The Louisiana Weekly

The Louisiana Weekly, published every Monday, is your resource for news, commentary and community updates. You can have the newspaper delivered to your mailbox every week by subscribing using our convenient online form.

You can also find us at over 250 newsboxes and retail outlets throughout metropolitan New Orleans. Check out our location list to buy a paper near you.

A sample of the newspaper's headline stories and editorial commentaries appears each week on our home page and you can find previously published stories on our archive page.

Read on to learn more what The Louisiana Weekly brings you every week.

The Louisiana Weekly - Page by Page

News

Our writers bring weekly, in-depth coverage to crucial issues facing our southeast Louisiana readers from the public education crisis in Orleans Parish to the environment, civil rights and race relations and politics along with profiles of people playing critical roles in the community.

Education - Our Children's Civil Right

New Orleans' schools face a protracted crisis, and The Louisiana Weekly delves into the subject with textured, investigative reporting and intelligent, probing news analyses by Dr. Andre Perry, whose pieces can also be heard Fridays on WWNO 89.9 FM at 5:30 pm during "All Things Considered." Listen to past broadcasts.

Our education coverage also includes the Student of the Week feature, spotlighting outstanding local students whose accomplishments qualify them for scholarships at the University of New Orleans. The Louisiana Weekly Student of the Week is also featured on NewsChannel 6 WDSU on Sunday nights at 10 and several times weekly on KNOU 104.5 FM. More information.

Editorial

Editor Edmund Lewis' commentaries provide the social conscience of The Louisiana Weekly with cogent examinations of African Americans' ongoing struggle for civil rights and equality in south Louisiana. John Slade's political cartoons offer an amusing take on the news.

Op-Ed

Regular and guest columnists from a wide spectrum of perspectives speak to critical issues facing our readership. Mayor C. Ray Nagin and former mayor and Urban League president Marc H. Morial are among those who share views on race, politics and the road ahead for south Louisiana.

Politics

Columnist Christopher Tidmore's "Inside Political Track" explores the latest gossip, ins and outs of Louisiana's favorite pastime and bloodsport.

Business

The Louisiana Weekly includes business and finance news vital to the economic growth of Louisiana's minority communities and features profiles of successful minority businesses and business owners. Our business section also includes financial tips from expert Marshall Love and the "Wall Street in the Black Exchange" feature.

Sports

Our coverage highlights area high school, prep and college athletes along with in-depth coverage of SWAC athletics and a focus on sports at Southern University of Baton Rouge, Southern University at New Orleans, Xavier, Dillard and Grambling Universities.

Entertainment

Our regular "Musician's Spotlight" feature is complemented by critic Jay Mazza's popular "Jazz City" column.

Living

Readers can catch up with the wedding banns, anniversary announcements, club, sorority and fraternity news along with movie reviews, the entire week's installments of Aaron McGruder's award-winning "Boondocks" cartoon, commentaries from Warrior Richardson and advice from syndicated columnist Gwendolyn Baines.

The Louisiana Weekly En Español

Our Spanish-language page offers news affecting south Louisiana's significant Hispanic readership with the latest stories from Central American nations that touch our readers across the miles.

Health

Our Heath section features the latest news of medical studies, treatment and public health issues facing south Louisiana's minority communities.

Religion

Church news from throughout the New Orleans community is accompanied by regular columns by Father Jerome LeDoux, pastor of St. Augustine Catholic Church and Minister Kojo J. Livingston, founder of the Liberation Zone Ministries.

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