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Perspectives and reflections that challenge, question, and inspire.

Can it be saved? Art Deco classic needs — and deserves — landmark designation

Hearing Thursday could seal the fate of this neglected masterpiece.
by R. Stephen Chauvin July 18, 2017 Updated November 7, 2019

Let’s make absentee property owners pay a price for emptying out our neighborhoods

Think of it as a reverse Homestead Exemption?
by Nathan Robinson July 15, 2017 Updated November 7, 2019

People’s Assembly New Orleans takes it to the streets — and the ballot box

Swapping hard work as organizers in place of political pontification.
by Jeff Thomas July 10, 2017 Updated November 7, 2019

On beyond unbelievable: an unstable president’s obsession with TV

It's amazing how seriously he takes talk-show hosts — how about Putin?
by Jed Horne July 1, 2017 Updated November 7, 2019

Looking beyond ‘might supremacist’ school principal to the deeper issues

The case raises questions about last-chance schools themselves.
by Andre Perry June 27, 2017 Updated November 7, 2019

Another one bites the dust: For bookstores, the Internet’s just part of the problem

Political overload is also taking its toll.
by C.W. Cannon June 26, 2017 Updated November 7, 2019

STEM learning outside school can be a life-saver in a violent New Orleans

Summertime and weekend programs can supercharge learning.
by Andre Perry June 20, 2017 Updated November 7, 2019

Scalise tragedy: Let’s break the taboo and talk about guns anyway

A terrible tragedy should provoke, not stifle, debate.
by Jed Horne June 18, 2017 Updated November 7, 2019

Scrapping Paris accord puts world on skids to become Louisiana

Trump to planet earth: Get ready to get flooded
by Karen Dalton Beninato June 9, 2017 Updated November 7, 2019

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.
by Adolph Reed Jr. June 3, 2017 Updated November 7, 2019

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