Blair Irvin is an aspiring professional athlete from the small Louisiana town of Patterson, near Morgan City on the Gulf Coast. He believed...

From our friends at SaveCharityHospital.com : On Thursday, September 2, 2010, join SaveCharityHospital.com , the Treme Brass Band, The Hot 8...

The Louisiana Museum of African American History Lecture Series Presents: The September 1874 White League Coup D’état Against the Reconstruc...

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Aug 27, 2010 (IPS) - At six in the morning in Cite Soleil, the poorest zone of Haiti's capital city, the sun is already...

From our friends at the ACLU of Louisiana : St. Tammany Sheriff Issues New Policies for Suicidal Prisoners - ACLU Investigation Prompted Cha...

Today, Mayor Landrieu and NOPD Superintendent Serpas released a 65-point list of steps they are taking - or have taken - to rebuild the NOP...

From the New Orleans Katrina Commemoration Foundation : On Tuesday, August 24, the New Orleans Katrina Commemoration Foundation will have a ...

The Louisiana Justice Institute is holding its first gala fundraiser, the Justice Revius Ortique Civil Rights Awards Banquet at the Xavier...

By Lance Hill, Ph.D., Executive Director, Southern Institute for Education and Research Today the Times-Picayune published an editorial “New...

As we approach the fifth anniversary of Katrina, we encourage you to read these reflections on race and recovery by brilliant poet, writer, ...

Louisiana Justice Institute encourages you to check out the first local screening of Land of Opportunity , a multi-platform documentary pro...

Some illuminating graphs (and explanatory notes) from our friends at ColorLines Magazine : The Environmental Protection Agency has approved ...

This announcement comes from the family of Adolph Grimes III : The Grimes family will be hosting a candlelight vigil on Monday, August 16t...

Louisiana Justice Institute Advises Orleans Parish Public Schools parents and guardians “Just Say No” to Illegal School Fees and Reports Cha...

By Bill Quigley, Davida Finger and Lance Hill It will be five years since Katrina on August 29. The impact of Katrina is quite painful for r...

Anwar Aulaqi is a US citizen and Muslim cleric living somewhere in Yemen. The US has put him on our terrorist list and is trying to assassi...

Family members of Raymond Robair, a man who was killed by police in the Treme neighborhood just a few months before Hurricane Katrina, final...

By Bill Quigley The biggest crime in the US criminal justice system is that it is a race-based institution where African-Americans are dir...

Greater New Orleans Community Data Center (GNOCDC), always a crucial resource for information about our region, has released an important n...