards may boost SU, Grambling
• Belton to lead Southern University System