New Orleans State Legislators Urged to Kill Bill
Senate Bill to Abolish HEAL GETS NEW LIFE By C.C. Campbell-Rock The Baton Rouge and New Orleans NAACP along with Justice and Beyond, a New Orleans coalition of civil rights,…
Vulnerable Residents Deprived of Food Source
Second Harvest of Greater New Orleans and Acadiana’s use of food for political leverage, to control residents in our communities and the agencies which provide direct service to hungry families,…
Want to Live Longer? Have Sex Regularly
Michael Castleman M.A. Intriguing research shows that an active sex life extends longevity You’re probably familiar with the standard prescription for longevity: Don’t smoke. Exercise daily. Eat a low-fat, low-calorie…
8 Surprising Facts About Bourbon
Impress your drinking buddies By James Nosek Bourbon is booming, baby. According to a 2017 market report by the Distilled Spirits Council, sales of American Whiskey, a category that includes…
DA’s Office Creates Uncooperative Public
DA’s Office Actions Reminiscent of Police Shootings By Jeff Thomas Nearly 70% of the people who live in New Orleans are African American. Since most crime victims are the same…
Not Naughty: 10 Ways Kids Appear to Be Acting Bad But Aren’t
Erin Leyba LCSW, Ph.D. Many of kids’ so-called “naughty” behaviors are developmental and human. Here are 10 ways kids may seem like they’re acting “naughty,” but really aren’t. When we…
On NOLA’s Murder Clearance Rate
This article is reposted from Jeff Asher’s website nolacrimenews.com NOPD’s murder clearance rate and potential trouble within the homicide division have been in the news lately. I’ve previously posted about…
LIBERTY’S KITCHEN: A RECIPE FOR SUCCESS
Liberty’s Kitchen is an organization near to my heart. A simple way to describe it is as a nonprofit, workforce training enterprise that teaches culinary skills to individuals ranging from…
Grading the Saints Draft
By Jeff Thomas Draft picks are like weather reports. Sometimes an alert warns of a soon to hit tornado, sometimes you get a lot of rain and sometimes you get…
Cooper’s Collage of Multiple Thoughts
Goodbye, Sean Payton. What’s That Governor Edwards? Hello War, President Trump. by Kenneth Cooper Maybe Sean Payton doesn’t pray enough. Or maybe he prays and the football gods just don’t…