With rich legacy and colorful characters, Zulu remains a fan favorite of Mardi Gras
King Zulu-elect Elroy James is a former SU drum major In 1908, John L. Metoyer and members of a New Orleans Mutual aid society called
NOPD will not disclose murder victims’ rap sheets
New Orleans police will no longer add the arrest record for victims to their news releases, The Associated Press reported last week. The old policy of adding a victim’s arrest record ... New Orleans honors native son who is a Tuskegee Airman
By Travis M. Andrews The Louisiana Weekly Sometimes, we can learn from history. Mayor Mitch Landrieu honored the last surviving New Orleans member of the Tuskegee Airmen, Calvin Moret, in his office on ...
Serpas releases arrest records of homicide victims
By Matt Davis thelensnola.org Police Superintendent Ronal Serpas defended his department’s approach to stemming homicide in New Orleans before a meeting of the City Council’s Criminal Justice Committee last week.
Development atop a city dump? Policy fiasco comes back to haunt Upper 9th Ward
By Ariella Cohen thelensnola.org It’s 11 a.m. on a Monday and Bernice Horne is sweeping the front porch. Inside, her son fixes himself a quick lunch—he’s on the clock—while her granddaughter gets ...
Study: Black children form identity through race
(Special to the Trice Edney News Wire from the Afro American Newspapers) — Black children in the same age group tend to form their identity more strongly by the color ... New study says immigrants actually create more jobs for Americans
By Stephon Johnson Contributing Writer (Special to the NNPA from the New York Amsterdam News) – Despite what many people think about immigration and jobs in the United States, immigrants may ...
Mayor, police chief reject National Guard help
By Christopher Tidmore Contributing Writer Last week, State Rep. Austin Badon may have provided the political cover to Mayor Mitch Landrieu to call in the National Guard to New Orleans to help ... Orleans Parish School Board opts not to hike milliage
By Christopher Tidmore Contributing Writer “There are people mad at us for NOT raising taxes,” an exasperated Thomas Robicheaux, member of the Orleans Parish School Board (OPSB), confessed to The Louisiana Weekly.
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New Orleans police will no longer add the arrest record for victims to their news releases, The Associated Press reported last week. The old policy of adding a victim’s arrest record ... New Orleans honors native son who is a Tuskegee Airman
By Travis M. Andrews The Louisiana Weekly Sometimes, we can learn from history. Mayor Mitch Landrieu honored the last surviving New Orleans member of the Tuskegee Airmen, Calvin Moret, in his office on ...
By Matt Davis thelensnola.org Police Superintendent Ronal Serpas defended his department’s approach to stemming homicide in New Orleans before a meeting of the City Council’s Criminal Justice Committee last week.
By Ariella Cohen thelensnola.org It’s 11 a.m. on a Monday and Bernice Horne is sweeping the front porch. Inside, her son fixes himself a quick lunch—he’s on the clock—while her granddaughter gets ...
(Special to the Trice Edney News Wire from the Afro American Newspapers) — Black children in the same age group tend to form their identity more strongly by the color ... New study says immigrants actually create more jobs for Americans
By Stephon Johnson Contributing Writer (Special to the NNPA from the New York Amsterdam News) – Despite what many people think about immigration and jobs in the United States, immigrants may ...
By Christopher Tidmore Contributing Writer Last week, State Rep. Austin Badon may have provided the political cover to Mayor Mitch Landrieu to call in the National Guard to New Orleans to help ... Orleans Parish School Board opts not to hike milliage
By Christopher Tidmore Contributing Writer “There are people mad at us for NOT raising taxes,” an exasperated Thomas Robicheaux, member of the Orleans Parish School Board (OPSB), confessed to The Louisiana Weekly.
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