Shuttered EPA investigation could’ve brought ‘meaningful reform’ in Cancer Alley, documents reveal

As industrial plants have overtaken historic Black communities and burdened neighborhoods with toxic air pollution, environmental advocates and residents of Louisiana’s chemical corridor have spent

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In city’s heat islands, families cope with even hotter temps

By Lue Palmer Contributing Writer (Veritenews.org) — On school mornings, Sheena Green walks her son to the bus stop in the Desire neighborhood, where they

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New Orleans household expenses higher than national average
By Fritz Esker Contributing Writer A recent study from doxo.com indicated that New Orleanians’ household expenses are 11.7 percent higher than the national average. 60 years later, an Anniversary March on Washington planned to rekindle the ‘Dream’
By Hamil R. Harris Contributing Writer (TriceEdneyWire.com) — It was the morning of the 1963 March on Washington and Yale Law School student Eleanor Holmes Norton was so busy organizing buses to ... Trump pleads not guilty to charges he sought to subvert 2020 election
By Ashley Murray and Jacob Fischler Contributing Writers (lailluminator.com) — Former President Donald Trump pleaded not guilty Thursday to four felony charges in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., after a federal ... Hazardous chemical found in water after Dow plant explosion
By Wesley Muller Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) — Water sampling after the recent explosion and fire at the Dow Chemical facility in Plaquemine found elevated levels of the hazardous compound ethylene oxide. But ... Florida Board of Ed. approves anti-Black History curriculum
By Stacy M. Brown Contributing Writer (NNPA Newswire) — Florida’s Board of Education voted to approve several new rules last week, including teaching that African Americans benefited from their enslavement. Another West Nile case reported in La. with other mosquito-borne diseases
By Wesley Muller Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) — Louisiana health officials have confirmed this year’s second human case of West Nile virus along with three cases of other rare tropical diseases that mosquitoes ... Newly effective NOLa law seeks to protect tenants from landlord retaliation
By Josie Abugov Contributing Writer (Veritenews.org) — On July 1, New Orleans joined more than 40 states that protect tenants in good standing who report safety violations against their landlords, when an ... Gov. Edwards vetoes bill to keep people 25 feet away from cops on duty
By Claire Sullivan Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) — Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards vetoed a bill Wednesday that would have made it a misdemeanor crime to get within 25 feet of police officers ...
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