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A Five Hundred Year Old Shared History
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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Cultural Factors Explain Mental Health Taboo among African-Americans
By Victoria Clark Mental Health is a problem that can affect any and everyone but remains less acknowledged in the Black community. In 2017, suicides in African-American children increased twice as much as White children, […]
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Nola Community Book Store Celebrates 30 Years
By Tylan Nash When walking into the Community Book Store, it’s almost as if you are stepping inside of a piece of Black History itself. On the back wall of the store, next to the […]
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Climate Change Impacts State, African Americans Most, Experts Say
By Jared Braud Climate change is one of the biggest problems facing the planet today. The State of Louisiana is at ground zero when it comes to climate change. Louisiana has had nearly 2,000 square […]
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Dillard University Student Selected for the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities
NEW ORLEANS – The White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities recently named their 2018 HBCU Competitiveness Scholars – the Initiative’s highest student recognition. Chevel Powell, ‘19, is among the 63 students selected […]
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Mayor Cantrell Launches CleanUpNOLA Initiative, a Comprehensive Response to Litter, Blight Issues in New Orleans
NEW ORLEANS — Mayor LaToya Cantrell today announced the launch of CleanUpNOLA, a city-wide, fully coordinated initiative that will unite the efforts of multiple civil departments and the community behind a single goal for a […]
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Controversial Nike Memo by Kenner Mayor Ben Zahn Sparks Protest
By Edwin Buggage Mayor Ben Zahn Causes Uproar over Nike Ad Featuring Colin Kaepernick Kenner Mayor Ben Zahn in a memo dated Sept. 5, 2018 ordered a barring of Nike purchases for booster clubs as […]
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Open Enrollment for Police Community Advisory Boards to End Saturday, Sept. 8th
NEW ORLEANS – The City of New Orleans and New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) today announced the deadline for open enrollment for Police Community Advisory Board (PCAB) membership. Open enrollment will officially end on Saturday, […]
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Rep. Richmond Responds to the President’s Decision to Rescind Federal Employee Raises
WASHINGTON, DC- Congressman Cedric Richmond (LA-02) issued the following statement in response to President Trump’s decision to cancel pay raises for federal employees: “President Trump’s recent decision to freeze pay raises for hardworking federal employees […]
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Spiritually Speaking
By James A. Washington Have you ever wondered how a lawyer feels, who knows his or her client is guilty of a crime but is able to get that person off based on a legal […]