In aiding a controversial candidate's shot at a promotion, Supt. Anne Kirkpatrick told officers, "Mayor Cantrell was the boss ...

The 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina feels particularly heavy as it forces us to confront the culmination of memory, ...

Moreno, who announced her campaign to succeed Mayor LaToya Cantrell in December, raised nearly $900,000 in the first three ...

From April 16 to April 18, Cantrell will attend the African American Mayor’s Association (AAMA) Conference. City officials say the conference is a national gathering of United States mayors and civic ...

Attorneys for the Police Association of New Orleans (PANO) and the Black Organization of Police (BOP) said Tuesday (April 15) that a Civil Service Commission ruling chastising Mayor LaToya ...

Food is the lifeblood of New Orleans—and these Black chefs are at the forefront of the movement to level up mouthwatering ...

1983: Harold Washington was elected Chicago’s first Black mayor. Washington, a U.S. representative who also served in the ...

Jones hoped to make history as the first Black mayor of St. Louis to serve more ... “Oh, it’s a downfall for the city. It’s a whole new start-over and that’s something we were trying ...

Meanwhile, my father was making a name for himself too, running for mayor on a platform of ... the province of whites alone. The black Creoles of New Orleans, many descended from the colonial ...