Is New Orleans Ready to Decarcerate?
PART F OUR SERIES ON MASS INCARCERATION by Mariama Eversley What would it take to decarcerate— permanently reduce the prison and jail population— in New Orleans, the city with the…
5 Reasons Why Donald Trump Will be Good for African Americans
Add to Flipboard Magazine. We invite original writers to contribute new content Click this link 5 Reasons Why Donald Trump Will be Good for African Americans By Jeff Thomas African…
Finding Purpose or Chasing Rainbows?
Suzanne Degges-White Ph.D. Finding Purpose or Chasing Rainbows? “Following your passion” does not mean you don’t have to earn a living, too. Young adults may be ridiculed for expressing the…
Another 2,228 Louisiana smokers called it QUITS in January — and enrolled in the Smoking Cessation Trust
Jim Pittman influencer marketing | content | population health | cause advocate Members receive FREE counseling, quit-line coaching, nicotine replacement and prescription medications to help them QUIT…at NO COST to…
Now May Not Be a Good Time to Be a Teacher in New Orleans
by Kenneth Cooper Before Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans’ public schools were run by a bureaucracy accused of enriching itself at the expense of students. After Hurricane Katrina, a number of…
ALL NEIGHBORHOODS MATTER!!!
Every year our city acts as host to thousands of people for the Bayou Classic Football game between Grambling State University and Southern University and the weekend long festivities that…
Landrieu and Edwards Employ Failed Old School Policies
By Jeff Thomas Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards and New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu’s latest crime plan is a part of the reason that the Democratic Party is virtually nonexistent…
Stop Gentrification in NOLA
Gentrification – the process of renewal and rebuilding accompanying the influx of middle-class or affluent people into deteriorating areas that displaces poorer residents – is in full swing in New…
Guns and Race and Corporate America
By Jeff Thomas Ever heard of ALEC? You are a regular reader of this column, and independent studies show that you are smarter and more informed than the average person.…
Colin Kaepernick is just like Muhammed Ali.
By Jeff Thomas Recently Muhammed Ali’s death transfixed the nation. Headlines everywhere praised the former heavyweight champion as “the Greatest”. Ali transcended race was the most popular refrain. But during…