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Tag: 2024 top stories

Nicholas Alexander and James Dabney watch election results come in at the election night watch party at New Orleans Jazz Market on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024. Alexander, who serves in the U.S. Navy, voted for Harris. Dabney cited reproductive rights as one of his main concerns in the 2024 presidential election.
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Black Louisianians express disappointment in election results, discuss what’s next

Avatar photo by Arielle Robinson November 12, 2024December 6, 2024

Though Trump made inroads with both Black and Latino voters in this race, he failed to capture a majority of either group, according to exit polling data.

The former home of Oretha Castle Haley on Wednesday, oct. 16, 2024.
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Fight over legacy of civil rights leader’s former home reaches city council

Avatar photo by John Gray October 17, 2024April 22, 2025
Pro-Palestine protestors set up this encampment, which they call the "Liberated Zone," on Tulane University's campus on Monday, April 29, 2024. This photo, taken after midnight on Tuesday, April 30, 2024, shows the protestors settling in for the evening.
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Tulane students accused of leading pro-Palestine encampment now fighting suspensions

Avatar photo by Arielle Robinson September 20, 2024April 22, 2025
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New Louisiana law serves as a warning to bystanders who film police: Stay away or face arrest

Richard A. Webster by Richard A. Webster July 31, 2024November 18, 2024
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Lawsuit claims failures by multiple New Orleans agencies led to suicide

Katie Jane Fernelius by Katie Jane Fernelius July 5, 2024November 18, 2024
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Losing faith in New Orleans: The structural causes of hopelessness in the Verite survey

Robert Collins Headshot by Robert Collins June 11, 2024November 18, 2024
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Big Freedia, Beyonce sued by New Orleans bounce group for copyright infringement

Michelle Liu by Michelle Liu May 23, 2024November 18, 2024
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‘Imprisonment is the consequence, not dying of heatstroke’: A look at extreme heat in Louisiana’s prisons

Lue Palmer by Lue Palmer April 17, 2024November 18, 2024
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‘Everyone will die in prison’: How Louisiana’s plan to lock people up longer imperils its sickest inmates

Richard A. Webster by Richard A. Webster March 28, 2024April 22, 2025
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Edgar “Dooky” L. Chase III, of restaurant family, dies

Michelle Liu by Michelle Liu February 22, 2024November 18, 2024

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