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Opinion
Perspectives and reflections that challenge, question, and inspire.
Deon Haywood: From flames came new dreams
“Today, 12 years after the fire, 35 years after Women With A Vision’s founding, our world is on fire,” writes Deon Haywood, in this adapted foreword for the newly released book, “Fire Dreams: Making Black Feminist Liberation in the South.”
Needed: a grid for the future
There’s healing to be done in New Orleans, say descendants of Homer Plessy and John H. Ferguson
Paintbrush, iPad, or Glock?
Let’s make plans together about the future of our beloved City Park
Entergy’s quiet power moves
New criminal-justice laws bring unforeseen consequences
Senate Bill 8, which is now law, favors tyranny over justice
The bill gives only the governor – not an independent board – the power to hand-pick the State Public Defender to run Louisiana’s public-defense system.