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Perspectives and reflections that challenge, question, and inspire.

Trumped: Finding our footing in a weirdly changed political landscape

Today we get a president-elect who can't tell the Constitution from a TV script.
by Claudia Barker January 20, 2017 Updated November 7, 2019

Justice and Beyond: Bending passionate anger toward positive change  

Its Monday evening forums have gained a central place in black community politics.
by The Rev. William Barnwell January 13, 2017 Updated November 7, 2019

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.
by Victoria Coy January 6, 2017 Updated November 7, 2019

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."
by Derrick "Sonny D" Strong December 23, 2016 Updated November 7, 2019

Warning: Regulating e-cigs as smoked tobacco may be hazardous to health

A classic case of special-interest lobbying on behalf of giant corporations.
by Chris Flowers December 16, 2016 Updated November 7, 2019

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?
by Rachel Lee and Hannah Wolfman-Arent December 9, 2016 Updated November 7, 2019

Pondering ‘our suicide place’ — solitary confinement in Louisiana

What looked like rice was maggots. Part of her body was actually rotting way.
by The Rev. William Barnwell December 5, 2016 Updated November 7, 2019

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.'
by C.W. Cannon November 28, 2016 Updated November 7, 2019

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.
by Jed Horne November 21, 2016 Updated November 7, 2019

Opportunities for ‘lifers’ — but little programming for inmates nearing release

Angola rodeo's crafts fair points up an absurdity in Louisiana's penal system.
by Michael Isaac Stein November 14, 2016 Updated November 7, 2019

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