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Opinion

Perspectives and reflections that challenge, question, and inspire.

Props to NOPD for upgrading its response to domestic violence

No more brushing incidents aside as merely personal.
by Austen Ward February 17, 2017 Updated November 7, 2019

Time to toss non-unanimous jury verdicts, a vestige of Jim Crow

Louisiana is one of two states that tolerate this unjust legal shortcut.
by William C. Snowden February 9, 2017 Updated November 7, 2019

Where’s Gottschalk? It’s time to plug a gaping hole in the LPO repertoire

Why does Prieto ignore New Orleans' most revered classical composer?
by Frederick Starr February 6, 2017 Updated November 7, 2019

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

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