Homes are flooding outside FEMA’s 100-year flood zones and racial inequality is showing through
By Kevin T. Smiley Contributing Writer (TheConversation.com) — When hurricanes and other extreme storms unleash downpours like Tropical Storm Beta has been doing in the South, the floodwater doesn’t always stay within ... Suspended $24M state rental assistance program has only disbursed $115,000 in New Orleans
By Michael Isaac Stein The Lens When the State of Louisiana set up a $24 million emergency rental assistance program in July, the response from residents was so overwhelming that they had ... If Obamacare goes away, 8 ways your life will be affected
By Simon F. Haeder Contributing Writer (TheConversation.com) — More than 10 years after its passage, the Affordable Care Act once more hangs in the balance. There have been plenty of near misses ... It’s not just insulin: Lawmakers focus on price of one drug, while others rise too
By Rachana Pradhan Contributing Writer (Special from khn.org) – Michael Costanzo, a Colorado farmer diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2016, has a well-honed ritual: Every six months, he takes an IV infusion ... Judicial battle looms with Ginsburg passing, Black leaders fear loss of Civil Rights gains
By Barrington M. Salmon and Hazel Trice Edney Contributing Writers (TriceEdneyWire.com) — Civil Rights leaders are alternating between sadness over the death of Associate Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and deep ... Dozens of Hurricane Laura evacuees have been arrested in New Orleans, as public defenders urge restraint
By Nicholas Chrastil The Lens The Orleans Public Defenders office is criticizing the New Orleans Police Department for recent arrests of people who came to New Orleans fleeing Hurricane Laura and ... Group addresses COVID-19 challenges for children with an incarcerated parent
By Ryan Whirty Contributing Writer The COVID-19 pandemic has been rough on everyone in New Orleans, including school-age children who have been forced to cope with the strangeness and stress of virtual ... ‘Unfathomable’: Death toll from coronavirus hits 200,000 in US
The U.S. death toll from the coronavirus topped 200,000 Tuesday, September 23, by far the highest in the world, hitting the once-unimaginable threshold six weeks before an election that is ... Stop trashing our Post Office
By Ben Jealous TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist The post office is one of the most respected institutions in America, a lifeline for millions of Americans and a source of ... La. chapter of national voting rights group addresses efforts to protect the vote
By Ryan Whirty Contributing Writer As one of the most important presidential elections of our times quickly approaches, several groups are banding together to make sure Black citizens not only are encouraged ...
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