By James Sebastien Contributing Writer New Orleans activist Dyan Hamilton French Cole, widely known as “Mama D,” passed away on May 20. She was 72. Cole was a community leader, and ... Demands grow for firing of BRPD cops who killed Alton Sterling
In the wake of the U.S. Department of Justice’s decision to not file federal charges against the Baton Rouge police officers who killed 37-year-old Alton Sterling on July 5, 2016 ...
By C.C. Campbell-Rock Contributing Writer Jacob C. Johnson, MPA, CLED, executive director of the quasi-state agency, Health Education Authority of Louisiana, (HEAL), on April 11, filed a discrimination lawsuit against the ...
(Special from NorthStar News Today) — The findings, reported in the May issue of JAMA Internal Medicine, offer further evidence that policies to reduce residential racial segregation may have meaningful ... Monument drama continues in wake of removal project
The political drama and controversy surrounding the removal of four Confederate-era monuments from public spaces across the City of New Orleans continues despite the completion of the statue-removal project on ...
[caption id="attachment_25575" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Leon Waters of Hidden History Tours talks about the post-Katrina recovery efforts in the Lower Ninth Ward during the Steeped in History Tour on April 6. ... Black AIDS Institute announces ‘30 Days of HIV’ Campaign leading to National HIV Testing Day
The Black AIDS Institute, the nation’s only think tank focused on the impact of HIV upon Black communities, has announced a national, digital-community campaign, “30 Days of HIV.” The campaign ... Trump’s new bank regulator: Lawyer who helped banks charge more fees
By Cezary Podkul ProPublica In the early 2000s, banks successfully sued to stop Iowa from limiting their ability to charge ATM fees to non-customers. They also fought off states’ attempts to stop ... Lawsuit targets potential cancer threat in the South’s farming communities
By Sue Sturgis Contributing Writer (Special from Facing South) – More than 800 cancer patients nationwide are involved in a class-action lawsuit that accuses the chemical giant Monsanto of failing to ...
A Jefferson Parish criminal court judge on Thursday granted a prosecution request to use a 2006 road-rage incident as evidence against the man accused of fatally shooting former John Curtis ...
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