‘Built by the community’ is theme of 6th Annual Gentilly Fest
By Kelly Parker Contributing Writer It’s always festival season and the Big Easy, and one of our most renowned areas will once again commemorate music, culture, and progress. Top bidder on city tax collections contract may be skirting minority-business rules
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By Tyler Bridges thelensnola.org Pres Kabacoff was tooling around downtown in his black Lexus, expounding on his favorite subject: how to transform New Orleans into an Afro-Caribbean version of Paris. Claiborne study to end after two more community forums
By Susan Buchanan Contributing Writer A study that began last year as part of the city’s Livable Claiborne Communities Initiative will wrap up in October with two more community meetings and a ... Senate report explores the racial wealth gap
By Fritz Esker Contributing Writer Bridging the wealth gap between races has long been a theoretical goal of American policymakers. To help make this goal a reality, Senator Mary Landrieu (D-LA) ... Forum for Equality hosts hate crime forum
By Fritz Esker Contributing Writer Recently, Forum for Equality hosted a talk on hate crimes at the New Orleans Jewish Community Center. The impetus for the event was a spate of recent anti-homosexual ... Mental health in the Black community yet another battleground for equality
By David Dennis Jr. Contributing Columnist personal loans for bad credit in sa Two months ago, Rolling Stone put Boston bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev on its cover. The act was nothing more ... Louisiana’s voucher program grabs national spotlight
By Kari Harden Contributing Writer Gov. Piyush Jindal recently took his discontent to Wash­ington D.C. after U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder filed a lawsuit in August against Louisiana in an attempt to ... Poverty rate holding steady, but fewer children uninsured
By Anna Challet Contributing Writer (Special from New America Media) — While poverty remains at historically high levels, the percentage of people in the United States — especially children – who ... Black media slighted as spending power exceeds $1 trillion
By George E. Curry NNPA Editor-in-Chief WASHINGTON (NNPA) — Although annual Black spending is projected to rise from its current $1 trillion to $1.3 trillion by 2017, advertisers allot only three percent ...
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