Author: Gregory E. Williams

Metairie, Louisiana, Dec. 6 — A protest at a Metairie Home Depot demanded answers after ICE agents allegedly struck and possibly killed a pedestrian during a high-speed chase the previous night. While the Jefferson Parish […]

Fidel Castro was born on Aug. 13, 1926. If he were alive today, he’d be turning 100 next year. In Cuba, preparations are already underway to celebrate his centennial. But even without the anniversary, current […]

New Orleanians elected Calvin Duncan to be the clerk of court for the parish (county) in a runoff election on Nov. 15. Duncan — who was exonerated in 2021 after spending 28 years in prison […]

New Orleans, Oct. 18 – Thousands came out to the “No Kings” rally,  joining protesters in some 2,700 locations across the country. The crowd filled up a large section of the Lafitte Greenway. And […]

The working class can stop the genocide in Gaza and the bosses’ attacks at home Despite rain, hundreds marched in downtown New Orleans on the evening of Oct. 4, joining in an international day of […]

New Orleans, Sept. 16 – a crowd gathered across from Jackson Square Wednesday evening to protest Donald Trump’s threats to send troops into the Big Easy as well as the state capital, Baton Rouge. This […]

On Sept. 9, hundreds marched in downtown New Orleans. They were protesting both Trump’s threat to occupy the majority-Black city with federal troops and Gov. Jeff Landry’s ongoing deployment of state police in our streets, […]