When COVID-19 began its spread across the United States in early 2020, New Orleans was already vulnerable. The city’s economy was tightly tethered to tourism, live events, and hospitality, with many of its workers earning low wages and living without access to quality healthcare. What followed was a sharp unraveling of jobs, of small businesses, […]
Louisiana is facing a long emergency. Storms are more frequent. Insurance costs are rising. Jobs are not keeping pace. Climate change and economy are deeply connected — and all of it is holding the state back. The Data Center’s 2024 report, Pathways to Prosperity: Louisiana, shows that while the rest of the country added jobs […]
On March 14, 2021, Louisiana passed the one-year anniversary of the first COVID-19 death in the state. In honor of this milestone, The Data Center has released the first half of a new report exploring the lessons learned after one year of COVID.
In their study, Placing Prosperity, The Data Center explores how neighborhood inequality is based in generations of history, and how neighborhood investment moves, but doesn't necessarily reduce place-based inequality.
(Publisher’s note: The report referenced in the opinion piece was released by The Data Center in May 2018. The report was titled “Advancing Health Equity in New Orleans: Building on Positive Change in Health.) When the word of the Coronavirus first made its way to the ears of many black people, it was met with […]
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