This is the time of year when the veil between the dead and living is believed thinnest.
Category: Opinion
Posted inGovernment & Politics, Opinion
In rare bipartisan accord, lawmakers backed abolishing split-jury verdicts; now it’s up to voters
Time to end Jim Crow’s last stand in Louisiana law.
Posted inOpinion
Starbucks in Faubourg Marigny? There goes the neighborhood …
Why New Orleanians get all het up over their hot coffee.
Posted inGovernment & Politics, Opinion
Register to vote like your own future depends on it — because it does!
People gave their lives for the privilege many of us squander. Don’t let low-turnout warnings become a self-fulfilling prediction!
Posted inEnvironment, Opinion
Restaurants join fight against plastics pollution—but where’s the government support?
New Orleans is missing a chance to market itself as a food mecca committed to sustainability.
Posted inEnvironment, Government & Politics, Opinion
From the folks who brought you Brett Kavanaugh: a fight to block wildlife protection in Tammany
Federalist Society seeks top court support for gutting enviro regs.
Posted inOpinion
What if Brett Kavanaugh found the courage to explain himself humbly and honestly?
Or would growing a backbone cost him the nomination?
Posted inEnvironment, Land Use, Opinion
Black communities in St. James on the losing end of Louisiana’s ‘big win’
A resident’s lament: “It’s like we aren’t even here.”
Posted inGovernment & Politics, Opinion
Puerto Rico one year later: Will the island be as lucky as we were post-Katrina?
A closer look at the disaster response Trump calls one of FEMA’s best efforts.
Posted inGovernment & Politics, Opinion
Searching for social and political healing at a time of deep national shame
Step two: We must learn to listen to each other.