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Opinion

Perspectives and reflections that challenge, question, and inspire.

Racist police violence: two very different cities with something in common

Shameful record of torture and killings by cops here and in Chicago
by Flint Taylor April 1, 2019 Updated November 7, 2019

Student testing for the 21st century: finding alternatives to forced choice

Better options are out there, or on the way.
by Folwell Dunbar March 27, 2019 Updated November 7, 2019

Transportation planner sees merit in speeding up Canal streetcar service

Focus should be on transit riders, not cars.
by Bobby Evans March 22, 2019 Updated November 7, 2019

Going off the grid: Canal streetcars rumble toward a big mistake

Plan would drop stops, block intersections.
by Roberta Brandes Gratz March 17, 2019 Updated November 7, 2019

Jailing victims or healing them: a tale of two very different responses to abuse

Court Watch NOLA seeks wholesale reform of the justice system.
by Orissa Arend March 13, 2019 Updated November 7, 2019

A young conservative makes the case for ending Louisiana’s death penalty

Opposition to capital punishment gains momentum on the right.
by Marcus Maldonado March 7, 2019 Updated November 7, 2019

By what right does Take ‘Em Down NOLA get to tell Zulu what to do?

Threatening to pull the club's parade permit is an all-too-familiar white supremacist tactic.
by Lydia Y. Nichols March 1, 2019 Updated November 7, 2019

Fighting Formosa in solidarity with Rise St. James

by Orissa Arend February 16, 2019 Updated November 7, 2019

‘Trashforming’ Carnival from a mountain of waste into a recycling bonanza

Innovative krewe rolls Saturday night.
by Kevin Fitzwilliam February 13, 2019 Updated November 7, 2019

Time to get real about ‘open’ enrollment: what works, what’s a workaround?

by Julie Lause February 8, 2019 Updated November 7, 2019

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