Bill requiring unanimous jury verdicts moves closer to reality
By Drew White Contributing Writer (LSU Manship School News Service) — Louisiana lawmakers made progress Wednesday toward allowing voters to determine whether felony cases should require unanimous verdicts, a change that supporters ... Low NAEP scores result of computer illiteracy, says Supt. John White
By Kari Dequine Harden Contributing Writer What do the recently released NAEP (National Assessment of Educational Progress) scores reveal about the effectiveness of education reform in New Orleans and in Louisiana? Are ... OPSB approves bid for filters to screen lead from drinking fountains
By Marta Jewson The Lens The Orleans Parish School Board has cleared the way for filters that remove lead from drinking water fountains at schools throughout the district, but not from kitchen ... Mentorship program helps architecture students build toward the future
By Juliana Tomasoni Contributing Writer The future for the city’s landscape and skyline looks bright. And, according to some New Orleans architects, that is thanks to a group of rising architecture students ... How the Klan Act of 1871 is fighting voter intimidation today
By Billy Corriher Contributing Writer (Special from Facing South) — Four Virginia voters filed a lawsuit last week charging a discredited “voter fraud” activist with violating two key federal civil rights laws ... Jazz Fest 2018 – Second weekend picks
By Geraldine Wyckoff Contributing Writer Four days of non-stop music at Jazz Fest ain’t no joke. These “picks” are just, in New Orleans lingo, the tip of an icy sno-ball. In choosing ... Former Ouachita Parish prison guards indicted in alleged inmate assaults
Five former corrections officers at the Richwood Correctional Center in Ouachita Parish have been indicted on charges they conspired to assault handcuffed inmates and submitted false reports on the incident, ... Feds consider charging cop who killed Eric Garner
By Frederick H. Lowe Contributing Writer (Special from NorthStarNews Today) — Federal prosecutors have recommended that Daniel Pantaleo, a New York City cop, who used an illegal chokehold to murder Eric Garner ... Civil Rights Era dream of economic inclusion for N.O. Blacks not realized
By Charmaine Jackson Contributing Writer In commemoration of New Orleans’ 300th anniversary, staffers Allison Plyer and Lamar Gardere of The Data Center released The New Orleans Prosperity Index: Tricentennial Edition, a report ... Bell Jr. High school reopens as artist and family housing
By Kelly Parker Contributing Writer ‘‘If these walls could talk,” joked Artspace local project manager Joe Butler, as he addressed the crowd of Treme neighbors and culture bearers, along with philanthropic, financial ...
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