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By Edmund W. Lewis Editor Welcome to Antebellum Disney, aka The City That Care Forgot, The Big Easy, The Crescent City. Home of filé gumbo, red beans and rice, the wobble and ... King’s greatest legacy: Seeing polarization as progress
By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist I’ve always disliked the way Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthday is often celebrated. The reasons became even clearer to me these past few days, as the importance ... La. is not in compliance with feds on driver’s licenses
By Collin Breaux Contributing Writer The Real ID Act, passed by the federal government during the Bush administration back in 2005, came into effect January 15. It was spurred by concerns of ... La.’s Democratic chair takes issue with her counterpart
The decades-long policy of detante between Louisiana’s two party chairmen came to an abrupt end when Chairwoman Karen Carter Peterson sent out an email entitled Villere’s “Dishonest, Disrespectful Attack.” MLK Injustice Index 2013: Racism, materialism and militarism in the U.S.
By Bill Quigley Contributing Writer “We as a nation must undergo a radical revolution of values… when machines and computers, profit motives and property rights, are considered more important than people, ... Retrials set for NOPD cops involved in deadly post-Katrina killings
A former police lieutenant accused of covering up a police killing after where do you go to get a personal loan Hurricane Katrina will begin his second trial March 11. ... The Hard Truth…Final thoughts on the movie Django
By Min. J. Kojo Livingston Contributing Writer Obviously I think the movie Django is worth talking about, if only for the way that it flip-flops the usual treatment of Black people on ... This isn’t what Dr. King wanted
By Barbara R. Arnwine TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist As we reflect on Martin Luther King Day, many of us remember his famous and stirring “I Have A Dream Speech.” This speech is memorialized as ... City of New Orleans wants out of NOPD consent decree
By Tom Gogola thelensnola.org U.S. District Judge Susie Morgan signed off earlier this month on a long-anticipated federal consent decree aimed at reforming the New Orleans Police Department and, in a surprise ... Loyola streetcar starts to roll
By Susan Buchanan Contributing Writer Spacious, solar-lit shelters on the new Loyola Ave. streetcar line, opening on Jan. 28, will accommodate Super Bowl fans. But elsewhere, commuters huddle under less protection. Bus ...
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