Environmental sacrifice zones can be beacons of clean energy investment
By Ben Jealous TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist Lower Richland County, South Carolina is a place with rich history. The region, which sits on wetlands and a floodplain forest fed by the Congaree River, was ... Trump still rules the Republican Party
By Earl Ofari Hutchinson Guest Columnist Following the first Republican presidential candidates’ debate in Milwaukee in July, co-moderator Bret Baier put it best about former President Donald Trump’s no show. He branded ... Drainage fee is not “roll forward”
By Christopher Tidmore Contributing Columnist Six weeks ago, this newspaper published a plea to local governmental bodies to rollback millages as a means of alleviating the skyrocketing assessment rates on homeowners. Options ... Thankfully, many New Orleans unhoused had Housing on Thanksgiving
Eyes and hearts can’t unsee the despair and displacement at five homeless encampments around the City of New Orleans. Drive down Claiborne Avenue or near the Convention Center; a ... Southern to split chancellor, system president roles into two positions
By Piper Hutchinson Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) — The flagship of the nation’s only historically Black college and university system will get its own president again after the position was consolidated with the ... They tried to expose Louisiana judges who had systematically ignored prisoners’ petitions. No one listened.
By Anat Rubin ProPublica Editor’s Note: This is the second installment of a three-part series. Prologue Two years into his 25-year sentence for attempted aggravated rape, Nathan Brown could tell the man sitting ... The DA’s office wants to use predictive analytics software to direct city resources to ‘places that drive crime.’ Will it work?
By Nick Chrastil The Lens Lower 9th Ward native Brandi Charlot took a family-owned shotgun house and turned it into her shop, Blucid Floral. The little aqua-painted structure on St. Claude Avenue, ... RTA: Rampart Street streetcar to reopen in January 2024
By Bobbi Jeanne Misick Contributing Writer (Veritenews.org) — The New Orleans Regional Transit Authority’s Rampart-St. Claude streetcar, which was shut down after being damaged in the 2019 Hard Rock hotel collapse, is ... Judge halts industrial rezoning for proposed grain elevator site
By Delaney Dryfoos The Lens Over the weekend of November 11th, Joy Banner prepared for the vote on Monday, November 13. Taking to social media, she warned that the planning commission for ... Honorable discharges for 110 Buffalo soldiers convicted in aftermath of 1917 Houston Riots
By Stacy M. Brown Contributing Writer (NNPA Newswire) – Army Secretary Christine Wormuth formally gave the greenlight to overturn the court-martial convictions of 110 Black soldiers from the 3rd Battalion, 24th ...
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