Black households earned 61 cents for every dollar of white median incomes
By Charlene Crowell Contributing Writer The August 23 police shooting of an unarmed Black man in Kenosha, Wis., triggered yet another round of community protests and national news coverage of a Black ... Hurricane Laura was a toxic harbinger of climate disasters to come
By Sue Sturgis Contributing Writer (Special from Facing South) — The weather system that would become history-making Hurricane Laura spun out of a tropical wave that moved into the Atlantic Ocean off ...
New Orleans City Council committee advances ordinance to restrict law enforcement use of tear gas
By Nicholas Chrastil The Lens Over three months have passed since the New Orleans Police Department deployed tear gas on protesters attempting to cross the Crescent City Connection in the wake of ... 15 years after Katrina, does New Orleans sound different?
By Andrew J. Yawn Contributing Writer (Special to AP from USA Today – American South) — 31 billion gallons of water. Approximately 134,000 homes damaged. More than 250,000 people displaced. COVID-19 and Sickle Cell disease
By Glenn Ellis Contributing Writer (TriceEdneyWire.com) — September is Sickle Cell Disease Awareness Month, and COVID-19 has given the need for awareness more urgent than ever. Poverty continues to prevent many ex-felons from voting
By Benjamin Barber Contributing Writer (Special from Facing South) — Last month, Desmond Meade voted for the first time in 30 years, casting a ballot in his home state of Florida. His ... Racial justice can only begin when police departments reflect the communities they serve
By Sunita Sohrabji Contributing Writer (Ethnic Media Services) — Even as U.S. crime rates drop to historic lows, residents of low-income neighborhoods continue to be over-policed and victimized by law enforcement, concluded ... COVID-19 has increased the digital divide, but the Black community faces another threat to tech access
By Hazel Trice Edney Contributing Writer (TriceEdneyWire.com) — As COVID-19 wreaks havoc on a digital and educational divide that has already severely impacted African-American and other children of color, yet another situation ... Is the economy rebounding?
By Julianne Malveaux TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist On the Friday before Labor Day, the Bureau of Labor Statistics released its monthly report, “The Employment Situation.” It reported good news – the unemployment rate ... 95 years old, and still going strong
With this issue, The Louisiana Weekly begins its 95th year of educating, documenting, reporting, and advocating for the civil rights and human rights of people of color.
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By Charlene Crowell Contributing Writer The August 23 police shooting of an unarmed Black man in Kenosha, Wis., triggered yet another round of community protests and national news coverage of a Black ... Hurricane Laura was a toxic harbinger of climate disasters to come
By Sue Sturgis Contributing Writer (Special from Facing South) — The weather system that would become history-making Hurricane Laura spun out of a tropical wave that moved into the Atlantic Ocean off ...
By Nicholas Chrastil The Lens Over three months have passed since the New Orleans Police Department deployed tear gas on protesters attempting to cross the Crescent City Connection in the wake of ... 15 years after Katrina, does New Orleans sound different?
By Andrew J. Yawn Contributing Writer (Special to AP from USA Today – American South) — 31 billion gallons of water. Approximately 134,000 homes damaged. More than 250,000 people displaced. COVID-19 and Sickle Cell disease
By Glenn Ellis Contributing Writer (TriceEdneyWire.com) — September is Sickle Cell Disease Awareness Month, and COVID-19 has given the need for awareness more urgent than ever. Poverty continues to prevent many ex-felons from voting
By Benjamin Barber Contributing Writer (Special from Facing South) — Last month, Desmond Meade voted for the first time in 30 years, casting a ballot in his home state of Florida. His ... Racial justice can only begin when police departments reflect the communities they serve
By Sunita Sohrabji Contributing Writer (Ethnic Media Services) — Even as U.S. crime rates drop to historic lows, residents of low-income neighborhoods continue to be over-policed and victimized by law enforcement, concluded ... COVID-19 has increased the digital divide, but the Black community faces another threat to tech access
By Hazel Trice Edney Contributing Writer (TriceEdneyWire.com) — As COVID-19 wreaks havoc on a digital and educational divide that has already severely impacted African-American and other children of color, yet another situation ... Is the economy rebounding?
By Julianne Malveaux TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist On the Friday before Labor Day, the Bureau of Labor Statistics released its monthly report, “The Employment Situation.” It reported good news – the unemployment rate ... 95 years old, and still going strong
With this issue, The Louisiana Weekly begins its 95th year of educating, documenting, reporting, and advocating for the civil rights and human rights of people of color.
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