The Lower 9th Ward in New Orleans can’t get a break
The neighborhood is facing an onslaught of catastrophic projects that could be more damaging than Hurricane Katrina.
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The girlhood to prison pipeline: how Louisiana policy fails Black girls
The state of Louisiana is building a long-needed door for women leaving prison. But for girls leaving childhood detention, there is no threshold, much less a door.
Louisiana National Guard to remain in New Orleans another 6 months
The additional six-month deployment will involve approximately 120 National Guard members—down from the 350 who were working during Carnival.
Beads Won: Politics in Mardi Gras parades
Delaney Nolan discusses the anti-ICE paraders during Mardi Gras.
Dolling, in communion with women who first brought sassy to the streets
Nothing is more fun than watching a group of hip-swinging, raddy-walking, second-lining women, says babydoll Denise Augustine, founder of the New Orleans Voodoo Babydolls, who plans to ‘lay down her umbrella’ and retire after this Carnival season.
‘ICE in our drinks, not in our streets’ this Carnival
To make clear that ICE is not welcome in New Orleans, a group of protesters walked the St. Charles route ahead of the Legion of Mars parade, which last year featured armed ICE officers.
Throw Me Somethin’ Mista
“Throw me my Motha Mista, alive well before age fifty and dancing whole,” writes poet MonaLisa Saloy. This poem kicks off this year’s Lens Carnival Edition, a collection of stories, photography, and poetry.
To lead us, you must listen to us
A message to all city leaders and adults from “The Seven That Make It Happen,” a youth council of Black teenagers ages 16 and 17, who are detained pre-trial in Orleans Parish’s juvenile jail
Louisiana income has hovered near nation’s lowest for 50 years now
Louisiana income ranked third-lowest in the nation in 1970 and has maintained that rank. Higher incomes are tied to levels of education, foreign-born population, and — in New Orleans — being white.
New Orleans historic landmarks on South Rampart back on the market. Again.
After spending seven years trying to create a cultural hub on a New Orleans block, a developer is offloading three of the block’s four landmark buildings that mark the beginnings of jazz.
