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KKK wizard David Duke’s 1990 run foreshadowed pro-Trump passion

Vintage Duke documentary to be screened Tuesday at Loyola.
by Bess Carrick March 13, 2017 Updated November 7, 2019

Behind the Zulu blackface flap: liberal guilt, clueless outsiders

Does Ann Tuennerman have something to atone for?
by C.W. Cannon March 10, 2017 Updated November 7, 2019

ReNEW Schools board set to hire Kevin Guitterrez as CEO at meeting tonight

Until now, the selection process has taken place in private, which appears to violate the state Open Meetings Law.
by Marta Jewson March 9, 2017 Updated November 7, 2019

We’re celebrating 7 years! Join us for our anniversary party

by Anne Mueller March 9, 2017 Updated November 7, 2019

Ordered to turn himself in for deportation, day laborer remains free after last-minute appeal

Jose Luis Gomez Castor’s lawyers say he was arrested because he’s Latino, not because he committed a crime.
by Charles Maldonado March 8, 2017 Updated November 7, 2019

Two options for Gentilly Terrace building: French-immersion school or program for students with behavioral problems

The neighborhood association is pushing for Audubon Charter School, which wants to open a second location.
by Marta Jewson March 8, 2017 Updated November 7, 2019

School district employees’ involvement in charter application raises questions of conflict of interest

The employee who supervised the last five traditional public schools in the city just quit her job to become CEO of ExCEED, a group that wants to turn them into charters. Four of the people who used to work for her, and still work for the district, are named in its application.
by Marta Jewson March 7, 2017 Updated November 7, 2019

Eureka! Artist behind rediscovered Black Panther mural is identified

Twists and turns lead to insights about a cultural find.
by Orissa Arend March 3, 2017 Updated November 7, 2019

Post-election hate hits New Orleans, with a bomb threat at the JCC

Watching and waiting is not an option, columnist argues.
by Davida Finger February 24, 2017 Updated November 7, 2019

Lake Forest charter school board member resigned after $120,000 deal with school

Donald Pate, who was on the the board for Lake Forest charter school, said he wanted to help out the school by selling dirt for a construction project. That would violate state ethics law. Although he said his company got $120,000, the state Ethics Board cleared him.
by Charles Maldonado and Marta Jewson February 23, 2017 Updated November 7, 2019

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