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On a cool, spring morning in March 2022, Arséne DeLay propped open a window to let in the breeze and moved a guitar off of her couch. After inviting her guest to do the same, she took a seat in the living room of her home in Tremé, an historic community founded by free people […]
The high schoolers presented their theory at a national mathematics conference. March 30, 2023, 3:54 PM ET • 6 min read Two Black teenage girls from New Orleans say they could be the first mathematicians in at least 2,000 years to find trigonometric proof for the Pythagorean Theorem. “After we get it peer reviewed and […]
(Martine Severin/E+ via Getty Images) Members of Black churches in New Orleans who believe religion plays an important role in their health may be more likely to eat fruits and vegetables, be physically active and have confidence asking questions of health care providers than their peers who don’t share that belief, new research finds. The […]
Actor Lucas Black said he left NCIS: New Orleans to “reflect and connect with my Heavenly Father and spend time together as a family .” Black was one of the original cast members of NCIS: New Orleans, starring as Agent Christopher LaSalle from 2014 until he was killed off in Season Six. “I think going […]
CNN — New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell says she will not pay back the city for her first-class travel despite policies put in place by the city requiring employees pay the difference for upgraded fare, because of her safety concerns as a Black woman and due to the Covid . . .
New Orleans Democrat mayor has declared economy class flights unsafe for black women, while insisting she wont repay $30,000 of taxpayers’ money blown on first-class flights to France and Switzerland. Speaking at a press conference Thursday, LaToya Cantrell said: ‘My travel accommodations are a matter of safety, not of luxury. ‘As all women know, our […]
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Ten months after Hurricane Ida damaged a museum celebrating New Orleans’ African American parading culture, the Backstreet Cultural Museum is reopening. A parade is planned Saturday afternoon from the original building to the new museum site just blocks away in the city’s Treme neighborhood, The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate reported. The […]
U.S. authorities have stopped a ship traveling from Russia to Louisiana with a cargo of fuel products, say people familiar with the matter. The Daytona tanker is owned by Greek shipowner TMS Tankers Ltd. and was chartered by Vitol, a commodity trading house headquartered in Switzerland. It sailed from Russia’s Taman peninsula in the Black […]
For Bonnie Norris, the tornadoes that tore through New Orleans on Tuesday evening seemed to come out of nowhere. She and her boyfriend were watching television when something outside caught their attention. Norris described the tornado as a black, spinning vortex. She said the noise was deafening, like a freight train. “I just remember saying, […]
Severe weather event was part of a storm system that previously killed one person in Texas as it swept across the US South. A large tornado has torn through the United States city of New Orleans and its surrounding suburbs, destroying homes and killing at least one person. The tornado touched down late on Tuesday […]