The city’s jail implemented mass testing in April, seeing an initial spike in cases that grew to 94 by late May.
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Fifteen black-led New Orleans charter school groups make Juneteenth paid holiday
‘We want to make sure we are protecting our youth and especially inspiring them around their culture,’ one school leader said.
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After months of delay in Kennedy HS class-action suit, plaintiffs ask judge to force school to move on evidence production
Lawyer says the school has been using federal privacy laws to avoid records requests and will not agree to a procedure allowing students to waive those protections. Kennedy’s charter group will relinquish the school next month.
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A lesson in policing from New Orleans history
Author Orissa Arend recalls the Black Panthers’ community policing effort in the Desire Housing Project in her latest op-ed. “Look at us now, 50 years later, experiencing a worldwide consciousness awakening to the realization that the Panthers were right!”
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Behind The Lens episode 85: ‘Turn and face the strange’
More than a week after the Crescent City Connection incident, New Orleans’ police chief faces tough questions at City Council. And a new survey of New Orleans students supports the idea that the educational experience is split badly along racial lines.
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Council grills NOPD chief on use of tear gas on protesters
Ferguson struggles to answer questions about what danger the march posed as he maintains that blocking it was the right move.
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Orleans Parish School Board selects interim member, approves proposal to create racial equity plan
The board selected Grisela Jackson to serve out the final seven months of Ben Kleban’s term.
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Orleans school district prepares to take over Coghill charter, but lawsuit challenging move lingers
The federal suit, filed by Coghill’s charter group to stop the takeover, is not scheduled to go to trial until September, months after the district is scheduled to convert it into a direct-run school.
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Police release body cam footage from expressway clash with protesters
Video released after criticism for use of tear gas, projectiles.
Posted inOpinion
Letter to editor on New Orleans’ COVID-19 feeding initiative
“I believe we could feed our fellow New Orleanians in a dignified way, rally the community behind a mission, and make sure no one goes hungry in the best food city in America,” writes the founder of the Krewe of Red Beans. But he says the city’s RFP has some issues.