Its Monday evening forums have gained a central place in black community politics.
Category: Opinion
Posted inCriminal Justice, Opinion
McKnight killing shows how Louisiana’s ‘stand your ground’ law codifies bigotry
What passes for justice in a state where the NRA writes gun laws.
Posted inCriminal Justice, Opinion
Behind the crackle of guns in a violent city: a search for peace, a brush with death
“I woke up in a jumble of tubes and stapled flesh.”
Posted inGovernment & Politics, Opinion
Warning: Regulating e-cigs as smoked tobacco may be hazardous to health
A classic case of special-interest lobbying on behalf of giant corporations.
Posted inGovernment & Politics, Opinion
With a bigot like Bannon at Trump’s side, ‘never again’ is happening right now
Why are our own Jewish organizations acquiescing to leadership this repulsive?
Posted inCriminal Justice, Opinion
Pondering ‘our suicide place’ — solitary confinement in Louisiana
What looked like rice was maggots. Part of her body was actually rotting way.
Posted inGovernment & Politics, Opinion
Trump and the GOP hate New Orleans — let’s hate ’em back
Forget ‘reaching out.’ It’s time to acquaint Trump’s America with ‘New Orleans values.’
Posted inGovernment & Politics, Opinion
Is it time to junk identity politics? Or did Trump just play the same game more cleverly?
A scholar says it’s time to move on. A TV producer does a powerfully slow burn.
Posted inCriminal Justice, Opinion
Opportunities for ‘lifers’ — but little programming for inmates nearing release
Angola rodeo’s crafts fair points up an absurdity in Louisiana’s penal system.
Posted inOpinion
The Donald Trump you saw campaigning for the past year really didn’t get elected
Relax. Cheer up. It didn’t really happen. America — today’s America — would never elect an overt racist, a xenophobe and a misogynist as president.