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Perspectives and reflections that challenge, question, and inspire.

Cutting to the core of Jindal’s flip-flop on aligning schools with national standards

"Jindal has offered his hand to a Stepford wife, a conservative suburbanite, a Mrs. Brady."
by C.W. Cannon September 10, 2014 Updated November 7, 2019

Vitter panders to ozone polluters and Louisianans pay the price: poor health

The senator campaigns against strengthened EPA regs before they are even released.
by John Walke September 2, 2014 Updated November 7, 2019

Call me a sentimental old fool, but I miss my Schwegmann’s — and I got a right to

The more I hear about how terrible the city was before the storm, the more I remember its unterrible charms.
by C.W. Cannon August 20, 2014 Updated November 7, 2019

New South Quackery: Decoding the cultural politics of ‘Duck Dynasty’

The key is not to be found in the antics of the carefully crafted “rednecks” in front of the camera, but in the political commentary surrounding them — which is essentially a form of marketing.
by C.W. Cannon June 27, 2014 Updated November 7, 2019

New architecture in an old city: Is resurgent New Orleans losing its soul?

The author argues for architecture that honors the beauty of the city in which it stands.
by Nathan Robinson June 20, 2014 Updated November 7, 2019

Grow Dat’s City Park farm yields an unexpected crop: good jobs for youth

At Grow Dat, our mission is to nurture a diverse group of young leaders through the meaningful work of growing food.
by Johanna Gilligan June 17, 2014 Updated November 7, 2019

Hard work brings homelessness in New Orleans below pre-Katrina levels

Unity of Greater New Orleans has set a huge goal for the year ahead.
by Martha Kegel June 3, 2014 Updated November 7, 2019

Just when we need it most, Nola.com’s commentgate archive is in disarray

These omissions and mysteries are more than just a nuisance to Commentgate obsessives.
by Mark Moseley May 29, 2014 Updated November 7, 2019

Is Frenchmen still cool — or just a Bourbon Street for hipsters?

The ultra-hip have concluded that Frenchmen Street is already too well-known to confer “underground” cred.
by C.W. Cannon May 23, 2014 Updated November 7, 2019

Google ruling seeks fine line between privacy and the public’s right to know

How do you “start over” when anyone who googles your name knows you were once a coke-fueled maniac dressed in, say, a chicken outfit?
by Mark Moseley May 21, 2014 Updated November 7, 2019

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