On August 28th 1963, Martin Luther King stepped onto a podium in front of 250,000 people and begin to speak. The speech he delivered would eventually go down in […]
Category: Race
McDonogh Statue Torn Down, Cantrell Defends Arrests as Hundreds Demand Release of Nonviolent Protesters
June 14, 2020(Correction: The article has been updated to reflect the accurate spelling of McDonogh.) A group of protesters tore down the John McDonogh bust in Duncan Plaza and threw it in […]
Executive Director of OPPRC Discusses Organization’s Efforts to Help Reform NOPD
June 12, 2020“If it takes a village to raise a child, it certainly takes a movement to undo an occupation.” -Ruth Wilson Gilmore Since 2004, the Orleans Parish Prison Reform Coalition (OPPRC) […]
Defund the NOPD? Yes, and Here’s How
June 11, 2020Defund and Disband the New Orleans Police Department? Why yes, Defund and Disband the NOPD. Just like we defunded education, defunded healthcare, defunded housing, defunded social services, defunded environmental oversight, […]
Editorial Board Round Table on the NOPD’s Use of Chemical Weapons Against the People of New Orleans on June 3, 2020.
June 9, 2020In the aftermath of World War I, in 1925 world leaders met to come to an agreement to ban the use of chemical and biological weapons during warfare. It wasn’t […]
Verbal Insult of Saints RB Alvin Kamara Indicates WHY America’s Racism Must End
June 9, 2020Imagine for just a moment that you have lived somewhere for all of your whole life, in the same place where generation after generation of your family has lived for […]
Remaining Krewe of Nyx Lieutenants Resign After Demands for Captain’s Resignation and More not Met
June 8, 2020On June 1, Julie Lea, Captain of Krewe of Nyx, posted an image of a black child and a white child with the title All Lives Matter on their official […]
CHOKEHOLD
June 8, 2020Chokehold Choke + Hold Hold + Choke A Knee to the Throat ? + ? These words, and their combinations, flashed across our screens, news cameras, and even print news […]
Krewe of Nyx Members Explain to Captain in a Letter Why Apology is Not Accepted
June 8, 2020Recently, on June 1, 2020, we reported that Julie Lea, the Captain of Krewe of Nyx issued an apology letter in response to the Krewe’s tone-deaf Instagram post that read […]
PACE Statement on the Aftermath of the Murder of George Floyd
June 5, 2020Shreveport, LA – June 4, 2020 PACE (People Acting for Change and Equality), northwest Louisiana’s primary advocacy organization for LGBTQ people, has been committed to bringing long-needed change to this […]
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