Today, Interstate-10 towers over Claiborne Avenue, cutting a path through the Treme and Seventh Ward. Some residents call it The Monster, its massive, concrete pillars lord the raised highway — as well as its accompanying noise and air pollution — over what remains of one of New Orleans most historic communities. Raynard Sanders, executive director […]
Transparency has never been a hallmark of Mayor LaToya Cantrells administration. Though the recall only failed because officials were unable to submit enough petitions timely, there is no doubt that many New Orleanians are unhappy with Cantrells leadership. Instead of trying to rebuild trust among the thousands of disgruntled voters who signed the petition, she […]
The U.S. House of Representatives recent passage of energy legislation aimed at expanding mining and fossil fuel production in the U.S. brought a quick rebuke from the Louisiana Bucket Brigade and similar organizations. Authored by Steve Scalise, the legislation dubbed by environmentalists as The Polluters Over People Act, would repeal crucial portions of President Bidens […]
The TEP (Tate, Etienne, and Prevost) Center, 5909 St. Claude Ave., is a community center and organization working as a resource location for the public to discuss and learn about our complex and changing culture. Located in a building that was previously McDonogh 19, the organization is committed to fighting racism and advocating for racial […]
City of New Orleans CAO Gilbert Montano provided a partial response Friday, February 24, to questions posed by City Council President J.P. Morrell and Vice President Helena Moreno regarding Mayor Cantrells recent 2022 recap brochure which the Cantrell administration selectively sent to 106,633 fellow New Orleanians who actively participate in our local democracy in late […]
Racial health disparities still exist for Black women who have recently become mothers and their newborns. New research published in January 2023 by the National Bureau of Economic Research shows that the richest mothers and their newborns are the most likely to survive the year after childbirth except when the child is black. The study […]
A new study which was a collaboration between Stanford University and the U.S. Department of the Treasury clearly shows that Black Americans are more likely to be subject to audit by the IRA than non-Black filers. According to a new paper presented by Stanford law professor Daniel E. Ho Black and others, taxpayers receive IRS audit notices at least 2.9 times (and perhaps as much as 4.7 times) more than non-Black taxpayers.
The organizers behind the campaign to recall New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell are reaching into every corner of the city to collect the 53,000 signatures of registered voter needed by Ash Wednesday February 22 to set an election on the mayors future. One of the best funded and best organized recall campaigns in recent history, […]
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently proposed policy revisions which will more reasonably protect blood recipients while respecting would-be donors. Though still not fully grounded in data, the revised policies proposed are a step in the right direction and will help save lives.
The New Orleans City Council is considering a collaboration with the Orleans Parish School Board (OPSB) to create a new city-wide truancy center. Hailed as an anti-crime measure, the truancy center would be available to the growing number of juveniles who have drifted away from an in-school education since the pandemic began.
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