October 2011 Archive

Federal judge holds St. Bernard Parish in contempt
On Monday, October 17, 2011, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana issued an order holding St. Bernard Parish and the Parish Council in contempt for violating ...
Celebrating the ‘Queen of Gospel’
A number of events have been planned to mark the 100th anniversary of the birth of a woman who has been called the Queen of Gospel and one ...
Occupy New Orleans protesters settle in
By Matt Davis thelensnola.org A week after 400 people marched through New Orleans in solidarity with Occupy Wall Street protesters in New York City, about 50 people continue to occupy Duncan Plaza, ...
From Jim Crow to Juan Crow- Alabama’s civil rights legacy
By Paul Kleyman Contributing Columnist SAN FRANCISCO (Special from New America Media) — Last week the Water Works—in the ironically named community of Allgood, Ala.—informed local residents that they must now ...
Occupy New Orleans protest draws large crowd
By Matt Davis http://thelensnola.org Four hundred protesters marched Thursday afternoon in solidarity with a loose national movement, which began in New York City under the “Occupy Wall Street” banner. Like its national ...
The October 22 elections
New Orleans is under attack. Our piece of the state budget, the funding lifeblood of our recovery and reconstruction, faces death by a thousand cuts. Capitol area legislative appropriators who ...
Short-run Opera showcases Civil Rights Movement activists
By Travis M. Andrews The approval loan Louisiana Weekly Opera and civil rights aren’t usually spoken in the same breath, until Thursday. Dan Shore, assistant professor of theory in the Xavier department of ...
Nungesser seeks upset in Lt. Gov race
By Christopher Tidmore Contributing Writer Dr. Verne Kennedy of Market Research Insight, released poll numbers on Thursday that puts the race for Lt. Governor at a virtual tie, with a large ...
Grambling is awarded $3.1M grant from U.S. Dept. of Education
The U.S. Department of Education announced recently that it has awarded Grambling State University a grant in the amount of $3.1 million over a five-year period. The grant is received ...
Celebrating faith in a train station
By Fr. Jerome LeDoux Contributing Columnist For most of the 20th century, the one­time bustling Southern Rail­way Station had served passengers and generated commerce for New Orleans. After lying dormant in progressive ...

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