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Mid South Economic and Environmental IssuesLatest
The Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion: Setting the Record Straight
03.11.2025 | In Sediment Diversions
Louisiana has lost more than...
Groundbreaking Ceremony for River Reintroduction to Maurepas Swamp Project
12.03.2024 | In Press ReleasesA Landmark Step Toward Restoring...
Strenuous Questions Remain on Stalled Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion
11.04.2024 | In Sediment Diversions
Restore the Mississippi River Delta...
Port Fourchon: The Economic Hub Looks to a Restorative Future
08.27.2024 | In UncategorizedBy Emma Butler, Outreach CoordinatorSituated at...
Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion — What you Need to Know Now and Why
08.22.2024 | In Sediment Diversions
Restore the Mississippi River Delta...
What’s the Difference Between Neptune Pass and Mardi Gras Pass?
In the final miles of the Mississippi River, two...
African American Literary Voices
5 Imperative Books For Better Understanding African Folklore
The birthplace of the human race. The oldest inhabited...
A Black Avant-Garde: How Lorraine O’Grady’s Literary Artwork Fused Poetry and Politics
Lorraine O’Grady didn’t become an artist until she was...
Lit From the Chocolate City: Ten Washington D.C Books That Aren’t About Politicians
Imagine a story—a novel or a movie—set in Washington,...
Truth and Reconciliation: Ten Books That Explore South Africa’s Identity
In 1996, I lived in South Africa and bore...
OBTUARYLatest
To Quincy Jones, Black American Music Will Forever Owe a Debt
The music industry is in mourning following the death of songwriting titan, Quincy Delight Jones Jr., Sunday (Oct. 3) night. He was 91. Making...
The Root Remembers One of Our Own: Stephanie Holland
Death is never an uncomplicated thing to deal with....
Jimmy Carter’s Strange and Complicated Legacy With Black America
At the ripe age of 100, Jimmy Carter, a...
What You Didn’t Know About the Overdue James Earl Jones’ Legendary Black Voice
Hard as it is to believe, one of the...
RIP: Michelle Obama’s Mother Dies, And Black Internet Pays Respects
First Lady Michelle and former President Barack Obama posted...
Barbara Gardner Proctor, Trailblazing Ad Woman, Dies at 85
In 1963, Barbara Gardener Proctor was flying to Europe...
Broadway Legend Carol Channing Dies at 97, ‘Proud as Can Be’ of Her Black Heritage
“No white woman can do it like I did,”...
Singer Andre Williams, the ‘Godfather of Rap’, Dead at 82
R&B singer-producer Andre Williams, whose indelible musical journey included...
Federal Judge and Civil Rights Icon Damon J. Keith Dead at 96
Judge Damon J. Keith, a civil rights icon who...
Rest in Power: Famed Lindy Hop Dancer Norma Miller Dies at 99
She was known as the Queen of Swing, a...