By Fritz Esker Contributing Writer The Center for American Progress (CAP) released a report this month establishing a link between Louisiana’s weak gun laws and its rate of gun violence, which is ...
By Kari Dequine Harden Contributing Writer New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu wants to build a low-barrier homeless shelter one block away from an elementary school, one block away from a high school ... Settlement sought in Glover, Danziger Bridge cases
Less than two weeks after a wrongful-death civil lawsuit against several former NOPD officers and the City of New Orleans was resumed in New Orleans, the Landrieu administration has begun ...
[caption id="attachment_23556" align="aligncenter" width="479"] Dread Scott’s flag, “A Man Was Lynched By Police Yesterday,” on view at Jack Shainman Gallery (2016). Photo courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery. ...
By Dwight Brown NNPA Newswire Film Critic The 2016 New Orleans Film Festival kicked off its 27th year by opening with the U.S. premiere of Rob Reiner’s new film LBJ. That ...
By Geraldine Wyckoff Contributing Writer Bobby Rush Porcupine Meat (Rounder Records) Not many musicians other than those from Louisiana would title an album Porcupine Meat. “We talk another kind of talk,” vocalist, harmonica player, guitarist ... Senate debate at Dillard University to include David Duke
By Kaelin Maloid Contributing Writer White supremacist and former Louisiana Ku Klux Klan Grand Wizard David Duke has, for years, been the face of white supremacy in Louisiana. And after years in ... Hillary Clinton promises to support Black businesses
By Hazel Trice Edney Contributing Writer (TriceEdneyWire.com) — Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton has promised to specifically undergird Black-owned businesses if elected. It is a promise long-awaited by activists who have ... New Orleans attracts first, non-stop European flights in decades
By Susan Buchanan Contributing Writer It’s been 34 years since New Orleans had nonstop, commercial flights to Europe. But next spring British Airways starts a direct route from the Crescent City to ... SUNO decides to extend search for new chancellor
Although the Southern University System was supposed to vote Friday for a new chancellor to replace Dr. Victor Ukpolo who stepped down at the end of June, it was announced ...
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