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Perspectives and reflections that challenge, question, and inspire.

Shared housing is an affordable housing option

We need to recognize that if we truly want to combat climate change, if we truly want to create more housing equity, it will have an impact on our block and our neighborhood.
by Neal Morris March 1, 2021 Updated March 1, 2021

COVID Carnival could’ve been better

There’s no reason we can’t implement some fresh ideas for Carnival 2022.
by Lolis Eric Elie February 22, 2021 Updated February 22, 2021

Reaching out to the other side

Identify one person who disagrees substantially with your politics and your worldview and have a respectful, calm, and, ultimately, forward-looking conversation.
by Keith Twitchell February 17, 2021 Updated February 17, 2021

Inequalities in Louisiana have been exacerbated by COVID-19

By recognizing the patterns, paying attention to the data, and taking action quickly, those in power can stop this trend in its tracks.
by Kristen Lewis February 16, 2021 Updated February 16, 2021

Stable housing is a predictor for health, wealth and education

When city, state, and local governments spend public money on housing, they are also investing in employment, family wealth and public health.
by Julius Kimbrough, Jr. February 8, 2021 Updated February 8, 2021

There is no justice without healing

If non-unanimous verdicts are overturned and the cases retried, it will have a huge impact on those who assumed the legal process was over. Support is available.
by Katie Hunter-Lowrey February 2, 2021 Updated February 2, 2021

New Orleans to Congress: Hold neo-Confederate Louisiana conservatives accountable

A free citizenry cannot allow its government officials to refuse the legitimacy of a democratic election process and face no sanction at all
by C.W. Cannon January 21, 2021 Updated January 21, 2021

The truth will out

Left-wingers, right-wingers: Don’t lose heart. The truth about the presidential election of 2020 will soon be laid bare.
by Jed Horne January 20, 2021 Updated January 20, 2021

We must come together and eschew the roar of misinformation and dishonesty

True leadership requires honesty, even when it is not popular.
by Arnie Fielkow January 13, 2021 Updated January 13, 2021

New Orleans needs a champion

There's a huge opportunity to reduce the city's carbon emissions and move closer to fulfilling the goals of its climate plan. That opportunity rests with the removal of I-10 over Claiborne Avenue.
by Jay Arzu and Amy Stelly January 8, 2021 Updated January 5, 2024

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