There’s A New Council In New Orleans

A Focus on Districts C & D Once again most of the voting public stayed home, hit the club, went out to dinner, or did who knows what while their political leaders…

5 Reasons Why You Should Vote!

Here are just a few reasons why you should get registered and vote: 1. Elections have consequences. You have the power to decide on the quality of life you want…

Candidates Got Heated During Debates

The Black Owned Media Coalition sponsored a runoff debate for every race. All candidates participated.  Journalists, like Anitra Brown, CC Campbell Rock, Courtney P, peppered the candidates with probing questions. …

Modern Day Redlining in New Orleans

Packing Local Boards, Whites Kill Black Access to Housing Besides barely voting in local elections, black people also tend not to participate in their neighborhood association boards. That was the…

Runoff Debates

Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Debate Clerk of Court Debate City Council District B Debate City Council District C Debate City Council District D Debate City Council District E Debate

Omicron: Vaccine nationalism will only perpetuate the pandemic

As wealthy nations continue hoarding vaccines, new dangerous COVID-19 variants will continue emerging. Fatima Hassan Director of Health Justice Initiative The United Kingdom and wealthy European nations are in a…

Omicron: The Mutant Virus

Franchell Richard-Hamilton M.D. Everything you need to know about this mutation. KEY POINTS Omicron was first reported to the World Health Organization on Nov. 24. Genetic sequencing of the Omicron specimen…

Let’s Look at the Tax Proposals on the Ballot

Two Tax Proposals on the Ballot Early voting starts this week.  Sure, you know about the races for sheriff and clerk and city council.  But you will see two property…

Kyle Rittenhouse Got The Justice He Deserved

We’d call him Rittenhouse if he’d lost, but since he won, lets just call him Kyle. As far as we know, Kyle was just a good kid who happened to…

Our Close Look at the Ahmaud Arbery Trial

Black Churches Challenged to Mobilize to Brunswick, GA by Pat Bryant Black pastors, churches, and communities across the United States have been summoned to Brunswick, Ga. by Rev. Al Sharpton,…