Is City Council District C candidate Kelsey Foster White or an American Indian? Qualifying to run for office in Orleans Parish is not a difficult process. Candidates are asked to bring their photo identification and the required fee. Working with the Clerk of Court’s staff, they fill out the official application and are then given […]
Southern University and A&M College placed its Baton Rouge campus on lockdown Thursday after reporting a “potential threat” to campus safety, then canceled classes and activities for the remainder of the week while police conducted sweeps and investigators continued their work. The lockdown, which began late Thursday morning, was lifted after roughly 90 minutes, but […]
The names of the dead were lost beneath a sugarcane field in St. James Parish. For decades, families whispered that their ancestors were buried there. This includes enslaved men, women, and children whose remains lay unmarked because white landowners denied them proper burial. When heavy machinery arrived, those whispers turned into a crisis. The land, […]
In a legislative session dominated by Republican overreach—from attacks on bodily autonomy to the dismantling of diversity initiatives—Louisiana Democrats had an opportunity to offer a clear, principled counterweight. And in some cases, they did. But on too many issues that cut to the heart of progressive values—criminal justice reform, housing justice, and drug policy—Democratic lawmakers […]
A national interfaith delegation of faith leaders, activists, and community organizers in the weeklong “Freedom Ride in Defense of Democratic Rights” will hold a press conference at LaSalle Detention Center on Friday June 13th 9:30AM as Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian student activist unjustly detained by ICE, is set to be released under a federal judges […]
In a moment of global grief and fury, clarity is rare, but necessary. As the Israeli government’s assault on Gaza intensifies, many around the world have rightfully called out the war crimes, the blockade, and the mass civilian casualties. They’ve marched in support of Palestinian liberation, demanded a ceasefire, and challenged U.S. complicity. These protests […]
Individuals Finally Received Long-Overdue Recognition in Full New Orleanian Spirit with Jazz Band, Second Line, Performed by Black Men of Labor, and Kumbuka Dancers, Photos and Video Available Today, Dillard University, in partnership with the City of New Orleans and University Medical Center New Orleans, hosted a jazz funeral with second line performed by Black […]
Louisiana is on the brink of rewriting how its public institutions deal with race, history, and inequality. House Bill 685, which represents an aggressive, sweeping ban on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) programs in colleges and state agencies, has already passed the House and is headed for the Senate. Supporters claim it promotes fairness; but […]
New Orleans Reimagined or Rewritten? After Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans became the nation’s first all-charter school district. Nearly 20 years later, the results are still contested—and the promises of equity remain unfulfilled. In the nearly two decades since Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans has been held up as a national experiment in education reform. The city […]
This week, the U.S. Department of Justice quietly closed the book on one of Louisiana’s longest-standing school desegregation orders—first issued in 1966 to Plaquemines Parish, a place whose history of racial exclusion was once so notorious it had a name: Leander Perez. The DOJ framed the decision as “correcting a historical wrong.” But let’s call […]
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