Tensions ease between Magnolia Marketplace and First Mount Calvary Baptist Church

By Susan Buchanan Contributing Writer Councilmember credited with facilitating agreement Ground breaking for Magnolia Marketplace—a two-story mall on 6.5 acres bounded by Clara Street, Washington

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After years of arms-length relationships, Jindal needs friends now

By Tyler Bridges thelensnola.org Folding tables laden with crawfish stretched from one end of the second-floor balcony to the other. Senate President John Alario was

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All the lonely people: How we live alone past 65
By Thomas Goldsmith Contributing Writer DURHAM, N.C. (Special from Raleigh News & Observer/New America Media) — Clydie Pugh-Myers, one of the state’s first Black licensed practical nurses, once drove a red Cadillac ... Immigration takes center stage at race healing conference
By Hazel Trice Edney Contributing Writer (TriceEdneyWire.com) – More than 50 years since the civil rights struggle for the right to vote and racial desegregation for African-Americans, a new kind of racial ... Macy’s Workshop alum Kim Roxie returns to Lakeside store
By Kelly Parker Contributing Writer Entrepreneur Kim Roxie has always been an innovator. The 29 year-old founder of LAMIK beauty has the distinct honor of being part of the inaugural class of ... Major sting nabs 15
Nearly a year after five-year-old Briana Allen was tragically murdered at an outdoor birthday party and 33-year-old Shawanna Pierce was fatally shot while driving through the Central City neighborhood, a ... And justice for all… Reforming marijuana laws in Louisiana
By Marjorie R. Esman Guest Columnist The growing movement to reform marijuana laws is the outgrowth of a dramatic shift in attitude that has occurred across a generation. After decades of severe ... Research on Reform files lawsuit against La. DOE
By Travis M. Andrews Contributing Writer The post-Katrina education landscape in New Orleans may be a great experiment, but in many ways, it’s also a battleground. Young American Muslims coming of age post 9/11
By Nina Porzucki Contributing Writer (Special from PRI’s The World and New America Media) – Alexandra Minter, a sophomore at Tufts University was working on a video for her Arabic class last ... Landrieu seeks property tax increase; Money to be used for consent decrees
By Tyler Bridges and Charles Maldonado thelensnola.org A New Orleans property tax increase sought by Mayor Mitch Landrieu is quietly making its way through the Legislature, which is the first step ...
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