Jenna Ross

2 weeks ago | nola.com | Jenna Ross

Second Harvest Food Bank, the largest anti-hunger organization in south Louisiana, has always struggled to reach and feed the state's residents when school is out in the summer. But officials expect this summer's work will be even more difficult. Demand is up, said Lindsay Hendrix, Second Harvest's chief impact officer. And supply is down: In March, the Trump administration cut about $1 billion in federal aid to purchase food for schools, child care centers and food banks.

3 weeks ago | nola.com | Jenna Ross

ALEXANDRIA — The day care center's door opened before Ananda Flanagan and her son, Noah, reached it. "Good morning, Noah!" the center's director sang to the 1-year-old, her arms stretched out to him. "How are you today?"Noah beamed. When Flanagan was pregnant, she had planned for family to help with child care. But after her aunt's schedule shifted, the Colfax, Louisiana, resident found herself shuffling Noah to work with her, setting him in a pack-and-play.

3 weeks ago | shreveportbossieradvocate.com | Jenna Ross

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3 weeks ago | visualcapitalist.com | Jenna Ross

Workers often pay high costs to send money across borders due to limited competition, poor price visibility, and, in some cases, underdeveloped payment systems. Tanzania has the highest average cost of $115 on a $200 remittance. Seven of the 15 most expensive countries for sending remittances are in Africa. For workers sending money home to their family, every dollar counts. Unfortunately, the total cost they pay on a cross-border payment, also known as a remittance, can be high.

1 month ago | nola.com | Jenna Ross

"Sinners" is set in Clarksdale, Mississippi. But the city has no movie theater, so the bloody, bluesy box-office hit couldn't be screened there. A public plea has changed that. After a resident penned an open letter to "Sinners" director Ryan Coogler, inviting him to visit Clarksdale, Warner Bros. Pictures will host public screenings of the horror film in the city of 14,000 this week.