The quality and quantity of your life is mostly up to you. by Christina DesMarais CREDIT: Getty Images The quality and quantity of your life is–in large part–up to you.…
Year: 2019
Police Shoot Innocent Victims on Canal Street
By Jeff Thomas Gun violence is an every-weekend kinda’ thing in NOLA. But last weekend’s violence was a cause célèbre. Headlines should have read, “NOPD and State Police combine, shoot…
POWER RISING 2019
We are an intergenerational power force of Black women from various sectors. We are business women, politicians, union members, authors. We are cis and transgender, we are LGBTQ, we are…
Tribute to ORETHA CASTLE HALEY
The New Orleans Jazz Orchestra will host a three (3) day celebration of the legacy of Oretha Castle Haley, the Civil Rights – Community Organizer – Political Strategist – Health…
BlackFace vs Zulu Club’s Black Make-Up
By C.C. Campbell-Rock As he was undergoing impeachment in the U.S. House of Representatives, then-President William J. Clinton said in a deposition, “…That depends on what the meaning of is,…
More Drama with the SW&B
By Kenneth Cooper At this rate, we’ll be waking up in the morning to boil our bath water while figuring out which pirogue to take to work. The new New…
Team Led by Wendell Pierce and Partners Hopes to Revive the State’s Only Black News and Talk Radio Station
NEW ORLEANS – Today, New Orleans native and Actor Wendell Pierce, Spears Group President/CEO Cleveland Spears, III, Henry Consulting Managing Partner Troy Henry and Thomas Media Services Founder Jeff Thomas…
New Film – Civil Rights Leader Remembered
Oretha Castle Haley Doc Debuts Next Friday Dion M. Harris The young, teenage Oretha Castle probably just wanted to wile away a few hours shopping leisurely on the strip. Who…
3 Scientific Facts About Kissing for Valentine’s Day
Science is only beginning to understand kissing. Sebastian Ocklenburg, Ph.D. 1. Most of us turn our heads to the right side when kissing. Have you ever paid attention to which…
Why Gentrification is Especially Bad for New Orleans
And how that is terrible for Louisiana Gentrification threatens tourism in New Orleans more than shootings on Bourbon Street. As the primary economic engine of not just New Orleans, but…