Louisiana boil water notices paint a picture of the state’s failing drinking water infrastructure

By Sara Sneath Contributing Writer State’s water infrastructure needs $7 billion in additional funding over the next 20 years (lailluminator.com) — As far back as

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ACLU of La. files lawsuit St. Tammany Parish deputies over choking incident

By Fritz Esker Contributing Writer The ACLU of Louisiana’s Justice Lab has sued two St. Tammany Parish deputies for choking a Black woman over a

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Guidelines issued to end racial bias in artificial intelligence
By Ryan Whirty Contributing Writer Advocates for fairness in applied technology have lauded the Federal Trade Commission’s recent efforts to ensure that companies’ use of artificial intelligence to make automated decisions doesn’t ... The Blue Wall is dented as Minneapolis jury verdict shows a Black life mattered
By Stacy M. Brown Contributing Writer (NNPA Newswire) – Black Lives Matter. George Floyd’s life mattered. ‘I just want my baby home’ says distraught Mom of unarmed Black man killed by police
By Stacy M. Brown Contributing Writer (NNPA Newswire) — Katie Wright, the mother of the 20-year-old African-American man shot and killed by police a short distance from a Minneapolis courtroom where former ... Recommendations for the April 24, 2021 election
April Spring weather—and the final relaxation of COVID-19 restrictions amidst widespread vaccinations (for which hopefully, our subscribers have all made appointments) – could allow one to forget civic responsibilities. ... ‘Jim Crow in the 21st Century’ Republican lawmakers working to turn back the clock on voting rights
By Barrington M. Salmon Contributing Writer (TriceEdneyWire.com) — Donald Trump no longer occupies the White House, but he continues to cast a long shadow over one crucial aspect of politics: access to ... Report: Homelessness increased even before the onset of COVID-19
By Fritz Esker Contributing Writer The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) recently released part one of its annual homelessness report to Congress, indicating that homelessness was increasing across ... The federal government will foot the bill for a renewed hotel shelter program, but New Orleans hasn’t taken the money
By Philip Keifer The Lens Janice Foreman arrived in New Orleans in August after losing her mobile home in Lafayette. She was in a workplace accident more than a decade before, rupturing ... The PRO Act would undo decades of Southern anti-union laws rooted in racism
By Olivia Paschal Contributing Writer (Special from Facing South) — The U.S. House of Representative passed the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act this week, with 42 House Democrats from Southern ...
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