Essence Music Festival offers free ticket to LA residents
The Louisiana Weekly Staff Reports New Orleans, LA – Essence Fest fans who are looking to stretch their concert dollars this year may be in luck. Essence Fest announced that it is ... Group accuses the mayor of spying on Black activists in N.O.
By C.C. Campbell-Rock Contributing Writer With temperatures soaring and humidity high in New Orleans, members of Take Em Down NOLA (TEDN) Coalition and other civil rights group activists stood firm on ... Joe McKnight’s accused killer to stand trial Aug. 7
Ronald Gasser, the Jefferson Parish man accused of fatally shooting former NFL star and John Curtis High School standout Joe McKnight in Terrytown during a road-rage incident last December, will ... N.O. settles lawsuit with wrongfully convicted man
The City of New Orleans and the Orleans Parish District Attorney’s Office on June 7 announced that a settlement has been reached in a federal civil rights lawsuit filed by ... Veterans Affairs official downplays Agent Orange risks, questions critics
By Charles Ornstein ProPublica A key federal official who helps adjudicate claims by veterans who say they were exposed to Agent Orange has downplayed the risks of the chemical herbicide and questioned ... Black Lives Matter wins an international award for its work
(Special from NorthStar-News Today) — The Sydney Peace Foundation, an initiative of the University of Sydney in Australia and the City of Sydney, has awarded its 2017 peace prize to ... Anti-voter laws worse than Russian meddling
By Mary Claire Blakeman Contributing Writer (New America Media) — Although alleged Kremlin connections may ultimately sink Trump’s Presidency, the Rev. William Barber, II, contends that homegrown voter suppression poses a greater ... Meet the Southern senators critical to blocking Obamacare’s repeal
By Sue Sturgis Contributing Writer (Special from Facing South) — Before leaving town for the July 4 recess, the GOP-controlled U.S. Senate is expected to vote on a bill to repeal the ... Majority Whip Steve Scalise beat the odds years before shooting
By Christopher Tidmore Contributing Writer The attempted murder of Congressman Steve Scalise allows one to recollect the improbable and meteoric ascent of the one time unknown computer programmer from Old Jefferson. His ... ACE Mentor program students strut their stuff at Annual Awards banquet
By Walt Pierce Contributing Writer McDonogh 35 and DeLaSalle High School students participating in the ACE Mentor Program showed off their work at their recent year-end awards banquet. The ACE (architecture, construction, ...
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