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By Bill Hill Opioid Addiction has become one of the greatest problems facing our nation, claiming as many as 120 lives each day. As part of a new “Justice & Mercy Initiatives” Program at Central […]

Beyoncé, through her BeyGOOD Initiative, announced the four schools to receive the newly established Homecoming Scholars Award Program for the 2018-2019 Academic Year. The Universities, Xavier, Wilberforce, Tuskegee and Bethune-Cookman, are all Historically Black Colleges […]

NEW ORLEANS — Mayor LaToya Cantrell signed her first four executive orders, closing out her third week in office with a series of moves designed to improve the function of the City of New Orleans […]

New Orleans, LA-­­ The City of Love ministries (TCOL), a faith-based organization based in New Orleans, has partnered with the New Orleans Police Department to host the inaugural “Love and Law All-Star Basketball Jam” to […]

This week, the Orleans Parish School Board (OPSB) voted to pass revised policies for Charter School Evaluation and Accountability to align with the launch of the Charter School Accountability Framework. That was the final milestone […]

By Precious Smith In a community where families experienced historical and cultural mistrust, local clinicians are working to re-establish connections between local institutions and the residents around them. That was the aim of a Town […]

By Tylan Nash The Veteran’s History Project arrived in New Orleans on May 9TH hoping to enlist New Orleans residents interested in interviewing war veterans for this Library of Congress National Project. With support from […]

By Piper Thurman In one of her stops back to her roots, before her inauguration this week, New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell reminded students that she knows exactly what it’s like to be in their […]

Data Staff Reports Often times, the best ideas are right in our own back yard. So, why not you? Attention entrepreneurs, Walmart is looking to serve up the big break you’ve been looking for during […]