Inequity in New Orleans public schools persists, report says
By Meghan Holmes Contributing Writer New Orleans-based non-profit The Data Center released its latest in a series of tricentennial reports on November 30 documenting issues of inequity in the city. Called “New ... Plan to address N.O.’s mass incarceration is flawed, say critics
In July, undercover NOPD detectives positioned themselves in the 3600 block of Mardi Gras Boulevard in Algiers to make drug buys. They said Calvin Hills approached the passenger side of ... Attention, Marketplace shoppers: Don’t delay on 2019 enrollment
By Michelle Andrews Contributing Writer (Special from Kaiser Health News) — Don’t procrastinate. Most consumers who buy their own insurance on the federal health insurance marketplace face a Dec. 15 deadline. Advocates ... One-quarter of city schools now have filters to remove lead from water
By Marta Jewson The Lens About one-quarter of the city’s 82 public schools now have filters that remove lead from drinking water. They were installed this fall, one year later than ... USACE appropriates $16M for flood management
By Meghan Holmes Contributing Writer In November, the United States Army Corps of Engineers released its 2019 work plan detailing the year’s civil appropriations, including more than $16 million in investment to ... Climate change will cause more cases of asthma and suffering for blacks
By Frederick H. Lowe Contributing Writer (BlackmansStreet.Today) – Blacks and other non-whites living in the United States should prepare for more heat-related deaths and an increase in the severity and frequency of ... Mayor wins unanimous passage of first City budget
With a strong emphasis on improving public safety, raises for City of New Orleans workers and jail reforms, Mayor LaToya Cantrell managed to win over the City Council to unanimously ... Guilty plea by white supremacist
By A. C. Thompson ProPublica One of the eight members or associates of a violent California white supremacist group arrested on federal riot charges has pleaded guilty to assaulting protesters and others ... Democrats regain some ground in Southern legislatures
By Chris Kromm Contributing Writer (Special from Facing South) — It’s easy to forget now, but a decade ago Democrats were the dominant party in state legislatures across the South. U.S. Senate’s only Black Republican blocks Farr from becoming a federal judge
By Lauren Victoria Burke Contributing Writer (NNPA Newswire) — On November 29, the U.S. Senate’s only African American Republican Senator, Tim Scott, announced he would oppose the nomination of Thomas Farr to ...
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