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Since 1923 • For a greater Loyola

The Maroon

Since 1923 • For a greater Loyola

The Maroon

Community fridge initiative aims to feed New Orleans with fresh food

Community fridge initiative aims to feed New Orleans with fresh food

Rae Walberg September 24, 2020

In a time marked by food insecurity, a self-sustained group of New Orleanians are fighting hunger and bringing the community together one fridge at a time. New Orleans Community Fridges, a community...

The New Orleans Saints and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers play in the Superdome without fans, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, in the first half of an NFL football game in New Orleans, Sunday, Sept. 13, 2020. (AP Photo/Butch Dill)

Business owners prep for socially distanced Saints season

Deja Magee September 24, 2020

In Louisiana, football season is a significant time for many small businesses. With the state of the New Orleans Saints' eight regular season home games still uncertain, business owners are anxious...

National initiative allows artists of color to be heard

Jaime Jimenez, Reporter September 23, 2020

New Orleans’ theatre artists are using a national initiative to spark conversations with the discrepancies in their field.  “The Breathe Project” calls for BIPOC artists to speak and give their...

United Way Southeast Louisiana Provides Aid to Hurricane Laura Refugees

Peter Buffo September 21, 2020

https://youtu.be/Ja9sbSpLOrY After Hurricane Laura devastated Lake Charles and southwest Louisiana, the city of New Orleans is housing around 9,000 refugees in spare hotel rooms. Nonprofits like United...

National Hurricane Center

University students fear power outages ahead of Hurricane Sally

Erin Haynes September 14, 2020

As hurricane Sally approaches New Orleans, local university students are scrambling to prepare for the sudden hurricane by visiting grocery stores, staying up to date with universities’ protocols and...

New Orleanians stock up ahead of Hurricane Sally

Jaime Jimenez September 14, 2020

The neutral ground and gas stations flooded with cars as New Orleans residents spent Sept. 14 stocking up on gas, groceries and supplies ahead of Hurricane Sally. The storm gained strength and formed...

Sara Brennan stands behind the counter at The Commissary, a Dickie Brennan and Co. central kitchen, market, and restaurant on September 5. Opened in April of 2020, the staff of The Commissary quickly encountered unprecedented challenges in the restaurant industry. Photo credit: Michael Bauer

Food industry workers pivot during COVID-19

Alexander Mccall September 14, 2020

Months of restaurants and businesses closing and reopening during the COVID-19 pandemic have left many service workers wondering what comes next.With the extension of Phase 2, many establishments and workers...

A truck drives past a street sign for Jefferson Davis Parkway on Sept. 3. A new city renaming commission voted to rename the street and is planning on considering renaming other streets named after Confederates in the coming weeks. Photo credit: Alexandria Whitten

New Orleans confronts its Confederate history with plans for street renaming

Rose Wagner September 10, 2020

455 days. That’s how long New Orleans was part of the Confederacy before it was occupied by Union troops. About 100 years. That’s how long signs bearing the names of Confederate soldiers have occupied...

FILE - In this Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2020, file photo, a person drops applications for mail-in-ballots into a mail box in Omaha, Neb. U.S. Postal Service warnings that it can’t guarantee ballots sent by mail will arrive on time have put a spotlight on the narrow timeframes most states allow to request and return those ballots. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, File) Photo credit: Associated Press

Louisiana pandemic voting plans at issue in federal court

September 9, 2020

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal judge in Louisiana began hearing arguments Tuesday on whether the state must broaden opportunities for mail-in balloting to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in this fall’s...

A sign hangs outside of Brunos Tavern on Aug. 22. Brunos is one of many bars in New Orleans that is struggling with new restrictions due to COVID-19. Photo credit: Shadera Moore

Coronavirus restrictions put Big Easy bars in a bind

Alexander Mccall September 7, 2020

As Phase 2 of reopening rages on, bars and restaurants are struggling to stay afloat amid statewide restrictions on alcohol sales. The official Phase 2 mandate that was enforced by Gov. John Bel Edwards...

Franklin, the six-year-old son of Megan Braden-Perry, doodles in his homemade classroom. Parents like Braden-Perry are trying to get creative to help their kids cope with going to school online. Photo credit: Megan Braden-Perry

Parents help kids cope with online school during COVID-19

Shadera Moore September 5, 2020

Posters upon posters of nouns, numbers and a handwritten note from mommy to son plaster the walls of Megan Braden-Perry’s New Orleans home.Her son's school went virtual due to COVID-19, so Braden-Perry...

The Balcony Ballroom in Metairie sits under a sunny sky on Aug. 18. The venue hosted an event that violated state and city COVID-19 guidelines July 18 and is one of many venues that wedding vendors say have put attendees and service workers at risk during events. Photo credit: Gabriella Killett

Large weddings during COVID-19 frustrate vendors

Gabriella Killett August 18, 2020

Over the span of an hour and a half, about 200 guests, including Jefferson Parish detail officers, walked into The Balcony Ballroom the evening of July 18. While many people who entered the establishment...

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