Jazz Fest returns! And what it means to New Orleanians
By Geraldine Wyckoff Contributing Writer New Orleanians tried their best not to, as the Ray Charles hit goes, “drown in my own tears,” when the news that the 2020 edition of the ... Survey shows La. residents worry about storm losses
By Allison Kadlubar Contributing Writer (LSU Manship School News Service) — Louisiana residents are concerned about damage from hurricanes and fear the unsettling reality of the state’s eroding coastline, with ... Proposals highlight growing pains for Louisiana’s medical marijuana industry
By Greg LaRose Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) — High prices and a lack of access for patients in need have been the chief growing pains for Louisiana’s fledgling medical marijuana industry. State lawmakers ... Babies die as congenital syphilis continues a decade-long surge across the US
By Anna Maria Barry-Jester Contributing Writer (khn.org) — For a decade, the number of babies born with syphilis in the U.S. has surged, undeterred. Data released Tuesday by the Centers ... The ever-growing obstacles farmers of color have to contend with in order to survive
By Ryan Whirty Contributing Writer Bruce Harrell inherited the farming lifestyle from his father, and today Harrell and his family raise vegetables and grains on their central Louisiana farm near Alexandria. National Urban League releases State of Black America Report with troubling findings
By Stacy M. Brown Contributing Writer (Special from The Washington Informer via NNPA Newswire) — National Urban League President & CEO Marc Morial said factions of state and federal lawmakers, working ... Advantage Capital establishes Empower the Change Fund to aid minority businesses
By Fritz Esker Contributing Writer The Empower the Change (ETC) growth equity fund is about to be launched with the sole goal of providing capital to minority-owned businesses. The deadly intersection of poverty, race, and COVID-19
By Rebekah Barber Contributing Writer (Special from Facing South) — Exactly 54 years to the day after the assassination of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., who was helping to lead the Poor ... Census counting inaccuracy has far-reaching impacts on communities of color
By Ryan Whirty Contributing Writer The chronic undercounting of people of color in the decennial census of the U.S. population continued into the latest count in 2020, and the negative ramifications of ... Serena Williams’ message to medical professionals: Listen to Black women
By Stacy M. Brown Contributing Writer (NNPA Newswire) — Each year in the United States, about 700 women die during pregnancy or the year after.
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