Finish Renaming the Streets Now
The Juneteenth holiday serves as a reminder that the City Council should wait no longer to finish the street renaming it began four years ago.
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Opinion
Perspectives and reflections that challenge, question, and inspire.
How federal tax dollars meant to fight climate change could end up boosting Louisiana’s fossil fuel production
The more carbon dioxide the factories produce and capture, the more federal money the projects can receive.
We are not helpless in the face of climate change.
If we bring the right people to the table and think outside the box, we can reduce insurance rates, bring down heat levels within our city, put our youth to work, have strong roofs, dry streets, cooler neighborhoods and be a national leader in climate adaptation.
Language Access in Bulbancha
Unless the city provides readily accessible translation and interpretation, true civic participation is impossible for New Orleanians who speak little or no English, the writers say.
Tiếp cận Ngôn ngữ ở Bulbancha
Acceso al Idioma en Bulbancha
A menos que la ciudad proporcione traducción e interpretación realmente accesibles, la participación cívica plena es imposible para los habitantes que hablan poco o nada de inglés en Nueva Orleans, dicen los autores.
Tulane and Port NOLA using arrests to silence Palestine protesters
Deon Haywood: From flames came new dreams
“Today, 12 years after the fire, 35 years after Women With A Vision’s founding, our world is on fire,” writes Deon Haywood, in this adapted foreword for the newly released book, “Fire Dreams: Making Black Feminist Liberation in the South.”
Needed: a grid for the future
