Agencies are not doing enough to create policies to stop racial profiling in the state
By Fritz Esker Contributing Writer The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) released a report stating that Louisiana law enforcement agencies are not doing enough to create policies and procedures to stop racial ... CPC study recommends ‘effectively prohibiting’ many whole-home Airbnbs
By Michael Isaac Stein The Lens Draft recommendations released last Tuesday by the New Orleans City Planning Commission’s staff would effectively ban “whole-home” short-term rentals — as the city’s current laws define ... Cantrell’s CleanUp NOLA plan will expand city’s surveillance network
By Michael Isaac Stein The Lens In a press release, the Mayor’s Office said that the CleanUpNOLA Initiative will unite various city departments “behind a single goal for a cleaner, healthier, more ... $2.2 billion has been paid to the wrongfully convicted
By Frederick H. Lowe Contributing Writer (Special from BlackmansStreet.Today) — State and local governments and the courts have paid wrongfully convicted men and women more than $2.2 billion in compensation, including $537 ... Ex-Florida police chief pleads guilty to framing Black men
(Special from The Defender News Service) — On one of those developments that may not come as a surprise to activists, a former police chief in Florida is coming clean ... Blacks in Louisiana are more likely to be arrested for possession of marijuana
Black people in Louisiana are nearly three times as likely as white people to be arrested on a marijuana possession charge, according to a new report on racial profiling. The Catholic Church played major role in slavery
By Stacy M. Brown Contributing Writer (NNPA Newswire) — The Catholic Church played a vital role in the trans-Atlantic slave trade, according to historians and several published theses on the topic.
Senators unveil legislation to protect patients against surprise medical bills
By Rachel Bluth Contributing Writer (Special from Kaiser Health News) – With frustration growing among Americans who are being charged exorbitant prices for medical treatment, a bipartisan group of senators last ... RTA is crossing Parish lines
By Christopher Tidmore Contributing Writer RTA’s Decision to extend the Tulane Avenue bus line into Jefferson Parish by September 30, past Ochsner Medical Center and onward to Causeway Boulevard, drew almost universal ... The Storm Within: Protecting loved ones with dementia during Hurricane Florence
By Melissa Bailey Contributing Writer (Special from Kaiser Health News) — As Hurricane Florence barreled toward her coastal community, Patty Younts grappled with a question: Where should a person with dementia go?
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By Fritz Esker Contributing Writer The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) released a report stating that Louisiana law enforcement agencies are not doing enough to create policies and procedures to stop racial ... CPC study recommends ‘effectively prohibiting’ many whole-home Airbnbs
By Michael Isaac Stein The Lens Draft recommendations released last Tuesday by the New Orleans City Planning Commission’s staff would effectively ban “whole-home” short-term rentals — as the city’s current laws define ... Cantrell’s CleanUp NOLA plan will expand city’s surveillance network
By Michael Isaac Stein The Lens In a press release, the Mayor’s Office said that the CleanUpNOLA Initiative will unite various city departments “behind a single goal for a cleaner, healthier, more ... $2.2 billion has been paid to the wrongfully convicted
By Frederick H. Lowe Contributing Writer (Special from BlackmansStreet.Today) — State and local governments and the courts have paid wrongfully convicted men and women more than $2.2 billion in compensation, including $537 ... Ex-Florida police chief pleads guilty to framing Black men
(Special from The Defender News Service) — On one of those developments that may not come as a surprise to activists, a former police chief in Florida is coming clean ... Blacks in Louisiana are more likely to be arrested for possession of marijuana
Black people in Louisiana are nearly three times as likely as white people to be arrested on a marijuana possession charge, according to a new report on racial profiling. The Catholic Church played major role in slavery
By Stacy M. Brown Contributing Writer (NNPA Newswire) — The Catholic Church played a vital role in the trans-Atlantic slave trade, according to historians and several published theses on the topic.
By Rachel Bluth Contributing Writer (Special from Kaiser Health News) – With frustration growing among Americans who are being charged exorbitant prices for medical treatment, a bipartisan group of senators last ... RTA is crossing Parish lines
By Christopher Tidmore Contributing Writer RTA’s Decision to extend the Tulane Avenue bus line into Jefferson Parish by September 30, past Ochsner Medical Center and onward to Causeway Boulevard, drew almost universal ... The Storm Within: Protecting loved ones with dementia during Hurricane Florence
By Melissa Bailey Contributing Writer (Special from Kaiser Health News) — As Hurricane Florence barreled toward her coastal community, Patty Younts grappled with a question: Where should a person with dementia go?
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