‘The night they drove Old Dixie’ … back up: reflections on Landrieu’s demise
The triumph of the Republican Party's "Southern Strategy" can finally be called complete.
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Opinion
Perspectives and reflections that challenge, question, and inspire.
Toadying to the Tea Party: Louisiana kids and the politics of the Common Core
To Marc Morial it’s simply “reprehensible” that politicians are putting their electoral ambitions ahead of Louisiana’s kids, indeed the state itself.
Decline and fall: Emperor Jindal as the ancient Romans might have seen him
Our government serves the interests of corporations over common people, much as the Caesars concentrated power within their bloodline alone.
Slavery museum at upriver plantation stirs controversy on both sides of racial divide
Black and white folks alike — some of them skeptics, some of them cynics — seem to be mightily opposed to the idea of a slave museum.
Let’s pay more than lip service to citizen participation in the city budget process
Participatory Budgeting is a worldwide movement that needs to be adopted here in New Orleans.
Auto ‘rapture’ along Magazine Street? CZO parking changes seem to bank on it
The changes to parking regulations in the current draft are a developer’s dream — and a neighborhood nightmare.
George Carter, 15, was not a demon and not an angel, but he’s dead — and that should be our focus
City Council needs to redraft the CZO — too important not to get it right
Despite years of citizen input, basic community needs have taken a back seat to tourism in Marigny zoning.
Don’t take the Quarter for granted: Urgent reforms are imperative
Collapse of a Royal Street building shows more than love is needed to save the Vieux Carré.
Chief public defender: Vote tomorrow for judges willing to back sentencing reform
Twenty-year sentences for non-violent, victimless crimes are both unjust and a huge waste of taxpayer dollars.
