Last month, we covered how the NOPD lied about using racially-biased facial recognition software. The not-so-shocking truth was that their continual and adamant denials of using the software were all lies and that they had been using it for years through federal partners. Just this week, a slew of emails were released that confirmed their […]
In 2017, Folgers Coffee built additions on to their two plants in New Orleans East. These additions, which should have been subject to property taxes, have not had a single tax dollar paid on them since they were constructed 2 years ago. How? Through some shady bureaucratic maneuverings, of course! Before building the additions, Folgers […]
Back in November, a Christian concert and rally was held in the French Quarter, inspiring hundreds of people to show up, maskless, who all jammed together in a tightly packed crowd, swaying and singing, doing the very best to ignore the fact that we are in a pandemic. The city responded with outrage. Our mayor, […]
It has been a crazy year, with a pandemic, recession, hurricanes, and an onslaught of important elections. The newest will occur at the beginning of 2021 for the recently vacated District 35 seat in the Louisiana House of Representatives. The speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives, Clay Schexnayder, issued a proclamation today recognizing the […]
In his press conference today, Governor John Bel Edwards expressed hope in the COVID-19 vaccine. He commented, “That is how we are going to end this pandemic. But that’s not going to happen for a long time. For a number of months.” Addressing the vaccines which are close to being approved he said, “We do […]
While it may not be the race that everyone’s talking about, it should be. The run-off for the Louisiana Public Service Commission District 1 seat will decide where billions of residents’ dollars go, and the fate of solar energy in Louisiana. Whether solar sinks or swims, how much you pay for utilities, and who you […]
While finishing up her studies at Xavier University, Antoinette Williams has been pursuing an unusual extracurricular activity: running for the Orleans Parish School Board, District 5. Student representation has been an issue on the school board for while, with students feeling like their voices and experiences are overlooked by older board members. Williams hopes to […]
The New Orleans music industry was as strong as the roar of a trumpet, as steady as the beat of a drum, surviving through natural disasters and recessions, only to be altered, maybe forever, by the COVID-19 pandemic. The city where music was always present, as ubiquitous as that constant tinge of hot-garbage-smell in […]
Put away your tutus, ladders, and signs, there will be no Mardi Gras parades in New Orleans in 2021. While this news is devastating for parade-lovers, and more importantly, New Orleans business owners, it’s not exactly surprising. The US has surged in COVID cases over the last week, and our amount of cases is […]
After 4 long days of religiously flipping through news websites until our eyes never wanted to see the colors red and blue again, it became official: America voted against fascism. Celebrations rocked both coasts as Americans escaped what felt like the dark ages: 4 long years of waking up, checking our phones, and feeling a […]
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