Forum calls into question NOPD’s treatment of LGBTQ citizens
By Fritz Esker Contributing Writer On Wednesday, July 18, the Ashe Cultural Arts Center’s Power House Theater hosted (Inter)SEX/SHUN/ALL, a community forum and art exhibit focused on the experiences LGBTQ people of ...
Community honors historian, activist Sadie Roberts-Joseph of Baton Rouge
By Candace J. Semien Contributing Writer (Special from The Drum) — For more than three decades, Sadie Roberts-Joseph was an exceptional force of civic and cultural life in Baton Rouge. Often called ... Council raises concerns about accountability, affordable housing funds as it starts process to bring short-term rental tax to a public vote
By Michael Isaac Stein The Lens The New Orleans City Council on Thursday took the initial step to set up a citywide vote on a new short-term rental tax. New Beginnings will surrender Kennedy HS, Capdau charters at the end of school year
By Marta Jewson The Lens The New Beginnings Schools Foundation voted unanimously Thursday to surrender the charters for both of its schools — John F. Kennedy High School and Pierre A. Capdau ... Delta Sigma Theta donates 17,000 meals to Hurricane Barry Relief
When a disturbance in the Gulf forced Delta Sigma Theta sorority to cut its national convention in New Orleans short a day, the sisterhood didn’t pause to switch from conference ... As temperatures climb, a new push to keep workers safe
By Anna Marie Barry-Jester Contributing Writer (Special from khn.org) — Last month, on a day that was sweltering even by Phoenix standards, Filiberto Lares knew he wasn’t well. An airline caterer, he ... Who are Democratic candidates for president with the most Black staffers?
(BlackmansStreet.Today) — Of a large number of candidates who are seeking the Democratic nomination for president to take on President Donald Trump, Senators Cory Booker, Kamala Harris, and Elizabeth Warren ...
Spillway’s fresh water destroys oyster beds, spurs algae blooms
By Susan Buchanan Contributing Writer Fresh water from the Midwest floods has poured through the Bonnet Carre Spillway, 30 miles west of New Orleans, into southeast Louisiana and Mississippi this year. The ... The Reels brothers spent eight years in jail for refusing to leave their land
By Lizzie Presser ProPublica In the spring of 2011, the brothers Melvin Davis and Licurtis Reels were the talk of Carteret County, on the central coast of North Carolina. Some people said ...
Solid listening pleasure by New Orleans finest
By Geraldine Wyckoff Contributing Writer The New Orleans Jazz Orchestra under the leadership of artistic director and drummer Adonis Rose continues its concert series that pays tribute to individual musicians’ work. In ...
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By Fritz Esker Contributing Writer On Wednesday, July 18, the Ashe Cultural Arts Center’s Power House Theater hosted (Inter)SEX/SHUN/ALL, a community forum and art exhibit focused on the experiences LGBTQ people of ...
By Candace J. Semien Contributing Writer (Special from The Drum) — For more than three decades, Sadie Roberts-Joseph was an exceptional force of civic and cultural life in Baton Rouge. Often called ... Council raises concerns about accountability, affordable housing funds as it starts process to bring short-term rental tax to a public vote
By Michael Isaac Stein The Lens The New Orleans City Council on Thursday took the initial step to set up a citywide vote on a new short-term rental tax. New Beginnings will surrender Kennedy HS, Capdau charters at the end of school year
By Marta Jewson The Lens The New Beginnings Schools Foundation voted unanimously Thursday to surrender the charters for both of its schools — John F. Kennedy High School and Pierre A. Capdau ... Delta Sigma Theta donates 17,000 meals to Hurricane Barry Relief
When a disturbance in the Gulf forced Delta Sigma Theta sorority to cut its national convention in New Orleans short a day, the sisterhood didn’t pause to switch from conference ... As temperatures climb, a new push to keep workers safe
By Anna Marie Barry-Jester Contributing Writer (Special from khn.org) — Last month, on a day that was sweltering even by Phoenix standards, Filiberto Lares knew he wasn’t well. An airline caterer, he ... Who are Democratic candidates for president with the most Black staffers?
(BlackmansStreet.Today) — Of a large number of candidates who are seeking the Democratic nomination for president to take on President Donald Trump, Senators Cory Booker, Kamala Harris, and Elizabeth Warren ...
By Susan Buchanan Contributing Writer Fresh water from the Midwest floods has poured through the Bonnet Carre Spillway, 30 miles west of New Orleans, into southeast Louisiana and Mississippi this year. The ... The Reels brothers spent eight years in jail for refusing to leave their land
By Lizzie Presser ProPublica In the spring of 2011, the brothers Melvin Davis and Licurtis Reels were the talk of Carteret County, on the central coast of North Carolina. Some people said ...
By Geraldine Wyckoff Contributing Writer The New Orleans Jazz Orchestra under the leadership of artistic director and drummer Adonis Rose continues its concert series that pays tribute to individual musicians’ work. In ...
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