Dollar General, Dollar Tree, Family Dollar, and Kroger are charging customers fees on cash back, and making over $90 million a year from these charges, according to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

We're not exaggerating when we say that abortion funds are the only thing standing between abortion care access and forced pregnancy for THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE—and that those funds are now hanging by a thread. PLEASE support abortion funds however you can: abortionfunds.org/find-a-fund/

I have two hot takes here. 1) The goal should be all fare-free transit all the time for everybody. 2) At the very least, RTA shouldn't preface its free transit program for youth on data collection and mandatory use of its app which isn't very good. wwltv.com/article/news/l…

St. Mary’s Academy receives first donation from Charles Barkley Click image for more... wwltv.com/article/news/l…

We are headed into a recession at exactly the same time every local government is running out of COVID recovery money. Meanwhile the national political zeitgeist is shifting back toward neoliberal austerity so don't expect much relief. Bad times ahead. nola.com/news/politics/…

6 months till #MardiGras 2025!!! 📷 Comanche Hunters on Mardi Gras Day 2024 by MJ Mastrogiovanni

Here’s a comprehensive look at how California lawmakers shelved two key bills meant to form a new state agency to oversee reparations and a fund to implement policies, including direct cash payments for Black American descendants of enslaved people whatimreading.net/p/two-historic…

This is rich coming from you who misled everyone to do the bidding of Louisiana Right to Life. The Republican majority in the #lalege don’t fight for the people; only their special interest friends who endanger us all. Do Better.

I and Lorena O'Neil and others have been reporting on delays in pregnancy care since Louisiana's abortion ban took effect -- which can impact maternal health. This story is part of a trend we have seen as laws cause fear and confusion and force doctors to change how they work.

Entergy New Orleans has applied for permission from the New Orleans City Council to sell its gas distribution system to a brand-new utility called Delta States Utilities New Orleans. all4energy.org/take-action/en…

Take action: Sign the open letter to publishers, asking them to restore access to the 500,000+ books removed from our library ⤵️ change.org/LetReadersRead

Hollar if you can deliver to our kids!

Suppressing and ultimately erasing the factual historical record is a key feature of fascism.

We have a patient with a $5,800 gap in funding and they are IN CLINIC right now. Anything anyone can donate is appreciated so we can increase our pledge amount from $1,000. donorbox.org/support-the-fu…

The Internet Archive has lost a major legal battle, in a decision that could have a significant impact on the future of internet history wired.com/story/internet…

A pregnancy center can bill the state $14 for distributing diapers that cost the center just over $.25. And before parents can get those diapers, they must take a class that the center can bill the state $30 for each hour of class a client attends. propublica.org/article/texas-…

Here is Entergy New Orleans's Q2 '24 YTD distribution interruption data. Equipment failures account for almost 60% of outages, almost as many as the next four top causes combined.

It’s tough to get these things right when your state department of health is being led by veterinarian-turned-opioid-over-prescriber and a right-wing ophthalmologist

Ngl it’s so hard to travel and enjoy food when you’re from South Louisiana. It’s like nobody else in the world knows how to cook better 😩