While much of the media has remained focused on the $1400 stimulus checks included in President Biden’s $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan, the expanded child tax credit is a big win for progressives and families.
Category: Social Issues
Report: Black Workers Nearly Three Times More Likely to be Unemployed in Louisiana
March 11, 2021Throughout 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 […]
Vaccine Heroes: The Women of Color in Charge of InclusivCare
March 11, 2021InclusivCare has been helping underserved minority communities for 17 years. To celebrate Martin Luther King’s Day, they held a massive COVID vaccine drive. I spoke with CEO, Dr. Shondra Williams, and COO, Dr. Dwana Green about their organization, their accomplishments, and what those accomplishments mean as women of color. InclusivCare services the Marrero, Kenner, Avondale, […]
Entergy Customers Beware: Scam Callers May Have Access to Your Account’s Data
March 9, 2021Scam 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 […]
State Representative Mandie Landry Fights to Decriminalize Prostitution
March 6, 2021Prostitution 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 […]
PHOTOS: NOFD Battles 2-Alarm Fire in 400 Block of O’Bannon
March 6, 2021On Saturday afternoon, the New Orleans Fire Department battled a 2-alarm structure fire in the 400 block of O’Bannon St., directly across from New Orleans Military and Maritime Academy.
In Spite of Best Efforts, Racial Disparities Persist in COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout
March 5, 2021Although they have been hardest hit by the COVID-19 virus, Black and Brown communities are being vaccinated at far slower rates than White Americans.
How Anti-Abortion Activists Capitalized on COVID-19
March 3, 2021Throughout the pandemic, anti-abortion activists and state legislatures have used COVID as a way to ban abortions across the country, including here in Louisiana. Many states who had been fighting to overturn Roe vs Wade were quick to close abortion clinics as nonessential during coronavirus shutdowns, even though abortion is considered healthcare.
The President of the Women’s Republican Club of New Orleans Warns of “Nanobytes” in Vaccine
March 2, 2021In response to the FDA approving the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, and the Archdiocese of New Orleans discouraging Catholics from getting it, prominent New Orleans Republic figure and conspiracy theorist Martha Huckabay unexpectedly endorsed it. Her rationale was that the Johnson & Johnson vaccine is clearly President Trump’s. Therefore, if people are going to get […]
Theft and Racism
March 2, 2021As I read yet another story on racism at a restaurant I am infuriated. Once again we find ourselves in a situation where Black People are met by unfettered racism during their dining or shopping experience. Time and time again we see the horrors of racism that restaurant and business owners believe can be fixed […]
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