It was a big night for transgender people in Louisiana. Peyton “Rose Michelle” Theriot, who goes by Peyton Rose Michelle, won her seat with the Democratic State Central Committee for […]
Category: Race
New Orleans Hospitality Workers’ Alliance To Hold March on July 9th to Demand the Defunding of Police
July 8, 2020Currently, 63% of our city budget goes to cops, jails, and reactive measures. Only 3% goes to children and families, and 1% to job development. Hospitality workers bring in 9.1 […]
Village Keepers Rally to End Police Brutality in Jefferson Parish
July 8, 2020Marrero, LA, July 8, 2020 – The Village Keeper’s and residents and allies in Jefferson Parish will rally at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office on Wednesday, July 8, 2020 to […]
Rep•a•ra•tion- (noun)
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 […]
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 […]
After Racist Statement to Customer, La Diva on Franklin Avenue Comes Under Protest
June 22, 2020This is a story, in Qween Amor’s own words, “of racism, transphobia, and violence, and how we respond to it.” This is also a story that major local news outlets […]
Facebook Pulls Trump Campaign Ad for Hate Speech – But for Some, the Damage has Been Done
June 18, 2020Facebook today removed a paid post by President Trump, Vice President Pence, and the “Team Trump” campaign page – because the post featured a Nazi symbol. The post, which violated […]
Juneteenth: The day of Jubilee
June 18, 2020Reparation New Orleans is calling for Africans Americans to march for reparations on Juneteenth (June 19, 2020) at 9:00 a.m. starting at Nora Navra Library Juneteenth has grown to be […]
ADL, NAACP, Sleeping Giants, Common Sense, Free Press & Color of Change Call for Global Corporations to Pause Advertising on Facebook to Stop Hate Online
June 17, 2020As Facebook has fueled the spread of hate online, a new campaign, #StopHateforProfit, organizes global corporations standing in solidarity against such hate. New York, NY, June 17, 2020 … In […]
New Orleans Homeland Security Leader Shared Facebook Posts Glorifying Violence Against Protesters
June 16, 2020A high-ranking employee with the New Orleans Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness (NOHSEP) recently made social media posts glorifying violence against protesters. One post joked openly about shooting […]
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