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Criticism of Mayor Cantrell’s Travel is Not about Accountability, It’s About Control and Undermining Her Authority

New Orleans Tribune 06 Jun 2025
In the ongoing saga of New Orleans politics, few topics have been as persistently weaponized as Mayor LaToya Cantrell’s travel schedule ... But let’s be clear. this fixation on the mayor’s travel is not about fiscal responsibility or civic engagement ... ....
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Black Institutions Have Always Done More with Less, Persevering with Little Funding and No Pats ...

New Orleans Tribune 06 Jun 2025
The narrative that positions institutions like the Whitney Plantation as paragons of resilience in the face of adversity is both misleading and harmful ... So, that’s what we’re doing now ... But somebody had to say it ... Poor thing ... ... ....
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Louisiana Senate Reins in Tax Cuts and School Voucher Plans

New Orleans Tribune 04 Jun 2025
By Anna Puleo/LSU Manship School News Service. BATON ROUGE–The Louisiana Senate is reining in several major proposals pushed by Gov ... Senate leaders said they did not see any way to offset the revenue losses from further tax cuts ... Rep ... Photo credit.
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Billions Ripped from Minority-Owned Firms Under Trump

New Orleans Tribune 03 Jun 2025
The Trump administration is dismantling the very programs created to correct generations of systemic racism and economic exclusion—programs that helped level the playing field for Black, Latino, Indigenous, and women entrepreneurs. By Stacy M. Brown.
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Landry Signs Bills to Lower Auto Insurance Rates . . . But Will They Work?

New Orleans Tribune 30 May 2025
By Anna Puleo. LSU Manship School News Service. BATON ROUGE–Gov ... The signing came a week after Landry flexed his political muscle and forced one of the key bills through the Senate in a late-night vote ... ....
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Questions and Answers for Parents of Children with Disabilities

New Orleans Tribune 30 May 2025
By Maureen Samms-Vaughan. Black Press USA. As a parent, what can I do to support my child with a disability? Why is it important to focus on a child’s abilities?. Every child with a disability has strengths ... Every child has strength ... Try something else.
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Harvard Reaches Historic Settlement Over Earliest Known Photographs of Enslaved Americans

New Orleans Tribune 30 May 2025
By Stacy M. Brown. Black Press USA Senior National Correspondent ... The photographs were taken in South Carolina, where Renty and Delia were stripped and posed under duress ... A confidential financial agreement was also reached ... ....
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It’s About Destroying Black Leadership, Stupid

New Orleans Tribune 27 May 2025
Let’s Not Allow Black Leadership to be the Jailbreak Scapegoat. It’s been more and half since 10 inmates made a brazen escape from the Orleans Justice Center. The escapees have been captured ... Yet, once again, here we are. Note that Gov ... ... ... Okay . .
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SCOTUS Opens Door to Police Accountability

New Orleans Tribune 15 May 2025
By Stacy M. Brown. Black Press USA Senior National Correspondent. The U.S ... In Barnes v ... Officer Roberto Felix fired two shots into Barnes’s moving car after stepping onto the doorsill ... The Supreme Court disagreed ... “The Supreme Court’s decision in Barnes v.
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Workplace Inequity Worsens for Black Women

New Orleans Tribune 15 May 2025
By Stacy M. Brown. Black Press USA Senior National Correspondent. Black women remain the backbone of the U.S. labor force—working more, earning less, and bearing greater burdens across nearly every sector ... Bureau of Labor Statistics ... ....
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New Orleans Public Library Offers Resources for Job Seekers

New Orleans Tribune 15 May 2025
Looking for a job? Need help creating a resume? Looking for workplace readiness skills? The New Orleans Public Library offers free classes, workshops, drop-in help, and more to assist job seekers at Library locations across the city ... ....
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