Whole-home short-term rentals: quick cash, long-term damage to the city
A landlord calls for banning a rental option that would increase his cash flow.
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Opinion
Perspectives and reflections that challenge, question, and inspire. This category features thought-provoking essays and commentary from writers, community members, and photographers offering insight into the issues, ideas, and experiences that shape New Orleans and beyond.
Neighbors fight plans to turn former Sacred Heart gym into apartments
Foes cite gym's architectural significance and traffic impact on nearby public school.
Application jitters: Dreaming of a place in Lusher’s kindergarten
A mother obsesses about getting her boy into a high-demand charter school.
Save the Eagle Saloon! (From Whom?)
The save-the-saloon initiative is being perpetrated by the very people the buildings need to be saved from.
Young New Orleanians are using hip-hop to organize against violence and crime
Through recordings and weekly performance nights, young artists pull back from brushes with the law.
Old Hickory axed from $20 bill; so is it time to rename Jackson Square?
Harriet Tubman is a fine choice for the $20 bill, but don't lump Jackson with the Confederates.
Partly hidden mural breathes with spirit of 1970 Black Panther standoff
A relic from the era of Black militancy warrants the attention of scholars and preservationists.
Do ‘tough on crime’ state legislators have the courage to get smart on crime? We’ll soon see
Texas is way ahead of Louisiana on justice reform, and its crime rates have dropped as prison populations shrink.
Dialogue and compromise — not boycotts — key to easing Israel-Palestine torment
Anti-Defamation League district leader rebuts recent pro-Palestine column
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.
