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Opinion

Perspectives and reflections that challenge, question, and inspire.

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

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!
by Lynda Woolard October 8, 2018 Updated November 7, 2019

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.
by Kevin Fitzwilliam October 3, 2018 Updated November 7, 2019

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.
by Michael Avery September 28, 2018 Updated November 7, 2019

What if Brett Kavanaugh found the courage to explain himself humbly and honestly?

Or would growing a backbone cost him the nomination?
by Orissa Arend September 21, 2018 Updated November 7, 2019

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."
by Anne Rolfes September 17, 2018 Updated November 7, 2019

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.
by Jed Horne September 13, 2018 Updated November 7, 2019

Searching for social and political healing at a time of deep national shame

Step two: We must learn to listen to each other.
by The Rev. William Barnwell September 8, 2018 Updated November 7, 2019

College today: pricey socialist hotbed or merciless exploiter of untenured labor?

For all Trump's attacks on people who think, the big problem with college is cost.
by C.W. Cannon September 3, 2018 Updated November 7, 2019

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