Protestors focus on poverty at state capitol
By Nayita Wilson Contributing Writer Organizers and protesters with the Louisiana Poor People’s Campaign said they will hold demonstrations outside of the state capitol over the next six weeks to bring ... New Orleans City Council opens investigation into campaign to pay actors to support power plant
By Charles Maldnado The Lens The New Orleans City Council last Thursday voted to open a formal investigation into a campaign to pay actors to show up at meetings to support Entergy’s ... N.O. judge Clare Jupiter dies
Orleans Parish Civil District Court Judge Clare Jupiter, who took a leave of absence about four months ago after suffering a stroke January 7, died Friday, May 18. She was ... Hate groups use new symbols to hide existences
By Ryan Whirty Contributing Writer What do you do if you’re a white supremacist, but you’re upset that everyone knows you’re a white supremacist and quite understandably doesn’t want anything to do ... TEDN calls for open discussion on fate of monuments
By Ryan Whirty Contributing Writer A day after holding a press conference on the steps of City Hall to issue a pointed challenge to Mayor LaToya Cantrell to include more voices in ... Sean “Puffy” Combs buys Kerry James Marshallpainting for $21.1 million
By Frederick H. Lowe Contributing Writer (Special from NorthStarNews Today) – Not long ago Sean “Puffy” Combs was rumored to be in the market to buy the Carolina Panthers of the NFL. Trump said protesting NFL players should not live in this country
By Frederick H. Lowe Contributing Writer (NorthStarNews Today) – President Donald Trump last week said National Football League players who kneel during the national anthem should not live in this country ... African-American workers lag behind whites in the Energy sector
By Freddie Allen Contributing Writer (NNPA Newswire and BlackPressUSA.com) – Energy jobs are growing faster than the national average and energy-related sectors are less diverse than the national workforce, according to the ... Medicaid work requirements would worsen South’s health care crisis
By Rebekah Barber Contributing Writer (Special from Facing South) – “How many more babies? How many more children?” Those are the questions Callie Greer tearfully asked earlier this month at the Washington, D.C., ... National memorial marks Thibodaux mass shooting
By Meghan Holmes Contributing Writer On a gentle rise in downtown Montgomery, the National Memorial for Peace and Justice marks the violent deaths of more than 4,000 African Americans across the United ...
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