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Opinion
Perspectives and reflections that challenge, question, and inspire.
Emergency funding for public transportation is an economic necessity
Public transportation systems across the country have taken major hits during the pandemic, losing rider fares as workers stayed home.
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.
COVID Carnival could’ve been better
There’s no reason we can’t implement some fresh ideas for Carnival 2022.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.