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Author Ronnie Greene joined Roland Martin on NewsOne Now to discuss his book, Shots on the Bridge: Police Violence and Cover-Up in the Wake of Katrina. Of Shots on the Bridge from Amazon.com: On September 4, 2005, six days after Hurricane Katrina’s landfall in New Orleans, two groups of people intersected on the Danziger Bridge, […]

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Renowned journalist Soledad O’Brien joined Roland Martin Monday on NewsOne Now to discuss the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina and what has changed since the storm flooded New Orleans in 2005. Ten years after Katrina, “New Orleans is a tale of two cities,” O’Brien said. “If you were to wander around the downtown, the French […]

The W.K. Kellogg Foundation is donating $4.7 million to eight organizations in New Orleans and two coalitions in Mississippi devoted to uplifting young men and boys of color. The grants will ensure that men and boys of color are receiving better opportunities for advancement, and will also aid in closing racial disparities in each respective […]

NewsOne’s Top 5 takes a quick look at the stories trending on NewsOne.com that you are talking about. Amari Brown: 7-Year-Old Chicago Boy Shot, Killed Watching 4th Of July Fireworks [VIDEO] Serena Williams Defeats Older Sister Venus In Historic Wimbledon Matchup Here’s Where African-Americans Stand In New Orleans 10 Years After Hurricane Katrina Usher Pledges Allegiance […]

Usher made a bold statement with his attire at the Essence Music Festival this weekend. Not widely known for his political opinions, the singer appeared in New Orleans on Independence Day with a shirt that crossed out “July Fourth” and highlighted Juneteenth instead. In addition to his dismissal of the holiday, he questioned the current […]

Blacks in post-Hurricane Katrina New Orleans have made some educational progress, but the median income has not risen as much as that of White households, reports NOLA. The Urban League of Greater New Orleans and the National Urban League announced the findings Friday at the Essence Festival, where the group discussed New Orleans’ shifting demographics and promoted […]

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Symbols Matter. Words Matter. That’s what one local entrepreneur, Frank Scurlock, reminded us of when he paid for skywriting during Jazz Fest. New Orleanians looked heavenward to find clouds shaped as peace symbols, hearts, and uplifting words like “Coexist,” “Honor,” “Forgive,” and “Love.” Scurlock explained that the messages were meant to remind people about the […]

In a crime that spilled from social media into reality, a 20-year-old New Orleans woman faces three years in prison after playing a role in arranging the shooting of her ex-boyfriend during an apparent feud on, well, Instagram, police say. The Times-Picayune reports that Earlneishka Johnson on Tuesday accepted a plea offer, admitting to a […]

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The details of former NFL star Darren Shaper’s plea deal for serial rape have come out, and one bizarre one – penile plethysmograph, or PPG — has many scratching their heads. SEE ALSO: Darren Sharper Receives Nine Years For Nine Rapes In Plea Deal Sharper, who has raped at least nine women in four states, […]

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As the city of St. Louis celebrates Mardi Gras, the lighthearted celebration can’t change the somber tone in the area following the death of Michael Brown. Ferguson protestors used the city’s most extravagant annual event as a platform for their voices to be heard. A group of demonstrators gathered on the steps of City Hall […]

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What you see above is a map of Detroit. The small colorful dots represent people, plotted to show where they live and their race. Whites are represented by blue dots, Blacks with green dots, Asians with red and Latinos with orange. All others are represented using the color brown. Again, what you see is Detroit, but also […]

NEW ORLEANS — Former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin (pictured) filed a formal notice of appeal Tuesday in the corruption case that resulted in a guilty verdict on 20 criminal counts and a prison sentence of 10 years. RELATED: Ray Nagin On Prison Sentence: I Was ‘Targeted’ By the Feds The brief notice said the appeal […]