PROJECT2025NOLA: THE INCLUSIVE, EQUITABLE, DEMOCRATIC PLAN TO A MORE PROSPEROUS NEW ORLEANS by Councilman Oliver Thomas New Orleans stands at a crossroads, facing challenges and opportunities that will shape its…
Category: Money
Do You Want to Be Rich?
Lawrence R. Samuel Ph.D. Many Americans not just want to be wealthy but also plan to be. KEY POINTS In 2006, Gallup asked a representative sample of American adults whether…
Fake Uproar Over Property Tax Increases
Way back in July 2023, the 2024 quadrennial property reassessment results were first publicized by the Orleans Parish Assessor’s Office. For weeks immediately after, there was public, media and political…
The Cost of Christmas Debt
By Ramsey Solutions Ahh, Christmas. It comes around just once a year and brings joy and lots of cheer. It’s the season of giving and forgiving. It’s the season of…
City Council Must Implement Priority Based Budgeting
Different city departments are visiting the city council these days. Each one goes up and explains why they need a budget increase over last year. The mayor says many departments…
The Pyramid Scheme That is Racial Capitalism
Originally published here By Jon Jeter On August 26, a lone white gunman, 21-year-old Ryan Christopher Palmeter, fired 11 rounds from his semi-automatic weapon into the windshield of a car…
How to Be the Best Version of You
One Question to Ask Yourself to Know Your Future How do you spend your time? By Nir Eyal The German writer and philosopher Goethe believed he could predict someone’s future based on…
Homeownership While Black
A Pathway to Plunder, Compliments of Uncle Sam by Richard Winchester Abstract Excerpted From: Richard Winchester, Homeownership While Black: A Pathway to Plunder, Compliments of Uncle Sam, 110 Kentucky Law…
There Are Only 7 Black Billionaires in America
There are 614 billionaires in the United States, and only 7 of them are Black by Taylor Nicole Rogers Only seven of the United States’ 615 billionaires are Black, Forbes’…
Energy Reparations
by Orissa Arend Historically, we have thought of reparations for African Americans in terms of land or money. But a recent forum of Justice and Beyond (J&B April 25)…