An explosive USA Today investigation revealed that LSU ignored the law and their own disciplinary protocol when handling sexual misconduct allegations against 9 of their football players. Most shocking of all was what the investigation revealed about how far LSU went to cover up rape and sexual assault allegations against the schools star running back Derrius […]
NEW ORLEANS Mayor Cantrell today issued the following statement on violence and racism against the Asian American community: “Violence and racism cannot be tolerated in any form,” said Mayor LaToya Cantrell. “We would not be New Orleans without our vibrant Vietnamese American and Asian American Pacific Islander brothers and sisters. To our AAPI community here and […]
Four Louisiana State Police Troopers joked in a group text after beating 29-year-old Antonio Harris, according to new court filings. According to the documents, an internal investigation found Louisiana State Police (LSP) Troopers Jacob Brown, Randall Dickerson, George Harper, and Dakota DeMoss beat 29-year-old Antonio Harris even though he had surrendered. According to the LSP, […]
The Catholic Archdiocese of New Orleans has been in the news for a variety of reasons lately. First was their stance against taking the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine saying that it was morally compromised for using stem cells coming from aborted fetal tissue. Currently, the Church appears to be skirting its responsibilities regarding its […]
Throughout the pandemic, unemployment has been a consistent concern, particularly in Louisiana. The state is heavily reliant on the hospitality industry, especially in New Orleans. Around 16 percent of the city’s workers are employed in the hospitality industry, which has been hardest-hit by pandemic safety closures. A new report by Step Up Louisiana analyzing the […]
Scam calls are like mosquitoes, they are annoying, they frequently bug you, but typically, they are harmless. This in large part is due to how obvious it normally is that someone is a scam caller. Unfortunately, in the New Orleans area, scam callers have recently upped their game. The scheme is a well-known one: scammers […]
Prostitution is one of the most dangerous professions in the world. In most of the United States, sex work is unregulated, thus denying rights that accrue to other workers. With sex work criminalized, workers are reluctant to report crimes committed against them. Sex trafficking is more pervasive than many people care to acknowledge. According to the World […]
Louisiana State Sen. Karen Carter Peterson introduced a bill that, if passed, would end private prison use in Louisiana.
In June 2020, Kevin Bourgeois was shown on the cover of Sports Illustrated holding a sign that said, Aymond must go! The sign referenced New Orleans Archbishop Aymond, whom Bourgeois condemned for turning a blind eye to sexual abuse allegations against clergy members, including his own. Bourgeois was molested in the 1980s by a priest […]
New Orleans Archbishop Gregory M. Aymond recently announced that he was committing to restructuring how the Archdiocese of New Orleans handles sexual assault claims. One of his first moves was deciding to appoint a sexual abuse survivor to the Independent Review Board, which is a group of lay professionals who review abuse allegations, determine their […]
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