Soaring flood insurance rates threaten to wash away property values, tax base
The good news: A national coalition is tackling the flood insurance crisis, and Congress appears to be responding.
Category: 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.
The O’Keefe/Letten dust-up at Tulane: more there than sound and fury?
O'Keefe may be a whack job — or "spud," as Jim Letten puts it — but some of his insinuations about prosecutorial misconduct are worth a second look.
Suing oil and gas interests to save the coast: author John Barry weighs in
Barry, a member of the levee authority that is suing oil and gas companies for damage to the coast, writes: "We have been criticized for trying to collect from an industry which was complying with the law at the time it conducted its operations. We believe that they were never in compliance with the law."
He’s b-a-a-a-a-ck! Disaster-prone BP boss returns to the Gulf under new auspices
Tony 'I want my life back' Hayward may have been in charge during the blowout, but BP's corporate culture owed more to John Browne.
‘Reinventing the Crescent’ reconsidered: mere gentrification or good for us all?
Baltimore's experience with the Inner Harbor redevelopment is a cause for concern in New Orleans.
Keep an eye on next week’s jobs data — state’s ‘rebirth’ hangs in the balance
An unemployment uptick could cost Gov. Jindal some of his favorite talking points.
Remembering the unforgettable: a salute to the late, very great Greg Peters
We're going to miss Peters' brand of savage — but inspiring — political satire.
Former juvenile delinquent: There but for the grace of God—and white skin …
What if the teenager shot in a Marigny resident's driveway were white?
Political machinations stain selection for a job that’s meant to be above politics
How about requiring that federal prosecutors be drawn from outside the district where they will serve — and then choosing them by lottery?
Change in mindset required for New Orleans to diversify, build its economy
New Orleanians have reason to be skeptical of ProsperityNOLA, but this is an unusually bad time to be cynical.
