Nine separate shootings took place in New Orleans over Thanksgiving weekend, despite the city’s downward trend in crime this year.
The shootings left four people dead and 10 people injured.
“One...
Following the senseless shooting on University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s campus last week and the consistent government inaction regarding gun violence, students and parents alike must ask...
Day after day, Julia Fleckman goes to work in a city plagued by bullets.
Another shot. Another killed. Another gun in the wrong hands.
But even now, amid all the bloodshed...
On Dec. 2, the mother of Orleans Parish Criminal District Court Judge Robin D. Pittman, Carol Charles, was shot and “critically wounded” in New Orleans East.
The shooting occurred on Babylon Street...
On Nov. 27, Jonshel Alexander, who a decade ago starred in the acclaimed film “Beasts of the Southern Wild,” was shot inside a vehicle in New Orleans, along with an unidentified man. Alexander, 22...
As the United States returns to a new state of normalcy, with the allowance of outdoor gatherings and more businesses being able to reopen, mass shootings have surged. It reflects a grim reality for...
This week, Tulane Director of Admission Jeff Schiffman pledged that Tulane would not penalize prospective students for advocating for what they believe in and participating in peaceful protests.
“Here...
A resident of New Orleans is three times more likely to be killed than someone living in a similarly sized U.S. city.
Gun violence killed 175 people in New Orleans in 2016. In the first 18 days of...
