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NOLa. Public School students 5 and up must be vaccinated by Feb. 1

By Marta Jewson The Lens The NOLA Public Schools district will require students five years of age and older to get both doses of the

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Study shows police killings in US have been widely undercounted

By Lauren Victoria Burke Contributing Writer (NNPA Newswire Contributor) — Police killings in the United States have been massively undercounted according to a study by

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Black women make historic political gains but remain underrepresented
By Rebekah Barber Contributing Writer (Special from Facing South) — Despite the fact that the first Black and South Asian woman holds the country’s second-highest office and more Black women are concurrently ...
The Bayou Classic returns to New Orleans
By Fritz Esker Contributing Writer On Saturday, November 27, the 48th Annual Bayou Classic will once again take place in New Orleans. It will be the first Bayou Classic in the Crescent ...
Vote in the Saturday, November 13 election
Some people may argue to the contrary, but the November 13 election is as important as the presidential race. New Orleanians must choose their mayor, City Council members, clerk, Criminal ...
Recommendations for the November 13 election
October 30, 2021 marked the beginning of early voting, with the formal Election Day approaching on November 13, 2021. While milliage renewals are on many suburban ballots, nearly every ...
Black children make up 54 percent of La. minors who lost caregivers to COVID
By Fritz Esker Contributing Writer A new study in Pediatrics revealed that over 140,000 American children lost a primary or secondary caregiver due to the COVID-19 pandemic. That means an American ...
Study shows how Medical community neglected African Americans with Covid
By Stacy M. Brown Contributing Writer (NNPA Newswire) — It’s well-documented that the COVID-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc in communities everywhere, but African Americans mainly have borne the brunt of the disease’s ...
In fake subpoena settlement, Orleans DA’s office agrees to be placed under monitor
By Charles Maldonado The Lens Orleans Parish District Attorney Jason Williams has agreed for his office to be placed under a court appointed monitor for three-and-a-half years as part of a settlement ...
ACLU of La. calls for an investigation of JPSO
By Ryan Whirty Contributing Writer On the heels of an in-depth investigation and damning report by several news agencies, the ACLU of Louisiana has called for a federal investigation into allegations of ...

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