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Perspectives and reflections that challenge, question, and inspire.

Meanwhile, on the Fake News front, Jane Place rejects lies about its fight to rein in STRs

Foes seek to discredit the nonprofit in its struggle for affordable housing.
by Breonne DeDecker November 30, 2018 Updated November 7, 2019

Six bright orange lies the petro-energy crowd wants you to believe

And state officials offer little resistance to their plans.
by Anne Rolfes November 24, 2018 Updated November 7, 2019

Letter to Mayor Cantrell: Don’t scrap City Hall; it’s a diamond in the rough

Moving to the Municipal Auditorium is a wretched idea.
by Amy Stelly November 19, 2018 Updated November 7, 2019

We’ve normalized Trump, but Tuesday night’s ‘victory’ may be his undoing

America is getting used to Trump; he may have to get used to the rule of American law.
by Jed Horne November 9, 2018 Updated November 7, 2019

Justice reform hobbled by unhealthy dependence on bail, fines and court fees

We balance court budgets on the backs of those least able to pay.
by Vern Baxter November 5, 2018 Updated November 7, 2019

Coming Together after Pittsburgh: Our faiths have watered the same ‘Tree of Life’

For more than a century, New Orleans Christians and Jews have reached across the divide.
by The Rev. William Barnwell October 31, 2018 Updated November 7, 2019

Proposition 6 is deeply flawed: Hold your nose and vote for it anyway

Phased-in revaluations would still allow huge jumps in tax assessments.
by Peter Horjus October 26, 2018 Updated November 7, 2019

Healing Center infuses Halloween with deeper Haitian and Mexican attitudes toward death

This is the time of year when the veil between the dead and living is believed thinnest.
by Orissa Arend October 23, 2018 Updated November 7, 2019

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.
by Anita Zervigon-Hakes and the Rev. William Barnwell October 19, 2018 Updated November 7, 2019

Starbucks in Faubourg Marigny? There goes the neighborhood …

Why New Orleanians get all het up over their hot coffee.
by C.W. Cannon October 12, 2018 Updated November 7, 2019

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