Progressive Lifestyle: 15th PATOIS New Orleans Film Fest
March 22, 2019
It's a film festival with a mission. It's a collective of our local best & brightest in cinema. It's an effort to instigate change and enlighten minds.
Category: Social Issues
Inspire NOLA Issues Apology After Edna Karr Fish Fry Fiasco
March 21, 2019
Parents have certain expectations when they send their kids to school. They expect teachers to do their best in educating students. They expect the administration to keep the needs of all students at the forefront. And they expect cafeteria staff to be put to work feeding all kids – regardless of their economic status. Last […]
Free to Graduate: Local High School Senior Released from ICE Custody
March 20, 2019
A local high schooler is finally back home after spending nearly two months in ICE custody.
KKK Demonstrators Get More Than They Bargained For
March 18, 2019
Ku Klux Klan demonstrators got more than they bargained for at a rally in Anaheim, CA. A video that has since gone viral on Facebooks shows a crowd of onlookers throwing punches and beating members of the white supremacist hate group. Watch the full video below.
ACLU: U.S. Authorities Detaining Journalists at U.S.-Mexico Border
March 18, 2019
The U.S. government has been tracking, targeting, and detaining journalists who closely covered a large migrant caravan that made its way from Central America to the U.S.-Mexico border near the end of 2018. Early this month an NBC investigation uncovered documents showing that the U.S. government created a database to track journalists, activists, and social […]
The Scary Tactics Human Traffickers Use
March 15, 2019
In February 2018, Homeland Security officials reported a 50 percent increase in the number of human trafficking cases in New Orleans over the previous year.
Fleurty Girl Ousted From French Quarter After Building Sale
March 15, 2019
After seven years at 632 St. Peter Street, Fleurty Girl’s French Quarter store must close, becoming the latest New Orleans icon to be pushed out of their longtime location. According to store owner Lauren LeBlanc Haydel, the historic building, once home to Tennessee Williams, sold for $2.1 million ($400k above the property value). The owner agreed to […]
The Failed New Orleans Experiment – The Charter System Is Rife with Inequity
March 13, 2019
New Orleans schools are rife with inequities that are simply not getting any better.
ADL Report Shows 182 Percent Increase in White Supremacy Propaganda in 2018
March 11, 2019
A newly-released report from the Anti Defamation League (ADL) shows that white supremacists increased their propaganda efforts by 182 percent in 2018.
Another Icon Gentrified? Gene’s Po-Boys Listed for $5 Million
March 9, 2019
Will another New Orleans Icon fall to gentrification? The Pepto Bismol pink icon that is Gene's Po-Boys was listed for sale last week.
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