WBOK panel on race shows how hard it can be to ‘promote understanding’
White guilt meets black blame: Is there no way to overcome these obstacles to more constructive conversation?
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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.
If Jindal’s anti-gay order reflects Southern ‘values,’ New Orleans has seceded from the region
There's the Old South and then there's the Other South. Revulsion over Jindal's coded bigotry places New Orleans in the latter camp.
Real ‘resilience’ requires a City Hall unafraid of public participation and tough questions
The Landrieu administration needs to overcome its chronic evasiveness if the city is to stand strong in the face of our next disaster.
Kill House Bill 779! End of solar leasing credit would darken prospect of wider access to cheap power
Lt. Gen. Honore urges citizens to contact state senators in fight over solar legislation.
Edible Schoolyard sinks roots in New Orleans, and kids and parents are eating it up
Children have a right to know where food comes from, and that's a wonderful opportunity for hands-on learning.
Macondo and your money: Shareholders seen as key force in curbing carbon pollution
Pension funds are waking up to the financial risks of ignoring the climate risks posed by Big Oil.
Try to imagine full-throated apologies from the prosecutors axed in ‘Commentgate’
Much remains mysterious about the ethical rot that led federal prosecutors to indulge in anonymous online chatter.
Plea to City Council: Don’t pave our parks! Let the public have a say in what goes where
A simple fix to the draft CZO could save New Orleans parks from creeping commercialism the public doesn't want.
Sitting ducks: FEMA elevation standards leave us vulnerable to the next big flood
Should we elevate houses against worst-case floods or the statistically average hurricane inundation? It makes a big difference.
Shabby chic gives way to merely chic: How come? It’s the economy, stupid
In reality, much of the trumpeted social healing of our ancient problems amounts to little more than optics, the columnist argues.
