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A not-so-secret HR report called the CAC 'toxic.' What happened next?

A not-so-secret HR report called the CAC 'toxic.' What happened next?

NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune — An investigation into how an internal document that described the Contemporary Arts Center in New Orleans as a toxic work place leaked out, and what the organization did and did not do about what it alleged.
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As New Orleans’ Carnival traditions evolve, what about women?

As New Orleans’ Carnival traditions evolve, what about women?

NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune — A column about why we haven't ever questioned the role of women in New Orleans' Mardi Gras traditions.
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The Saints have a new anthem. For Choppa, it's a whole new world

The Saints have a new anthem. For Choppa, it's a whole new world

NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune — Choppa created the Saints' 2018 season anthem — 20 years ago. I followed Choppa on the team's final win of their ultimately heartbreaking season as he basked in his unexpected turn of luck, and ended up at Drew Brees' surprise 40th birthday party.
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Reviving a once-forbidden dialect: 'All French is good French'

Reviving a once-forbidden dialect: 'All French is good French'

National Geographic — When Janice Prejean was growing up, if she wanted to speak with her grandparents, she had to do it in French. To crack the code of the private conversations and jokes that flew over the heads of children at family gatherings, she also needed to know the language.
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The Smarter Way to Visit Great Smoky Mountains, America's Most Popular National Park

The Smarter Way to Visit Great Smoky Mountains, America's Most Popular National Park

The Wall Street Journal — I WAS STANDING near my husband, both of us perched carefully on the edge of Twentymile Creek Cascades, while a half-dozen light blue butterflies the size of nickels fluttered around our boots. We could hear the water rushing over rocks below us, the creek swollen from a late-summer storm we'd just barely missed.
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New Orleans celebrates a muted Mardi Gras-but the rituals remain

New Orleans celebrates a muted Mardi Gras-but the rituals remain

National Geographic — Angela Estevez was about to give up. The pandemic had slashed retail sales at Miette, her New Orleans shop dedicated to locally handcrafted works, and she didn't think she'd be able to stay open much longer. Facing another slow month just wasn't feasible. Then something magical happened.
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The Women Pushing Cajun Cuisine Forward

The Women Pushing Cajun Cuisine Forward

Food & Wine Magazine — For too long, the face of Cajun food has been male and white. A new wave of Cajun women chefs are here to change that. There is something that edges toward magic when Melissa Martin leans over her grandmother's Magnalite pot filled with an oyster soup, knowing she nailed the cooked-down tomatoes using the recipe of the woman who originally owned it.
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