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Stitched in struggle: The forgotten era of Black garment workers in N.O.
Before sunrise, Black women climbed narrow staircases to New Orleans’ garment factories, taking their places at rows of clattering sewing machines. In hot rooms thick with dust and humidity, they…
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Reducing harm: This New Orleans nonprofit can help you pay for medication, food, rent and more
Below Sea Level Aid uses grants and mutual aid to help the region’s most vulnerable and make substance use safer. Volunteers recently packed distribution kits filled with Narcan to prevent overdose, test strips to make sure drugs aren’t contaminated among other items.
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New state law allows incarcerated people to get time off for earning an associate's degree
People who are incarcerated in Louisiana can now earn an associate’s degree to earn time off of their sentence and make their reentry into society easier.
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New Orleans chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority celebrates 90 years of sisterhood
New Orleans chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority celebrates 90 years, building a legacy of service, scholarship and sisterhood . Eleven Black women officially formed the chapter on June 20, 1936.
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A New Orleans man whose ex-wife accused him of stealing millions needed a lawyer. He called the D.A.
The Orleans Parish district attorney, Jason Williams, took on a private client who is facing a criminal investigation in Williams’s district. The matter was raised in a complaint to legal disciplinary officials
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New Orleans language-immersion school sues French government agency for sixth time
The school has asked courts in France and the United States for temporary restraining orders against the Agency for French Education Abroad, which might signal trouble for its accreditation status.