Blacks own 22 cents for every dollar held by whites
By Charlene Crowell Contributing Writer As the global pandemic continues to take lives and infect multiple generations, virtually every dimension of life is challenged. And people with the fewest financial resources before ... Louisiana residents are sleeping in tents because of damaged housing, lawmaker says
By JC Canicosa Contributing Writer About 13,000 homes in Terrebonne and Lafourche parishes have been destroyed (lailluminator.com) — Lafourche and Terrebonne parish residents displaced by Hurricane Ida have been sleeping in tents and ... After 13 years, Black and Missing Foundation still searching for thousands of missing people of color
By Stacy M. Brown Contributing Writer (NNPA Newswire) — It’s been 13 years since Natalie Wilson and her sister-in-law Derrica Wilson founded the Black and Missing Foundation to help bring attention and ... AKAs raise record-setting $2.1M for HBCUs
(Special from defendernetwork.com) — Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated® set a new record and raised more than $2.1 million in one day to benefit our nation’s Historically Black Colleges and ... Rep. Troy Carter urges federal agencies to include DBEs in post-Ida recovery contracting
By Ryan Whirty Contributing Writer Small business advocates and economic-improvement organizations focusing on economic development within disadvantaged New Orleans communities echoed the thoughts of Congressman Troy Carter, who wrote a letter to ... Biden administration blistered with criticism for inhumane treatment of Haitian migrants
By Barrington M. Salmon Contributing Writer (TriceEdneyWire.com) — In her time as co-director of the UnDocuBlack Network, Patrice Lawrence said she has seen coverage that’s startled and jarred her. But one particular ... New Orleans planned for years to send juvenile detainees to an adult prison during hurricanes
By Rachel Mipro Contributing Writer Evacuation plans have called for teens to go to Dixon since 2018 (lailluminator.com) — New Orleans has planned for three years to evacuate underage detainees to an adult ... Funeral home patriarch Duplain “Pete” Rhodes III dies
By Fritz Esker Contributing Writer Duplain W. “Pete” Rhodes III, patriarch of New Orleans’ Rhodes Family of Business, passed away at the age of 61 on Thursday, September 23. Terence Blanchard’s talent and genius on display at the Met!
By C.C. Campbell-Rock Contributing Writer Louisiana native Terence O. Blanchard is the first Black artist to debut an original Opera at the famous Metropolitan Opera House. “Fire Shut Up in My Bones” ... Putting on pandemic pounds: State obesity rates hit all-time highs
By Laura Olson Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) — The number of states with high obesity among residents has nearly doubled since 2018, according to new data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control ...
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