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The Recreation and Park Commission for the Parish of East Baton Rouge (or “BREC”)’s effort to declare multiple Baton Rouge parks “obsolete” and move them toward sale hit serious resistance this week after residents and local officials blasted the process as rushed, opaque, and disconnected from the communities most affected. The controversy centers on a…
In every era of American life, Black excellence has been filtered through the lens of what our opponents will tolerate — and, more importantly, what we ourselves will accept. From boardrooms to ballots, the public face of Black leadership has too often been defined not by vision or intellect, but by comfort. This is what…
Crowds of people gathered along Perkins Road on Saturday, Oct. 18, joining demonstrators in thousands of other cities across the country for the No Kings Protest — a coordinated, nationwide day of action opposing President Donald Trump’s policies and warning against the slide toward authoritarian rule. According to the No Kings Coalition, more than seven…
BATON ROUGE — Ahead of Saturday’s “No Kings” protests in Baton Rouge and across Louisiana, the ultra‑right Louisiana Freedom Caucus issued a press release invoking statutes on “self‑defense” if “protesters in the road are harming/trying to harm you.” Though couched in legalese, the message is unmistakably aggressive — implying that armed citizens have license to shoot….
Melvin Lee “Kip” Holden, the first African American to serve as Mayor-President of East Baton Rouge Parish and a transformative figure in Baton Rouge politics, died early this morning at The Carpenter House hospice center after a lengthy illness. He was 72 years old. Holden’s passing marks the end of a career defined by barrier-breaking…
BATON ROUGE, La. – Mayor-President Sid Edwards is doubling down on his push to redirect dedicated library funds to public safety and infrastructure, warning that failure to approve his Revive EBR initiative could result in hundreds of job losses and major budget cuts across city-parish services. During a press conference Tuesday, Edwards said that if…
On January 8, 2022, Deaughn Willis was killed by an East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Deputy. Through recovered surveillance footage, you can see these Law Enforcement Professionals approach the Willis Family Door and deliver bang after bang on their door while never saying or acknowledging it was the police. Those officers, without any known warrant to enter the…
