Any conservative saying that New Orleans’ Black Lives Matter and prison reform protests have had any effect on the recent coronavirus spikes will have to take up their opinions with the city’s health director, Dr. Jennifer Avegno. According to a recent report from NOLA.com, Avegno was quoted as saying that after weeks of following cases […]
On Tuesday, June 23, Mayor Cantrell announced a new initiative called the Immigrant Community Assistance Program for local immigrant workers. According to a press release by Forward Together New Orleans – a nonprofit organization formed as Mayor Cantrell’s transition team – as many as 500 immigrant families will receive $1,000 payments. Forward Together noted that […]
The conservative “reopen” protests in states like California, Michigan, Ohio, and others made national headlines when they occurred in April and May. Now, as coronavirus cases begin to climb after a sustained decline, the wisdom of reopening businesses so quickly must be called into question. Images of large crowds, gathering without masks, hurling insults at […]
America’s response to the novel coronavirus has been hampered by the shortage of testing kits, killing nearly 82,000 people and infecting more than 1.7 million individuals. Conduct of widespread antibody and diagnostic testing to identify virus-infected individuals will shape the actions of the US government and its local authorities. Testing is imperative to address […]
With much of the country practicing best safety practices while a still-active COVID-19 presence continues lurking and working its will among minorities, the eldery, and the health compromised, it was only a matter of time before self-proclaimed ‘Patriots’ twisted this storyline into one of deep state fan fiction where any efforts to protect our […]
The spread of coronavirus has caused tremendous anxiety and scare among U.S. citizens. The uncertainty it brings does no good in alleviating the fears that lurk in the mind of many individuals, mainly since health is the top issue. Many are wondering what will happen to their social security disability checks now that the disease […]
Baristas and staff at Still Perkin’ have entered their second week of strikes as local labor efforts continue to build momentum and garner national attention. According to a press release by the New Orleans Hospitality Workers Alliance, on May 13, five employees presented the conditions upon which they would agree to return to work. The […]
The Helis Foundation Partners with Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities to Contribute to Emergency Relief Grants Program Major gift allows LEH to support more cultural organizations in the New Orleans area during critical time of need May 21, 2020 / New Orleans, Louisiana — The Helis Foundation has joined forces with the Louisiana Endowment for […]
COVID-19 pandemic has spread across more than 180 countries with more than 4 million infected and 250,000 casualties. Covid-19 has created havoc on the national health system of all the affected countries and the economy has come almost to a standstill. People have been forced to stay in lockdowns across most of the affected nations. […]
ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. Stephan Lewandowsky studies the way people think, and in particular, why they engage in conspiracy theories. So when the cognitive scientist from England’s University of Bristol observes wild speculation related to the […]
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