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Members of NOLA Musicians for Palestine play their first show of 2025 at Café Istanbul on Monday, Jan. 6, 2025.

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NOLA Musicians for Palestine mixes New Orleans brass tradition with calls for Palestinian freedom

by Arielle Robinson June 2, 2025June 5, 2025

A group of local musicians have been calling for Palestinian freedom through brass band music.

Krewe of Zeitoun, the walking krewe that's part of NOLA Musicians for Palestine, performs and marches through the Marigny on Monday, March 3, 2025.

NOLA Musicians for Palestine part of legacy of musical resistance in New Orleans

by Arielle Robinson June 2, 2025June 2, 2025

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi making an announcement on February 12, 2025 at the Department of Justice's headquarters in Washington, D.C. The DOJ, which Bondi leads, has pulled millions of dollars in funding from Louisiana organizations that work with survivors of domestic, sexual and intimate partner violence.

After DOJ cuts grants, anti-violence groups in New Orleans fear layoffs, inability to help victims

by Arielle Robinson May 1, 2025May 1, 2025

Bryan Jefferson (center) with Bill Salmeron (left), deputy director and chief of New Orleans Emergency Medical Services, and Brooke Christy, field supervisor for New Orleans EMS, at University Medical Center after Jefferson suffered cardiac arrest while running the Crescent City Classic.

New Orleans EMS shares tips for staying safe while running in the Crescent City Classic

by Arielle Robinson April 17, 2025April 16, 2025

A cardboard sign that has a purple and pink background with a purple vending machine that reads, "What care do you need?" rests against a post outside Skeetahawk Brewery on Saturday, April 12, 2025.

Reproductive health vending machine to open soon in New Orleans

by Arielle Robinson April 14, 2025April 14, 2025

New Orleans Public Library’s 2nd genealogy festival centers preservation of Black history

by Arielle Robinson April 4, 2025April 4, 2025

Tulane University student Cameron McLaren speaks about being detained at a press conference in front of Tulane's campus on Wednesday, March 19, 2025.

Tulane accuses students who participated in peaceful, off-campus protest of conduct violations

by Arielle Robinson March 29, 2025March 29, 2025

The pianos that were in Fats Domino's house in the Lower 9th Ward were preserved, but they never were the same again.

What Was Lost: Pianos that belonged to Fats Domino

by Arielle Robinson March 17, 2025March 17, 2025

Carson Cruse, a student activist at Loyola University, speaks at a rally held in front of the Poydras Center on Tuesday, Mar. 11, 2025.

Education, Justice

Nearly a year later, Loyola students who joined pro-Palestine encampment at Tulane still face consequences

by Arielle Robinson March 14, 2025March 14, 2025

Students and community members gathered near the campuses of Tulane University and Loyola University to protest the detainment of Mahmoud Khalil on Tuesday, Mar. 11, 2025.

New Orleans activists demand release of Mahmoud Khalil, pro-Palestine protester being held in Louisiana ICE facility

by Arielle Robinson March 11, 2025March 14, 2025