As Tropical Storm Sally threatens southeast Louisiana, NOLA Public Schools officials announced today (Sunday, Sept. 13) that in-person instruction will not begin across school campuses tomorrow (Monday) as previously scheduled. All schools will remain on distance learning through at least Wednesday, Sept. 16. The District will continue to monitor TS...
Youngest NOLA Public School Students Set to Return to Classrooms Starting Next Week
School Superintendent Henderson Lewis Jr. was joined by Mayor Latoya Cantrell and City Health Director Dr. Jennifer Avegno, Thursday, Sept. 10, to discuss the reopening of in-person schools. Lewis confirmed that PreK- through fourth grade students will start returning to classrooms for in-person learning beginning Monday, Sept. 14. students in...
Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for 15 New Businesses in New Orleans East
Business owners, community leaders, and elected officials gathered on Thursday, Sept. 10, at the Executive Plaza in New Orleans East for a ribbon-cutting ceremony for 15 businesses--most of them new, and others rebranding--inside the Lake Forest Plaza Boulevard office building. Organizers say the event was planned months ago, but it...
New Orleans NAACP to Host Virtual Freedom Fund Banquet on Sept. 12
The last day to buy tickets or place an order is today, Tuesday, Sept. 8 The NAACP Annual Freedom Fund Banquet is virtual this year. The event will bring the community together to celebrate and recognize community leaders who have made significant contributions in the areas of civil rights, social...
Documentary About Murder of Botham Jean Set to Air on ID on Thursday, Sept. 10
Jean was shot in 2018 inside his Dallas apartment by white, female, off-duty police officer Amy Guyger. Guyger claimed she shot Botham because she thought she had entered her own home, and he was a trespassing burglar. Like many controversial police killings of minorities, Botham’s murder sparked national outrage Emotional...
LWC has paid $366 million in Lost Wage Assistance
The Louisiana Workforce Commission (LWC) announced today (Friday, Sept. 4) that it has paid about $366 million in total Lost Wage Assistance (LWA) to out of work Louisiana residents since Aug. 22. This total includes payments for the weeks ending Aug. 1, Aug. 8, Aug. 15 and Aug. 22. LWA...
What We’re Saying: At the End of the Rope
The story of a local woman who allegedly set a Central City apartment building on fire after being evicted and given 24 hours to vacate was disturbing news. It was not as shocking as much as it was ominous and portentous--a sad sign of things to come, we fear. Before we go...
SUNO Accreditation Sanction Removed
Southern University at New Orleans learned today (Thursday, Sept. 3), that the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC), has removed the University from probation. "This is great news,” said James H. Ammons, Jr., Interim Chancellor of SUNO. “The institution could not have achieved this remarkable turnaround...
CDC Issues Eviction Moratorium Through End of Year
The moratorium only postpones evictions for a few more months. It does not eliminate them. With as many as 17 million households estimated to be at risk of losing their home by the end of the year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued a residential eviction moratorium...
Police Violence Linked to Segregated Housing
By Charlene Crowell The Aug. 23 police shooting of an unarmed Black man in Kenosha, Wis., triggered yet another round of community protests and national news coverage of a Black man. A series of multiple gunshots fired by a local police officer, was not fatal for 29-year old Jacob Blake;...