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Author Archives: Jed Horne

Opinion Editor Jed Horne is a veteran journalist who was awarded a Pulitzer Prize as part of the Times-Picayune team that covered Katrina and the recovery. He is the author of Desire Street” (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2005) and “Breach of Faith” (Random House, 2006, 2008), which was declared “the best of the Katrina books” on NPR. He can be reached at jedhorne@gmail.com

The truth will out

by Jed HorneJanuary 20, 2021January 20, 2021

Left-wingers, right-wingers: Don’t lose heart. The truth about the presidential election of 2020 will soon be laid bare.

Community organizer, author The Rev. William Barnwell dies at 81

by Jed HorneMarch 29, 2020April 2, 2020

Merger ends a newspaper war, but the bloodletting may not be over

by Jed HorneMay 3, 2019November 7, 2019

We’ve normalized Trump, but Tuesday night’s ‘victory’ may be his undoing

by Jed HorneNovember 9, 2018November 7, 2019

Puerto Rico one year later: Will the island be as lucky as we were post-Katrina?

by Jed HorneSeptember 13, 2018November 7, 2019

Should we condemn Trump’s assault on the media — or learn to ignore his blathering?

by Jed HorneAugust 16, 2018November 7, 2019

Is New Orleans the place for a truly honest look at the slave system?

by Jed HorneMay 14, 2018November 7, 2019

Hot throw solves burning question! What to do with Gen. Lee’s remains?

by Jed HorneFebruary 11, 2018November 7, 2019

‘Fire and fury’? Or just more fakery: How to read the Trump takedown

by Jed HorneJanuary 17, 2018November 7, 2019

Harvey raises a question New Orleanians have long debated: Evacuate? Or sit tight?

by Jed HorneAugust 29, 2017November 7, 2019

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