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Category: Race


The Rise of Hate Crimes on the Jewish Population: Nationally and New Orleans

January 1, 2019
January 2019 Race Religion Social Issues

A Jew and a Gentile write about prejudice and antisemitism in New Orleans and beyond.


The Story of Fox & Rob – A 21-Year Battle Out Of Angola State Prison

January 1, 2019
Criminal Justice January 2019 Race Social Issues

Little did Fox and Rob Richardson know that six months after their marriage, they would spend the next 21 years fighting a 60-year sentence in Angola.


Study Finds Rampant Inequality in New Orleans Hotel Industry Wages

December 29, 2018
Breaking News Economy Gender Race Social Issues

According to new figures released by The Data Center on Friday, people of color are disproportionately hired for positions that pay less than $15/hr.


Charter Schools and Race in New Orleans

December 21, 2018
Featured Politics Race Social Issues

With a 5-2 vote by the Orleans Parish School Board, the last remaining public high school in New Orleans became its latest charter school.


Privilege and Patriotism: race relations in the military and toward military veterans

December 20, 2018
Guest Posts Op-Ed/Lagniappe Race

This is Tilman Hardy’s perspective on race relations in the military and toward military veterans—here in New Orleans, and throughout America.


The Color of Film Fests: An Interview with Gian Smith on The 1st Annual Black Film Festival of New Orleans

December 16, 2018
Film Race Social Issues

From December 21st to the 23rd, just days before Christmas, the Ashe Cultural Center will play host to the first annual Black Film Festival of New Orleans.


Four Historic Trees

December 1, 2018
December 2018 Economy Featured Monthly Race Social Issues

A look into the arguments against the proposed affordable housing development in the Bywater.


Legalizing Recreational Marijuana – Could NOLA’s Disadvantaged Communities Benefit?

December 1, 2018
Criminal Justice December 2018 Featured Monthly Politics Race Social Issues

Does acceptance via legalization forgive past transgressions? What happens to the people who have records for possessing cannabis?


White Women: We Need To Talk About Race

November 30, 2018
Featured Gender Guest Posts Race

Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner calls on white women to engage in difficult conversations with one another and to become change agents to dismantle racism in America.


Environmental Injustice

October 1, 2018
Air and Water Quality October 2018 Race

Injustice. The word holds weight. People will ban together and stomp out clear-cut injustice – but what about when it is hazy? The slow leaching of pollutants into the air and water offers such a hazy, smoggy, situation, as the effects are insidious and can take decades to fully manifest. Environmental hazards seem to be […]


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