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Perspectives and reflections that challenge, question, and inspire.

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

Unlearning Katrina’s lesson: Bills would again make levee board a governor’s plaything

Citizens for 1 Greater New Orleans urges legislators to stand with your constituents and vote against SB 553.
by Ruthie Frierson May 16, 2014 Updated November 7, 2019

Jindal dances around the truth, disguising anti-gay bigotry as freedom of speech

Instead of veiling it with code words, Jindal should own his gender discrimination. File some lawsuits, settle the constitutional question, already!
by Mark Moseley May 14, 2014 Updated November 7, 2019

BP revisited: ‘Safer than ever’ may not be safe at all when it comes to offshore rigs

Journalists who buy into Big Oil's talking points would have us believe BP-style spills are a thing of the past.
by Mark Moseley May 8, 2014 Updated November 7, 2019

Holy Cross condo plan: Are we already abandoning post-Katrina reforms?

The community senses that its input, including a 74-page argument to uphold currently legal height limits, is losing ground to an overblown development scheme.
by Roberta Brandes Gratz May 6, 2014 Updated November 7, 2019

Freelancer’s lament: When will the news biz figure out how to pay us?

None of my friends, neighbors or relatives are heading into this field — and, really, can you blame them?
by Sam Tabachnik May 2, 2014 Updated November 7, 2019

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