Deja vu in a nation still in deep denial about racism
Looking beyond police killings for patterns of racial injustice.
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Opinion
Perspectives and reflections that challenge, question, and inspire.
Something in common? Trump, Jackson Square, and ‘The Walking Dead’
Giving the finger to social and political elites.
The governor vs. Big Oil: Who’s declaring war on whom?
Finally, a governor willing to demand payment for destruction of our coast.
Calling on a higher power to save a jazz landmark: Buddy Bolden’s home
Owned by Greater St. Stephen, the crumbling Bolden home lacks even a plaque.
Fair warning to cowardly legislators: No more excuses on guns
An advocate for common-sense gun laws takes the gloves off.
Saving St. Augustine: a spiritual memory from the Katrina recovery
To parishioners who fought back, the archdiocese seemed to be engaged in a power grab.
Worth remembering: When NOPD drew on community culture to fight crime
Cops once backed an array of community programs to build trust.
Katrina remembered: Learning to live in the shadow of environmental doom
Do we have what it will take for New Orleans to survive the next Big One?
Rebuttal: Cop killings are a legacy of criminalizing people for being black
Black Lives Matter advocates push back against the race and crime analysis in a recent Lens column.
Black Lives Matter — including the 99.7% of the killings that aren’t by cops
It's time to face reality: black killers are chiefly responsible for the epidemic of black homicides.
