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Perspectives and reflections that challenge, question, and inspire.

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

Good riddance to monuments, but they’re only scabs on a deeper wound

Healing that wound should be our Tricentennial vow.
by Jacques Morial May 30, 2017 Updated November 7, 2019

Take ‘Em Down NOLA demands inclusive process for deciding what’s next

Calls for town hall meetings.
by Malcolm Suber May 25, 2017 Updated November 7, 2019

Monument fight now part of our heritage — but what to do with those pedestals?

What should replace Gen. Lee? Maybe no one.
by Jed Horne May 22, 2017 Updated November 7, 2019

Area schools still leaving non-English speakers in the lurch

Lack of language services violates federal law.
by Gwendolyn Murray May 18, 2017 Updated November 7, 2019

Memo to liberal media: New Orleans hasn’t just ‘joined’ movement against white supremacy

A moment in which we deserve to love ourselves
by C.W. Cannon May 7, 2017 Updated November 7, 2019

Reader slams two Lens columns on Israel, declaring them anti-Semitic rants

Accuses Lens of 'selective outrage'
by Marsha Halteman May 5, 2017 Updated November 7, 2019

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