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Category: Social Issues
Where Black NOLA Eats: An Interview with Westley Bayas III
July 20, 2019To counter this tug towards out of town franchises and chains, the Facebook page and group “Where Black NOLA Eats” has become quite a resource.
Uniquely New Orleans: A Guide to Pothole Farming
July 20, 2019In an Uptown street off Magazine, stands a tiny little scarecrow, sitting atop a traffic cone.
Terrytown Lawyer Pokes Fun at Murder of Baton Rouge Icon
July 20, 2019One Terrytown lawyer saw fit to use Ms. Sadie’s murder as a joke following the announcement of her death.
African American Museum Founder Sadie Roberts-Joseph Found Dead in Car Trunk
July 15, 2019On Friday afternoon, the body of Sadie Roberts-Joseph was found in the 2300 block of N. 20th Street in Baton Rouge. Roberts-Joseph was known throughout the community as a civil rights activist and the founder of the Odell S. Williams Now and Then African American Museum. “Ms. Sadie was a tireless advocate of peace in […]
Black News Channel Coming To New Orleans
July 4, 2019The Black News Channel will be the nation’s only independent, minority-owned and operated, African American news network.
Neaux Reel Idea (Special Edition): Django Unchained and Blowing Up the Oppressors
July 2, 2019With Quentin Tarantino’s latest and 9th feature film, Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood, releasing later this month, I thought this might be a good time to revisit a portion of his locally shot Southern epic, Django Unchained. For years, the finale of this movie about an ex-slave in the days before the Civil War […]
EVICTED: New Orleans’ Most Affordable Neighborhoods Are Pushing Residents Out
June 25, 2019From January 2015 to June 2018, an estimated 24,000 residents were displaced due to court-ordered evictions. One in four black households.
City curfew marginalizes kids it pretends to ‘protect’
June 22, 2019As a city, we should be empowering and inspiring our kids, not criminalizing them.
NOPD Celebrates Pride Month with Special Badge
June 21, 2019In a kind, if late gesture, the NOPD has debuted a special Pride-themed badge for officers to wear in support of New Orleans LGBT community
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