Hundreds of Black Masking Indians representing various Indian nations will be parading in their 2023 suits at the 11 th Annual Circle of Chiefs Indian Cha Wa Downtown Super Sunday, April 2. The theme of this years event is Kids of the Nation. Also featured will be the P-Town Steppers and the Lady P-Town Steppers. Other guest performers include the Original Black Seminole Baby Dolls and the Big 6 Brass Band.
Alonzo Knox is headed to the Louisiana Legislature instead of Fox Richardson. Marissa Hutabarat easily won a seat at Civil District Court. Diedre Pierce Kelly, the early favorite in the Criminal District Court race, was narrowly squeezed out by two progressives. Casual observers may have been surprised at the outcome of the March 25 elections. […]
Londons Coppers Practice Institutional Sexism, Racism and Homophobic Behavior Louise Casey, a member of Britains House of Lords released a new study that claims a boys club culture exists within Londons police force that allows behavior that can best be described as sexist, racist, homophobic and misogynistic. Casey, who began her study because of the […]
Opioids Are Leading Cause of Child Poisoning A new recently announced study in the journal Pediatrics revealed that children are also severely impacted by the opioid crisis. An analysis of 731 poisoning-related deaths of children ages 5 and younger shows that opioids including fentanyl and heroin were the leading cause of loss of life almost […]
Recall campaign organizers Eileen Carter and Belden Batiste said today, Thursday March 23, that they turned in approximately 100,000 petitions with signatures of Orleans Parish registered voters far more than the 67,000 petitions Registrar of Voters Dr. Sandra Wilson claimed had been submitted. The announcement came during dual press conferences Wilson and Carter/Batiste held […]
Elected officials and candidates running for office are often the most frequent of voters. After all, if they do not vote in every election, how – in good conscience – can they expect others to vote for them? Judicial candidate Leon Timothy Roche II is a prime example of a candidate who may never be […]
The campaign to recall Mayor LaToya Cantrell is a newly-christened ship navigating uncharted waters. Campaign leaders knew they could harness the raw unrest and concerns about crime felt by so many citizens across all neighborhoods. Thousands of eager participants unafraid of potential backlash from the Cantrell administration lined up to fill out the petitions correctly, […]
Attorney Tracie Washington filed a lawsuit in Civil District Court yesterday, Thursday March 16, against Registrar of Voters Sandra Wilson on behalf of two New Orleans registered voters who were upset that at least two voters received incorrect absentee ballots for the House District 93 race which will be held on March 25. The Louisiana […]
Carol Johnson, President of the Housing Authority of New Orleans, released a statement today, March 17, which directly contradicts a press release issued by City Attorney Donesia D. Turner earlier this week. Turner blamed human error for the release of a zip drive containing interviews with NOPD officer Jeffrey Vappie and others which are part […]
Though officials pledged that the audio tapes from the investigation of NOPD officer Jeffrey Vappie were secure, a city employee in the Law Department mistakenly handed a flash drive containing 11 interviews of Vappie and other officers to an unidentified member of HANOs board of directors earlier on Monday, March 13. Though the investigation is […]
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