Louisiana Republicans’ celebration of Louisiana as “Trump Country” bespeaks a Louisiana that does not include the great city of New Orleans.
Category: Opinion
Posted inOpinion
The unacceptable arrest of musician Eugene Grant should be the catalyst for change
We have to change the laws, legal systems, and enforcement practices that have allowed these same issues, and this same treatment of our cultural community, to perpetuate.
Posted inOpinion
The Army Corps of Engineers has failed New Orleans
We have a history of wanting to believe the Corps’ reassurances, both pre- and post-flood, but the agency that almost destroyed this city has now betrayed it.
Posted inOpinion
In our opinion: Thank you to Jed Horne
Lens staff members offer their appreciation to the longtime opinion editor, who retires this month.
Posted inOpinion
Codrescu and Hearn: One immigrant writer recalls another and the city both called home
Would Trump have tolerated these refugees?
Posted inEnvironment, Opinion
Freshwater diversions are killing the ‘canary in the coal mine’
Bottlenose dolphin are dying; oysters, crab and shrimp could be next.
Posted inGovernment & Politics, Opinion
City curfew marginalizes kids it pretends to ‘protect’
There are better uses for the money a curfew costs to enforce
Posted inCriminal Justice, Opinion
It’s time to abolish money bail and conviction fees in New Orleans courts
How New Orleans’ system of financing courts feeds on the poor.
Posted inEnvironment, Opinion
Will Louisiana’s rural electricity co-ops help an ‘oil state’ break free of fossil fuels?
The rural South may be ‘red’ but it’s going solar
Posted inOpinion
Less to cringe about: ‘Bolden’ updates Hollywood’s evolving riff on jazz and race
The mystery musician gets his due — almost