NEW ORLEANS (AP) — An organization of victims of sexual abuse by Roman Catholic clergy is seeking dismissal of a bankruptcy filing by the Archdiocese of New Orleans. The Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests said in a Monday…
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — After years of resisting calls to change, a university in Utah is considering dropping “Dixie” from its name in another example of the nation’s reexamination of the Confederacy and slavery. Dixie State University, located about…
NEW ORLEANS - Cue the outraged editorials. Gayle Benson - the owner of the New Orleans Saints, New Orleans Pelicans and Dixie Brewery - said in a statement she plans to re-brand Dixie Beer in light of cultural changes that…
NEW ORLEANS — The Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation, an advocate for coastal sustainability, water quality and environmental education for more than three decades, has rebranded as Pontchartrain Conservancy effective immediately. The comprehensive rebrand, which includes a new website, logo and…
NEW ORLEANS — The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation, the nonprofit organization that owns the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, has announced it is now accepting applications for 2020-21 community partnership grants. The foundation also announced the creation…
NEW ORLEANS - As the national discussion about the Black Lives Matter movement continues, businesses and organizations nationwide are examining their policies to determine how to provide a more inclusive, anti-racist…
BATON ROUGE – The LSU Board of Supervisors on Friday voted without objection to strip the name of a former school president and segregationist from the main campus library. Troy H. Middleton was a senior Army officer best known for…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Community and environmental groups have won court approval for a Juneteenth ceremony at a Louisiana site archaeologists have described as probably a cemetery for enslaved Africans Americans when the land was a plantation. A state appeal court rejected…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Singer and actor Harry Connick Jr. has spent a lot of his life on tour buses and traveling from city to city, but even when the pandemic shut down the country, he couldn’t sit still. With…
LaPLACE, La. - The River Parishes Tourist Commission announced that it has changed its promotional name from "New Orleans Plantation Country" to "Louisiana's River Parishes" in an effort to "encompass the complete story of the River Region." "For nearly 20…
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana would create a study group to make recommendations about how to improve police training and tactics, address misconduct and recognize racial bias by officers, under legislation that moved closer to final passage Thursday. The proposal…
NEW ORLEANS - The Urban League of Louisiana is reminding prospective voters that this Saturday, June 20, is the last day to register to vote for the upcoming presidential primary. Here's an election Q&A: Q: I was prepared to vote…
BATON ROUGE – Louisiana state senators on Sunday voted unanimously to create a task force to study and make policy recommendations to improve the training, screening and de-escalation skills of law enforcement officers. A House of Representatives committee approved a…
ATLANTA (AP) — New Orleans Saints safety Malcolm Jenkins will join CNN as a contributor focusing on racial and social justice, the network announced Monday. “I believe I can be a voice for other athlete activists and those who have…
NEW ORLEANS - Tropical storm Cristobal traveled through Louisiana last weekend and brought mostly rain - but the winds of change have continued to blow all week. Across Louisiana, more businesses opened up as the state eased restrictions put in…
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — More than two dozen international aid organizations have told the U.S. government they are “increasingly alarmed” that “little to no U.S. humanitarian assistance has reached those on the front lines” of the coronavirus pandemic, as the number…
NEW ORLEANS – At its June meeting, the Orleans Parish School Board passed a resolution approving the engagement of a consultant to strategically evaluate school district policies, practices and procedures and use those findings to develop a racial equity plan…
BATON ROUGE (AP) — A library at Louisiana State University named after a former school president who advocated for segregation will be renamed, school administrators and black student leaders said. The decision to change the name of Middleton Library at…
NEW ORLEANS - A national group that created The Great American Takeout Day earlier this year is now encouraging diners to show solidarity with the black community by ordering from black-owned restaurants on Thursday, June 11. New Orleanians can find…
NEW ORLEANS - The Urban League of Louisiana will host an online conversation about police reform from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Tuesday, June 16. From a press release: "Although policies like the Justice in Policing Act and defunding…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Dozens of float lieutenants with the New Orleans-based Mystic Krewe of Nyx said they will resign over a social media post by its captain, which some current and former members say was racist. Krewe of Nyx…
NEW ORLEANS - From the Urban League of Louisiana: As advocates and providers of Early Childhood Education, the Urban League of Louisiana and The Education Trust are hosting a second Education Tele-Town Hall "Early Childhood Education: Taking Care of the…
NEW YORK (AP) - When a friend shared a Facebook post with Michelle Burris inviting her to protest in downtown Washington, D.C., last Saturday, she knew she had to go. So she bought a Black Lives Matter mask from a…
NEW ORLEANS - The economy in New Orleans continued to come back to life this week as part of phase one of the pandemic reopening plan. While the rest of Louisiana moved into phase two on June 5 - which…
NEW ORLEANS — The W.K. Kellogg Foundation has awarded a $50,000 grant to the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities’ emergency relief program, the Louisiana Culture Care Fund. The fund provides grants to humanities organizations impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, with…
NEW ORLEANS – The Greater New Orleans Foundation announced that the 2020 GiveNOLA Day generated $7,189,354 in donations for 835 nonprofits, exceeding its 2019 total of $5.9 million. The total number of online contributions exceeded 68,000 at the close of…
NEW ORLEANS -- Café Hope and Delgado Community College announced a partnership to offer Café Hope participants and alumni free online culinary classes this summer. This collaboration is facilitated through the Portable Bridge Program and is made possible by the…
NEW ORLEANS - New Orleans Airlift, the artist-driven nonprofit responsible for Music Box Village, said it asked supporters to give to black-led businesses instead during this year's GiveNOLA Day. From a statement: "New Orleans Airlift is so grateful to you…
NEW ORLEANS - The Contemporary Arts Center board of directors and staff said they are donating $10,000 to support local organizations in their efforts to advance civil liberty and end mass incarceration. The CAC staff selected four organizations to support:…
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Facebook employees are using Twitter and Facebook's internal communications tools to register their frustration over CEO Mark Zuckerberg's decision to leave up posts by President Donald Trump that suggested protesters in Minneapolis could be shot. Twitter flagged and…
