La. HBCUs receive federal dollars
By Mason Harrison Contributing Writer Six historically Black colleges and universities in Louisiana will receive almost $20 million in new federal funding as part of
By Mason Harrison Contributing Writer Federal lawmakers paid homage earlier this summer to a group of Black World War II veterans who, until now, had not received their due as members of ... Groups denied input in NOPD reforms
A federal judge has denied petitions from four groups seeking to have a say in an agreement New Orleans has reached with the Justice Department to overhaul the city’s troubled ... Local study shows that Orleanians are ‘asset’ poor
By Mason Harrison Contributing Writer Most Americans are familiar with measuring poverty in terms of dollars and cents, believing that the dividing line between rich and poor is one that separates high ... Louisianians urged to prepare as TS Isaac coasts into Gulf
After declaring a State of Emergency for Louisiana Sunday, August 26, Gov. Bobby Jindal is urging Louisianians to prepare for Tropical Storm Isaac and encouraging voluntary evacuations for those residing ...
Officer turns down five-year plea deal loan monthly payments More than five months after a 20-year-old man was gunned down by a member of the New Orleans Police Department while standing ... Groups seek to intervenein NOPD consent decree
A federal judge recent set an Aug. 29 hearing on an agreement the City of New Orleans reached with the Justice Department to overhaul the city’s troubled police department, the ...
By Kelly Parker Contributing Writer Over the years we’ve come to expect to be not only entertained but inspired by the local pioneers for progress known as the Rethinkers. On July 27, ... DOJ unveils sweeping NOPD reforms
Seven years after a series of high-profile murder cases in the wake of 2005’s Hurricane Katrina involving the New Orleans Police Department rocked the nation, the U.S. Department of Justice ...
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