The Vince Vance and the Valiants “All I Want for Christmas Is You” has been one of my favorite Christmas songs, for as long as I can remember. But I never really thought the song was similar to Mariah Carey’s. I’d seen the suit before and laughed heartily, as to me it gave Morris Bart. However, I looked at the lyrics side-by-side with no sound or anything and um… I see it!
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Black Catholics in New Orleans — myself included — feel our parishes were singled out in the recently announced merger plan from the Archdiocese of New Orleans. I could be wrong, because you know we Black folk have a tendency to hide sexual abuse, but I don’t recall any of our churches or priests getting in trouble. Seems like if we are having to close all these buildings because we are rightfully paying claims of those harmed by the Church, why can’t we take money from those specific parishes involved?
Mac Phipps talks about the evolution of hip-hop, bounce and rap music in New Orleans, and about how he got started. I’m a Mac fan. Since “I Need Wheels,” which I still rap to myself quite often. New Orleans rap is so special to me. There’s an op-ed I wanted to write and still might, but let’s be clear: rap is vital to our communities especially when we are disenfranchised.
The St. Tammany Parish Coroner’s Office is getting closer to cracking yet another cold case, thanks to forensic death investigator Chris Knoblauch and the LSU FACES Laboratory. In recent years these groups have cleared several cold cases using various technology, and Knoblauch is determined to clear many more.
Karen Swensen shares the stories of three young women who were once victims of sex trafficking and child abuse, but who’ve been able work through their trauma to heal and even help others. Louisiana’s First Lady Donna Edwards and a group of nuns on the Northshore of Louisiana play major roles in their healing.
links below might be annotated eventually, at some point, when I feel up to it
- Celebrating eight New Orleans music icons over 80 | The Latest | Gambit Weekly | nola.com
- A playlist of New Orleans classics to make you shake that ass for hip-hop’s 50th anniversary | Music | Gambit Weekly | nola.com
- Louisiana will fund train from New Orleans to Baton Rouge | Louisiana Politics | nola.com
- ‘Humid heat is extremely dangerous,’ researcher says | Environment | nola.com
- Ed Pratt: Sometimes a towel is more than a towel | Opinions and Editorials | nola.com
- Suspect falls from attic as feds search house for drugs, gun | Crime/Police | nola.com
- Entergy New Orleans suspends disconnections for extreme heat | Weather | nola.com
- Three killed last week identified by New Orleans coroner | Crime/Police | nola.com
- Letters: OMV cares more about raking in cash, not public safety, with exorbitant fees | Letters | nola.com
- An island in the town of Pearl River is up for sale | Environment | nola.com
- Jason Cantrell laid to rest in Broadmoor funeral | Local Politics | nola.com
- Are your TikToking teens summoning Satan!?!?! | The Latest | Gambit Weekly | nola.com
- Few domestic violence convictions in New Orleans: report | Crime/Police | nola.com
- Teenager’s Death Has Paqui Spicy ‘One Chip Challenge’ Under Scrutiny – The New York Times
- Photo of blue supermoon over New Orleans confounds commenters. No, it’s not fake. | The Latest | Gambit Weekly | nola.com
- Meet the man in charge of New Orleans’ wildest place | Environment | nola.com
- Meet the baker going viral on TikTok for gravestone recipes | Food & Entertainment | shreveportbossieradvocate.com
- Women in 20s and 30s self-diagnosing ADHD create Adderall shortage | Fortune Well
- Trystereo Collective (@trystereo) • Instagram photos and videos
- Metairie Hooters to pay $650,000 settlement to Black workers | Business News | nola.com
- How to order free at-home COVID tests | Nation/World | nola.com
- A Slidell Rouses to close this month | Business News | nola.com
- Inside Jon Batiste and Suleika Jaouad’s 19th-Century Brooklyn Town House | Architectural Digest
- Who is Madison O’Malley and how has the House race between her and Mandie Landry gotten so ugly? | Gambit Weekly | nola.com
- The Last Days of Isle de Jean Charles | Multimedia | nola.com
- Photos” Check out the eclipse in the New Orleans metro area | Photos | nola.com
- Ten New Homes on America Street – New Orleans Area Habitat For Humanity
- Marlene Trestman remembers New Orleans’ Jewish Orphans Home | Entertainment/Life | nola.com
- Girl shot dead at Parc Fontaine Apartments was ‘princess’ | Crime/Police | nola.com
- (347) TURNING THE TIDE: A STORY OF HELL, HEALING & HOPE – YouTube
- LA family thanks those who saved man in Interstate 55 pileup | News | nola.com