As Black History Month celebrations popped up around the city of New Orleans, Xavier University, a historically Black college, led the way. Through a free series of lectures, Xavier opened its doors to...

Updated: Feb 14, 2017 From local high schools to churches, the New Orleans community has come together to help the people affected by the tornadoes that struck New Orleans East and surrounding southeast...

European Dissent, people of European ancestry organizing to end racism, will gather for discussion of movements like Black Lives Matter. European Dissent is part of a multi-racial movement, and they...

Over the next few months, the United States Congress aims to eliminate Planned Parenthood federal funding, causing the current form of the organization to lose 40 percent of its budget. U.S. Sen. Joni...

Some speakers had trouble making it more than a couple of seconds without heckling as protesters showed up in full force for the second public hearing for the Bayou Bridge pipeline in Napoleonville. The...

The Oscar-nominated and Emmy-winning documentary filmmaker Josh Fox will host a screening of his work focusing on environmental and social justice. Fox said he recognizes New Orleans as a site of environmental...

Tuesday morning, Jordan Clayton, an equipment operator for Hayward Baker Construction Company, was building drainage infrastructures on Florida Avenue in the 9th Ward. He said he and most of his coworkers...

When President Donald Trump released an executive order banning citizens of several Muslim- majority countries from entering the U.S., Mariarenee Contreras was afraid. Not for herself, but for her best...

The executive director of Eden House New Orleans will discuss human trafficking, victimhood and gender-based violence live online. Director Susanne Dietzel, an expert on the subjects, said she will...