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Candice Henderson and Bill Aaron listen to public comments at the New Orleans City Council meeting, Thursday, Oct. 24.
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City council denies permit to turn former home of Oretha Castle Haley into a museum

Avatar photo by John Gray October 24, 2024April 22, 2025
The former home of Oretha Castle Haley on Wednesday, oct. 16, 2024.
Posted inNews

Fight over legacy of civil rights leader’s former home reaches city council

Avatar photo by John Gray October 17, 2024April 22, 2025
Jarvis DeBerry, MSNBC Daily’s opinion editor, talks with former elected official, commentator and author Bakari Sellers at Baldwin & Co. in New Orleans on Monday, Oct. 7, 2024.
Posted inCommunity

Baldwin & Co. hosts Bakari Sellers to talk about new book ‘The Moment’

Avatar photo by John Gray October 8, 2024October 18, 2024
Two dockworkers hold signs during as part of a picket line and work stoppage at the Port of New Orleans on Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024.
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Striking New Orleans dockworkers want higher wages, protection from automation

Avatar photo by John Gray October 2, 2024October 9, 2024
Members of the Big 6 Brass Band at Black Love Fest 2022 at the New Orleans African American Museum (NOAAM) in Treme on June 21, 2022.
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Black Love Fest to honor legacy of civil rights icon Jerome Smith

Avatar photo by John Gray September 27, 2024September 27, 2024
The former site of the Flint-Goodridge Hospital in New Orleans is shown in this photo from Aug. 28, 2024.
Posted inHealth

Most Black hospitals across the South closed long ago. Their impact endures.

Avatar photo by John Gray and Lauren Sausser | KFF Health News August 28, 2024August 28, 2024
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New Orleans Habitat for Humanity granted $2 million to prevent sweeping foreclosures

Avatar photo by John Gray August 9, 2024
NOLA Public Schools Executive Director of Safety and Security Isaac Johnson, Chief Operations Officer Don LeDuff and Superintendent Avis Williams welcome students into the Leah Chase School on Tuesday, August 6, 2024.
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PHOTOS: Leah Chase School opens in New Orleans, marking return to direct-run schools

Avatar photo by John Gray August 6, 2024April 22, 2025
Buttons that say Freedom Summer sit on a table during the Power Coalition for Equity and Justice's kickoff event it for its voter registration and education drive on July 5, 2024 in New Orleans.
Posted inNews

Advocates tour Louisiana to register voters, educate citizens on voting rights

Avatar photo by John Gray July 29, 2024September 15, 2024
A photo of National Urban League president Marc Morial at the National Urban League Annual Conference in Washington, D.C. on Friday, July 22, 2022.
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Q&A: Marc Morial talks poverty, race and the 2024 election ahead of National Urban League Conference

Avatar photo by John Gray July 19, 2024August 13, 2024

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