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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Former first lady Michelle Obama will discuss her upcoming memoir "Becoming" as she kicks off the American Library Association's annual...

Life isn't always fair and reality star Tokyo Vanity explained the difficulties of overcoming different hardships on Monday's night episode of "Love and Hip Hop Atlanta."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBZuGpSnDIE As if the life of a neurosurgeon isn't busy enough, one dedicated doctor manages to split his time between New Orleans — and Nigeria. Dr....

A New Orleans resident said she was shocked and appalled after someone handed her 4-year-old son a pair of blackface figurines during the Krewe of...

Black Lives Matter activist Muhiyidin D'Baha from Charleston, NC was shot and killed in New Orleans, LA on Tuesday, Feb 6. while riding a bike. Officials...

At a time when the abuses and inequities of the U.S. criminal justice system are increasingly scrutinized, a federal civil rights lawsuit filed in...

For many children growing up, helping in the kitchen meant assisting their mothers, grandmothers or fathers slice the peppers, chop the tomatoes and taste...

In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in 2005, one of the most destructive storms in American history, hundreds of survivors who worked in the...

New Orleans' new marijuana law purports to be more lenient toward nonviolent offenders, but — unsurprisingly — it still disproportionately targets the Black community. Susan Guidry, councilwoman...

Before Katrina tore through the city of New Orleans in 2005, the public school system suffered from corruption and neglect. After the storm wiped...

The Battle of Liberty Place monument commemorates 5,000 members of the Crescent City White League’s attack on the city’s Reconstructionist government in 1874, resulting...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Workers in New Orleans removed the first of four prominent Confederate monuments Monday morning, becoming the latest Southern institution to...

Former NFL running back Joe McKnight was shot and killed Thursday, Dec. 1 in an apparent road-rage incident. The altercation happened at an intersection...

  On Sunday's edition of NBC's Meet The Press, MSNBC journalist Joy Reid tackles presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump's recent comments proclaiming that heavily Black populated...

Louisiana’s fiscal crisis is a criminal justice nightmare, possibly signalling the end of public defense lawyers for the poor. Bobby Jindal, the former governor of...

The city of New Orleans is considering an ordinance that would tear down monuments honoring Confederate heroes, according to news reports. New Orleans has...

A group of artists and activists have been taking the discussion of climate change and pollution in communities of color on the road.  While...

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