A Congressional subcommittee tackled the question of whether or not African Americans should receive reparations for the United States’ history of slavery and racial injustice. Congressman Mike Johnson spoke out against the idea at the hearing. Congressman Johnson believe taxpayers shouldn’t be on the hook for actions taken while they were not alive.
But proponents of the measure say the US government’s history abusing the black population isn’t just restricted to the years before the end of the Civil War. Southern Professor Albert Samuels says the logistics of reparations would be complicated, but it warrants further study by a congressionally appointed commission, because it raises serious questions about our nation’s central narrative…
John Paul Funes entered a guilty plea in Federal Court today to charges of wire fraud and money laundering after a scheme that siphoned off more than a half a million from the Our Lady of the Lake foundation in Baton Rouge. Today it was revealed that Funes admitted he chartered a flight from Houma to Tampa for a Saints game and gave approximately a hundred thousand dollars to the family of former LSU football player Rohan Davey. Sentencing is deferred until the pre-sentence investigation is complete.
Soon-to-be Pelican, Duke legend Zion Williamson says he’s excited to put on the Pelicans’ uniform and move on south to the Big Easy.
The 6’7 280 pound Naismith College Player of the Year visited New Orleans earlier in the week and got a taste of city life and culture…
Williamson got fried shrimp and mash potatoes at Commanders’ Palace, the iconic New Orleans food mecca.