April 2026 Archive

Southern University wins esports championship!
By Fritz Esker Contributing Writer Southern University has a storied athletic history. The Bayou Classic has long been an iconic sporting event. But now, Southern is blazing a new trail in sports: esports. ...
Was Louisiana’s ‘energy boom’ a jobs bust?
By Halle Parker Contributing Writer  (Veritenews.org) – In the early 2010s, an explosion in natural gas development, combined with relatively high fuel prices, kicked off a new boom in massive, multibillion-dollar investments ...
Supreme Court rules Plaquemines coastal lawsuit against Chevron belongs in federal court
By Greg LaRose Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) – The U.S. Supreme Court has decided a Plaquemines Parish lawsuit against Chevron over coastal wetlands damage, which resulted in a $745 million judgment for the ...
NAACP sues Elon Musk’s xAI over alleged pollution from southern data centers
By Ann Brown Contributing Writer (blackenterprise.com) – The NAACP has filed a lawsuit against Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company, xAI. The lawsuit accuses xAI of violating federal environmental laws by operating unpermitted ...
Trump administration sued for approving first BP project in Gulf since Deepwater Horizon disaster
By Elise Plunk Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) – Environmental groups are suing the Trump administration over its approval of the first British Petroleum drilling project in the Gulf of Mexico since the Deepwater ...
Community Games promotes wellness via friendly competition
Courtesy of neworleans.com By Ivanna Washington Contributing Writer Community games are coming to New Orleans. Designed to promote wellness in the city through competitive sports, Fit Fête New Orleans’ new Community Games will ...
What is a ‘Cloud Bob’?! Vogue tries to rename the Afro and Black women are fed up
By Sharelle B. McNair Contributing Writer (blackenterprise.com) – Vogue magazine is being slammed on social media for trying to reframe the “Afro” as a “cloud bob” in an article highlighting hairstyles for ...
New Orleans gala supports those living with HIV/AIDS
By Melody Daniels Contributing Writer With one of the highest rates for new HIV/AIDS diagnoses among major American cities, New Orleans records disproportionate numbers of youth and Black and brown people living ...
Faith without the noise
By Julienne Malveaux TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist Not casually Catholic. My mother was the kind of Catholic who went to Mass every day. Faith was not something she talked about; it was something she ...
On Gerrymanders: Just stop now!
No one should cheer the result of the Virginia referendum just as no one should lambast it. A majority of the electorate voted, yet a state judge in Virginia’s Tazewell Circuit ...

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