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New Orleans preps for potential hurricane evacuation during COVID pandemic
By Fritz Esker Contributing Writer As hurricane season officially begins (June 1), the City of New Orleans has plans in place to evacuate its residents
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Ahmaud Arbery’s killing spurs action on Southern states’ lack of hate crime laws
(Special from Facing South) — Earlier this month a video surfaced showing the Feb. 23 shooting of an unarmed Black man pursued by two white
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(Special from 504ward) — No social gatherings. No bars. No dining out and absolutely no festivals. For a city a social as New Orleans, it’s been quite a long quarantine. ... La. native wins 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
By Ryan Whirty Contributing Writer In his 20-plus years as a professional writer, award-winning poet Jericho Brown has covered the gamut of literary genres, to say the least. Although he’s now a ... With over 60,000 dead, Civil Rights leaders urge African Americans to remain at home
By Lauren Victoria Burke Contributing Writer (NNPA Newswire) — With the coronavirus death toll passing 50,000 during the last week in April, Black leaders in the U.S. have taken to warning their ... Minorities face disenfranchisement if in-person voting isn’t preserved
As states move to expand voting by mail, a new joint publication from the Center for American Progress (CAP) and the NAACP shows that in-person voting options must be preserved ... Debt relief group pays off $2M in medical bills for hundreds of struggling New Orleanians
By Ryan Whirty Contributing Writer Erin Potts has dedicated her life to helping others with their challenging financial situations, and when she searched for a new cause, she found one when it ... Mysterious heart damage, not just lung troubles, befalling COVID-19 patients
By Markian Hawryluk Contributing Writer (Special from khn.org) — While the focus of the COVID-19 pandemic has been on respiratory problems and securing enough ventilators, doctors on the front lines are grappling ... Mobile urgent care offers at-home COVID testing, non-emergent care
By Ryan Whirty Contributing Writer When it comes to quality health care, word can travel fast. That’s especially true in neighborhoods where such care is sorely lacking, something John Dunbar has seen first-hand ... How you could benefit from the bailout
As NBC’s quipped Jonathan Allen, the coronavirus bailout is “good for the little guy, but it may be even better for CEOs and investors.”
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