Staring down Big Brother: Citizen group asks public to help map cameras
Communities of color feel singled out for surveillance.
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Opinion
Perspectives and reflections that challenge, question, and inspire.
Give peace a chance! Media negativity, impractical schooling feed Black violence
A local rap artist wonders if standing for peace is what got him shot.
Citizen group derides Audubon Commission’s ‘master plan’ as a sham to avoid public input
Golf course and zoo are officially off-limits to master planners. Why?
Memo from Florida to Steve Scalise: Keep the rigs—and pollution—on your side of the Gulf
Remembering tar balls, oil slicks and the summer that wasn't.
New City Council already caving in to tacky fast-food plan for Magazine Street
Allowing the fast-food outlet would open the door to more of same.
Anxiety and authenticity: Are ‘super-natives’ loving New Orleans to death?
One irony: STRs are gutting the neighborhoods tourists want to stay in.
It’s not enough to ban fakery at Council hearings; we need a real Community Participation Program
A way to generate citizen involvement and grassroots power
Facing closure, Cypress Academy parents demand answers from charter, parish school boards
"We ask that you offer real solutions to this terrible situation in which you have put our families," they wrote.
‘Did I sound angry?’ Foe of Sun Yard takes umbrage at architect’s dismissive remarks
Civic participation is hard work that should be respected, not dissed.
Is New Orleans the place for a truly honest look at the slave system?
A way to repudiate the gauzy falsehoods of 'Gone with the Wind.'
