A terrible tragedy should provoke, not stifle, debate.
Category: Opinion
Posted inEnvironment, Opinion
Scrapping Paris accord puts world on skids to become Louisiana
Trump to planet earth: Get ready to get flooded
Posted inGovernment & Politics, Opinion
Don’t be duped: The clamor to take down the monuments falls short of a truly radical movement
… Which is too bad, a distinguished professor argues.
Posted inGovernment & Politics, Opinion
Good riddance to monuments, but they’re only scabs on a deeper wound
Healing that wound should be our Tricentennial vow.
Posted inGovernment & Politics, Opinion
Take ‘Em Down NOLA demands inclusive process for deciding what’s next
Calls for town hall meetings.
Posted inGovernment & Politics, Land Use, Opinion
Monument fight now part of our heritage — but what to do with those pedestals?
What should replace Gen. Lee? Maybe no one.
Posted inOpinion, Schools
Area schools still leaving non-English speakers in the lurch
Lack of language services violates federal law.
Posted inGovernment & Politics, Opinion
Memo to liberal media: New Orleans hasn’t just ‘joined’ movement against white supremacy
A moment in which we deserve to love ourselves
Posted inGovernment & Politics, Opinion
Reader slams two Lens columns on Israel, declaring them anti-Semitic rants
Accuses Lens of ‘selective outrage’
Posted inCriminal Justice, Opinion
Remembering Deb Cotton: New Orleans must hold leaders accountable for violence prevention
She died Tuesday. Here’s the column she wrote while she was still hospitalized from her injuries in the Mother’s Day second-line shooting in 2013.