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Residents want end to violence, consent decree
By Edmund W. Lewis The Louisiana Weekly Editor During an intense, informal meeting at City Hall this past March, the mayor and several civil rights
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Settlement reached in St. Bernard housing case
By April Siese Contributing Writer After lengthy legal battles, a settlement has finally been reached in a discriminatory housing controversy that has halted development in
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By Jason Alderman Contributing Writer (Special to the NNPA from The St. Louis American) — Now that the long-debated estate tax rules have finally been settled, let’s get real: Despite all the ... The alliance between warmongers and the press
By A. Peter Bailey TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist Once again the American press, which loves to loudly and consistently boast of being the best and freest press in the whole wide world, is allowing ... Black students/parents rally to save vouchers
By Christopher Tidmore and Michael Patrick Welch Contributing Writers As the legislature scrabbled to restore money for some 8,000 students in danger of losing their MFP-funded scholarships to private schools, in the ... Sewerage & Water Board asks firm to research new fee to fund drainage projects
By Charles Maldonado thelensnola.org Five months after raising water and sewage rates, the Sewerage & Water Board of New Orleans is contemplating a new fee — this time to pay for an ... Landrieu looks to 2018 in State of City address
By Christopher Tidmore Contributing Writer Mayor Mitch Landrieu delivered his state of the city address in the newly refurbished Tremé Community Center, the neighborhood center on N. Villere destroyed by the ... Underdogs upset judge favorites as CCC tolls go down in defeat
By Christopher Tidmore Contributing Writer Two Judicial favorites, with the lionshare of endorsements, financing, and experience, lost on Saturday May 4th, to two underdog challengers, one of whom has questions of residency ... New Orleans ranks second on list of booming U.S. cities
By David T. Baker The Louisiana Weekly New Orleans once again makes a list of America’s top cities. A report by Bloomberg Rankings ranks the New Orleans area, including neighbors Metairie and ... Whites record wealth six times greater than Blacks
By Maya Rhodan NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) — Whites had an average wealth of $632,000 in 2010 while Blacks had about $98,000 and Hispanics had $110,000, according to a recent study ...
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