Operation make New Orleans white again has now entered phase 2. In inner circles, the code name for this operation is Nashville or Charleston, depending on the unit. Phase 1…
Category: Politics
The Historic Vote to Board Operate a Local School
CHASE(ING) a Direct Run: The significance of the historic vote to transition Lafayette Academy to a direct-run school cannot be understated. For too long, the privatization of schools has been…
A Political Dispatch from New Orleans
A Cautionary Tale of Vice, Hypocrisy, and Influence for Vitter’s Sock Puppet By: Bethany Bultman Before Governor Jeff Landry embarks on his “clean up New Orleans” promises (or veiled threats) in…
Racism is the reason
by Robert Mann Why Gov. Jeff Landry and his allies want to take Louisiana’s criminal justice system back to the 1950s I have at least four theories about the rationale…
LAW STUDENTS HONOR ATTY. ERNEST JONES & BLACK PANTHER PARTY
The Black Law Students Association’s Southern University Law Center Chapter honored Civil Rights Attorney Ernest L. Jones and the Black Panther Party’s New Orleans Chapter at its Inaugural Awards Gala…
Will Crime Session Kill Tourism in NOLA
For two terms, Louisiana Gov John Bel Edwards protected New Orleans’ values. He vetoed bills like unrestrained concealed carry. He even aided New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell’s push for more…
Trump’s New Shoes Are For Dumb N-Words
Beware of Trump’s new tennis shoe, the Air Insurrection or Never Surrender, as he calls it. It’s dangerous. Try not to make direct eye contact with it, even online. And…
Former Judge Reacts to Crime Special Session
Governor Jeff Landry has issued a call for a special session tasking the Louisiana legislature to consider a number of measures to address crime. There are people who favor the…
Crime special session will make communities less safe
By Congressman Troy Carter From the Advocate In 2017, Louisiana decided that being the incarceration capital of the world had not made it safer, and that it was time to…
All We Need To Do Is Throw More People In Jail
Let The Governor Tell It Finally, here it is. The event we’ve all been waiting for. The one we spent all Mardi Gras anticipating. No, not the first, second, or…