Retired Washington, D.C. non-profit executive Kim Gandy was ready for a fun week in her former hometown, New Orleans. After grabbing a rental car at the airport, she and her daughter Max – a blogger specializing in artisanal chocolates – quickly dropped off their luggage at a CBD hotel. Like thousands of other Covid-weary […]
There is no federal reserve of COVID-19 vaccine and that states will not be receiving an expected surge in vaccine doses next week, Operation Warp Speed Gen. Perna confirms.
Many of us have grown weary of the pandemic, have chosen to ignore it, to forgo fear of it in favor of a more laissez-faire attitude just to maintain our sanity. However, the pandemic is still here. And it’s growing worse. This was made all too apparent through data released by the Louisiana Department of […]
One of Louisiana’s largest employers has earned billions in profits during the pandemic – but that hasn’t translated into higher pay or safer working conditions for its employees. According to a new report published by the Institute for Policy Studies, in partnership with Step Up Louisiana and others, a handful of billionaire companies – including […]
Put away your tutus, ladders, and signs, there will be no Mardi Gras parades in New Orleans in 2021. While this news is devastating for parade-lovers, and more importantly, New Orleans business owners, it’s not exactly surprising. The US has surged in COVID cases over the last week, and our amount of cases is […]
In the early months of 2020, the world is shocked about the spread of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19). To combat its human transmission, the governments have to put a stop to the usual routines of everyday life in the United States of America and in the other parts of the globe. And since social […]
2020 has been a year like no other. From the circulation of rumors in early January of a novel Coronavirus appearing (allegedly) in Wuhan, China to social distancing, travel restrictions and eventual global lockdowns, this year will be long in the memory – unfortunately, for all the wrong reasons. As nations around the globe continue […]
A shortage of raw materials needed for machines used to process COVID-19 tests led to testing sites and hospitals in New Orleans and across the state scaling back available testing, even as COVID-19 cases are spiking. According to data from John Hopkins University, Louisiana once again has the fastest rate of COVID-19 case growth in […]
As the coronavirus pandemic ramps up across United States it’s easy to forget that it’s an election year. On Tuesday, November 3, the nation is expected to cast votes for the next president and, while the 2020 Elections may be several months away, the severe implications of the coronavirus pandemic that has turned life upside […]
Through most of our lives, we’ve all been surfacely reminded about the importance of voting (and by surfacely, I mean, in a way that leaves the concept in the abstract). Many of us have had the occasion to ponder, “Does my ONE vote really matter?” Currently, we are living through a point of critical mass, […]
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