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In Homer, the Deacons defied Willie Rainach’s segregation
By Sydney McGovern Contributing Writer Editor’s Note: This is the third installment of a four-part series (Special from LSU Manship School News Service) — A
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Ahmaud Arbery shooting weighs heavily on black legal professionals
Trelvis Randolph wakes up and does the same routine before work practically every morning. The 51-year-old lawyer and former public defender takes his early-morning jog
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By Meghan Holmes Contributing Writer Recent efforts on the part of the Louisiana Department of Public Health to reduce HIV rates around the state are receiving national media coverage, particularly the department’s ... Grtr. N.O. Fair Housing Action Center changes name
By Ryan Whirty Contributing Writer With a string of successful efforts behind it and another pivotal policy summit just ahead, one of the state’s largest fair housing advocacy organizations is celebrating a ... The aroma of king cakes and the sound of jazz fill the New Orleans air
By Geraldine Wyckoff Contributing Writer Twelfth Night, which is always January 6, marks the last night of the twelve days of Christmas, the celebration of the Epiphany and the beginning of the ... The long and winding road traveled for legalized medical marijuana in La.
By Lara Nicholson Contributing Writer (LSU Manship School News Service) — Katie Corkern is a mother of three sons in Amite. One of her sons is Connor, 13, who has a birth ... A look at some pivotal La. political stories in 2019
By Christopher Tidmore Contributing Writer Each year, The Louisiana Weekly compiles ten incidents of the previous year which could influence the political landscape in the Pelican State and throughout the U.S. in ... St. James Parish residents petition council to revoke land use permit
By Meghan Holmes Contributing Writer Residents in St. James Parish are asking council officials to revoke a land use permit for a planned 14-plant chemical complex, asserting that newly discovered information proves ... The escalating fight over racist monuments in the South
By Benjamin Barber Contributing Writer (Special from Facing South) — Earlier during the month of December 2019, Nikki Haley, the former Republican governor of South Carolina, wrote an op-ed in The Washington ... La. Weekly publisher to receive 2018 Lifetime Achievement Award
Renette Dejoie Hall, president and publisher of The Louisiana Weekly, will receive a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Press Club of New Orleans on July 21 at the Jung Hotel ...
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