Laissez Les Bon Temp Roulez for a Good Cause Gentilly Fest celebrates all things New Orleans! Festival goers were treated to some of the best live music, delicious food from a variety of local restaurants […]
By Stacy M. Brown The conviction of Jason Van Dyke could prove historic, but much more needs to be done to stem the tide of police shootings involving African-Americans. Contradictory, overly rehearsed and simply not […]
By Niva Lubin-Johnson, M.D., FACP Clean water is a basic human right. Still, too many low-income communities and communities of color are not receiving their right of clean water. They are being wronged and are […]
By Julianne Malveaux I’m mad. So mad that I can spit. Throw stuff. Holla. Make some noise. What is a righteous woman to do? I’m about to throw me a Kavanaugh. Brett Kavanaugh may have […]
Photos by Terry Jones The 15th Annual Jazz Extravaganza to benefit St . Peter Claver Catholic School took place on Saturday, October 9 and featured local favorite Glen David Andrews as the marquee performer. Additional […]
By Candace J. Semien BATON ROUGE—The HIV AIDS Alliance for Region Two, Inc., or HAART, is the 19th largest nonprofit in the state, with a budget of more than $25 million. But with an HIV […]
Photos by Kichea S. Burt Jerome Smith of Tambourine and Fan, a community group in New Orleans working with youth, speaks to the NOLA City Council about the recent disrespect displayed by President Donald Trump, […]
By Piper Thurman As a child, in between born into an interracial family, Poet Michele Reese knew she wanted to write about the Black experience with works that delved into African American history, from very […]
By Julianne Malveaux Rev. Jesse Louis Jackson turned 77 on October 8, 2018. Nobody has led a less storied life. He first took a public stand for civil rights when he was just a kid […]
By Stacy M. Brown “It started with slave ships… There are more records of slave ships than one would dream. It seems inconceivable until you reflect that for 200 years ships sailed carrying cargo of […]
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