In NOLA Women Will Lead the Way
By Jeff Thomas The 2017 municipal election will go down in history. For the first time, the city elected an African American woman as mayor and a Vietnamese woman to…
Study: Immigration Is Not Linked to Increased Crime Rates
40 years of evidence shows no correlation between immigration and higher crime. By Christopher Bergland There is no correlation between immigration and increases in crime, according to a new University…
4 Ways to Deal With Manipulative People
How to stay grounded while confronting the difficult people in your life. Psychological manipulation: a loaded and ambiguous term. It refers to the lying, distorting, dominating, gaslighting, and otherwise emotionally…
What’s the Deal With Trump & Putin
Why Won’t The President Admit The Obvious With Russia? By Kenneth Cooper So lets say you’re sitting around thinking of all the ways the president should die. A hangman and…
YAKAMEIN
YAKA MEIN and A TALE OF TWO CHINA TOWNS Yaka Mein, Ya-ka-mein, Yakamein, Yakamee, Yaka Meat and Old Sober are all different expressions of the same dish. Many claim it…
Trump & Fake Facts About Black Unemployment
By Jeff Thomas During his marathon State of the Union speech (3rd longest in history) one of the many topics the President glossed over in amazingly inaccurate language designed to…
Make Retail Racism a Criminal Offense
BBQ Becky, Permit Patty, and Pool Patrol Paul Acting Like What They Saw As Normal by Jeff Thomas Is it legal for a white business owner to reject service to…
HISTORY OF U.S. CANNABIS POLICY
ANOTHER INTERESTING FIND IN THE HISTORY OF U.S. CANNABIS POLICY By Darryl K. Henderson, J.D. INTRODUCTION: While continuing to study our nation’s history of social and legal policies for cannabis,…
Vegan or vegetarian
Which diet is better for your health? by LEE SUCKLING A vegetarian diet is linked to lower risk of dementia, diabetes, hypertension, osteoporosis, rheumatoid arthritis, and various other diseases and…
ESSENCE FEST!!
Essence is a Beautiful Thing By Jeff Thomas Another Essence Festival has come and gone, and despite the inconvenience of heavy traffic and people swarming downtown, New Orleans enjoys and…