Anti-Defamation League district leader rebuts recent pro-Palestine column
Category: Opinion
Posted inCriminal Justice, Opinion
To accelerate prison reform, put a human face on mass incarceration
Personal stories of redemption behind bars can help America redeem itself from failed prison policies.
Posted inLand Use, Opinion
What would Jane Jacobs make of our post-Katrina transition from ‘death’ to ‘life’?
A look at the post-Katrina city through the eyes of urban planning’s most important 20th-century visionary.
Posted inGovernment & Politics, Opinion
Jim Crow is alive and well — and shaping Israeli policy toward Palestinians
Southerners have a moral obligation to pay attention to injustices fomented against Palestinians.
Posted inGovernment & Politics, Opinion
Taxes vs. Tulane scholarships: Towards a more equitable way to deal with exemptions
Raise city taxes? How about collecting some of the taxes we currently forego?
Posted inCriminal Justice, Opinion
Too young to take custody of his son, but old enough to be tried as an adult?
Teens join governor on Capitol steps in fight to pass ‘Raise the Age’ bill.
Posted inCriminal Justice, Opinion
Repeat offender suspected as shots ring out at a drug market yards from school
Neighborhood bedeviled by Criminal Court’s revolving door.
Posted inEnvironment, Opinion
Circle the Superdome! Fight to save New Orleans before we’re auctioned into oblivion
Don’t take our rich culture for granted; instead, take a stand on Wednesday.
Posted inLand Use, Opinion
Eyes on The Fly: How structural racism subtly undercuts plans for a ‘public good’
A deeper look at plans to remove another section of a public park from general use.
Posted inOpinion
What’s really going on in our legislature: Special interests addicted to greed
Making working families pay more in taxes as oil and gas companies receive hundreds of millions in subsidies is a crime against justice.