Our Lives or LNGs?
The right evacuation plan can save lives. Another LNG plant in Plaquemines Parish makes that impossible.
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Opinion
Perspectives and reflections that challenge, question, and inspire.
No longer ‘half slave, half free’
Supposedly, the Civil War dismantled the politics that pitted “slave states” against “free states.” And yet the effect of the punishment-exception clause in the Thirteenth Amendment was to not only sanction the preservation of slavery and involuntary servitude, but also to extend it nationwide.
How much lead is in your water?
A New Orleans nonprofit will come to your home and test your household water
We deserve better.
How New Orleans can generate revenue and support small businesses through a city-owned centralized payment-processing system
Louisiana is giving second chances to bad policy. It should be extending those second chances to our neighbors.
When the Village Fails
In the 10 years since George’s death, we have lost so many more in New Orleans to gun violence. Yet is we, the adults, who create the village, set the expectations, and weave the community safety net that keeps the young ones safe.
Keeping Politics Out of Flood Protection
The writers, from levees.org, believe that Gov. Jeff Landry is acting against the intent of post-Katrina legislation meant to take politics out of the state’s flood-protection boards.
A Decade of Delays: Time for Consumer-Focused Transmission
Although Entergy joined the regional grid to allay U.S. Department of Justice concerns about possible anticompetitive behavior, it seems to be more focused on profits than on the type of regional transmission projects that would most benefit Louisiana businesses and homeowners, says the writer, a former commissioner of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
Getting everyone’s input on City Park, our backyard
An online survey by the authors — local and national network of certified planners, architects, urban designers, and landscape architects — seems to indicate that outreach for City Park’s new Master Plan never happened, certainly not in any comprehensive manner.
Finish Renaming the Streets Now
The Juneteenth holiday serves as a reminder that the City Council should wait no longer to finish the street renaming it began four years ago.
