ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. When Michael Wilson was in the process of buying a brick bungalow on Chicago’s South Side in October 2018, he thought he had been diligent in researching the flood risk. Touring the […]
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Cantrell Pushes for End of Federal Consent Decree As Monitor Releases Negative Report
July 6, 2020Days before a devastatingly negative report revealed severe problems within the New Orleans Police Department task forces – which were disbanded in May – Mayor LaToya Cantrell argued that it is time to end federal oversight. “We’ve demonstrated that we embrace reforms,” Cantrell said. “We’ve demonstrated that we have set the foundation to continue constitutional […]
Big Easy Magazine Interviews Candidates for First City Court Judge: Sara Lewis
July 3, 2020Note: This is the second in a series of profiles and interviews on the candidates for First City Court Judge, which is on the ballot for Orleans Parish on July 11. First City Court judges hear evictions and small claims disputes for all residents of the east bank of New Orleans. We were only able […]
Big Easy Magazine Interviews Candidates for First City Court Judge: Schalyece Harrison
July 2, 2020Note: This is the first in a series of profiles and interviews on the candidates for First City Court Judge, which is on the ballot for Orleans Parish on July 11. First City Court judges hear evictions and small claims disputes for all residents of the east bank of New Orleans. We were only able […]
New Trump Administration Rule Would Kick Transgender People Out of Shelters
July 2, 2020The Trump Administration has announced a proposed rule changed by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) that could force transgender individuals out of shelters and into the streets. According to the Center for American Progress, the proposed HUD change would gut the Equal Access Rule, which “explicitly protects transgender people from discrimination in […]
TO MASK OR NOT TO MASK: Saints Fans Have Difficult Choice to Make This Season
July 2, 2020Wearing a mask. According to the advice of most medical experts, the use of one during the on-going and recently surging coronavirus / COVID-19 national health crisis, is mostly viewed as a way to not only protect yourself from catching the disease, but to also prevent you unintentionally from spreading it to others. However for […]
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June 25, 2020Special jurisdictional acts waived the United States of America’s sovereign immunity and allowed Native American tribes to file suit against the government for “money damages for a Fifth Amendment taking of recognized (or reservation) title to a particular lands or; for the cession of land to the Federal Government for supposedly inadequate compensation.” However, the claims tended […]
Mayor Cantrell Announces $750,000 in Financial Relief for Immigrant Communities
June 24, 2020On 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 […]
Killing for Profit: How Nationwide Reopen Rallies are Funded by Wealthy Elites
June 23, 2020The 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 […]
Trump’s Bullying Tactics vs. Saints QB Drew Brees Might “Backfire” With Who Dat Fans
June 19, 2020The “bully pulpit.” In the world of politics, the term “bully pulpit” is defined as a public platform for the current American President in power, to use the notoriety and prestige of his office to promote or advocate an agenda. However, in his most recent comments regarding New Orleans Saints starting QB Drew Brees, President […]
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