Rosa Parks honored by Congress with full-length statue
By Maya Rhodan NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – As Black History Month came to a close, a Civil Rights icon made history once again
Prep alumni, community gather as one voice with one message
By Kelly Parker Contributing Writer Not even the gloomiest of Saturday mornings could keep generations of Xavier Prep alumni from coming out for a strategic
Group wants DOJ to take control of NOPD
On Wednesday, Community United for Change (CUC) filed and the court accepted an Amicus Brief (Friend of the Court) in Federal Court in opposition to the City of New Orleans’ ... Police misconduct? Caught on tape, again
The New Orleans Branch of the NAACP led a coalition of groups and leaders that demanded that the Orleans Parish District Attorney, the U.S Attorney for the Eastern District of ... Zulus take center stage as Carnival 2013 crescendos
It’s Carnival time and all eyes in the City That Care Forgot are on what has become one of Mardi Gras’ most popular attractions: The Zulu Social Aid and Pleasure ... Ex-cop seeks new judge in his retrial
A former New Orleans police officer asked a federal judge Monday to disqualify himself from presiding over his retrial on charges he fatally shot a man without justification in Hurricane ... Retrials set for NOPD cops involved in deadly post-Katrina killings
A former police lieutenant accused of covering up a police killing after Hurricane Katrina will begin his second trial March 11. The former officer accused of the killing will be ...
Feds indict Ray Nagin on 21 counts
C. Ray Nagin, the businessman and former New Orleans mayor who famously jumped out of a horse-drawn carriage to second line with residents while en route to his first inauguration ...
Ray Nagin indicted
The indictment of Ray Nagin on 21 federal corruption charges including wire fraud, bribery, money laundering, filing false tax returns, and conspiracy on Friday is yet another nail in the ... Blacks are disproportionately represented in drug arrests and prison sentences
By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) — A recent study reports that treating substance abusers, especially African Americans, could save the nation billions of dollars at a time when all ...
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On Wednesday, Community United for Change (CUC) filed and the court accepted an Amicus Brief (Friend of the Court) in Federal Court in opposition to the City of New Orleans’ ... Police misconduct? Caught on tape, again
The New Orleans Branch of the NAACP led a coalition of groups and leaders that demanded that the Orleans Parish District Attorney, the U.S Attorney for the Eastern District of ... Zulus take center stage as Carnival 2013 crescendos
It’s Carnival time and all eyes in the City That Care Forgot are on what has become one of Mardi Gras’ most popular attractions: The Zulu Social Aid and Pleasure ... Ex-cop seeks new judge in his retrial
A former New Orleans police officer asked a federal judge Monday to disqualify himself from presiding over his retrial on charges he fatally shot a man without justification in Hurricane ... Retrials set for NOPD cops involved in deadly post-Katrina killings
A former police lieutenant accused of covering up a police killing after Hurricane Katrina will begin his second trial March 11. The former officer accused of the killing will be ...
C. Ray Nagin, the businessman and former New Orleans mayor who famously jumped out of a horse-drawn carriage to second line with residents while en route to his first inauguration ...
The indictment of Ray Nagin on 21 federal corruption charges including wire fraud, bribery, money laundering, filing false tax returns, and conspiracy on Friday is yet another nail in the ... Blacks are disproportionately represented in drug arrests and prison sentences
By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) — A recent study reports that treating substance abusers, especially African Americans, could save the nation billions of dollars at a time when all ...
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