Changing Gun Laws In Louisiana
Our Gun Laws Are A Mess “On my way to church I can’t figure out which gun to bring,” thus began a popular Think 504 article about state gun laws.…
How to Stop Car Jackings in NOLA
And you don’t have to put more police on the street. By Jeff Thomas The public response to the uptick in car jackings is pure unadulterated insanity. More police. Try…
LOUISIANA’S DISCRIMINATORY VOTING MAPS FACE COURT CHALLENGES
If it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck, looks like a duck, it’s a duck. In February 2022, Republicans in the Louisiana Legislature drew the same discriminatory congressional…
Fixing the Drainage System in New Orleans
The New Orleans drainage system is a large complex system. Yet we have two organizations running it – the Sewerage and Water Board (SWB) and the Department of Public Works…
KBJ Successfully Nominated But Process is Broken
JUDGE KETANJI BROWN JACKSON BECOMES AMERICA’S FIRST BLACK ASSOCIATE SUPREME COURT JUSTICE AMID AN UNDERTOW OF RACIAL GERRYMANDERED ELECTORAL DISTRICTS Only three Republicans voted to confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson…
Veto is About Race
Partisanship is the new code for racism Louisiana’s governors are extremely powerful. They are rarely overridden. In fact, the last actual veto override was 31 years ago. But yesterday the…
New Orleans Has a People With Guns Killing People Problem
Kermit Ruffins’ pregnant girlfriend was shot on her front porch and forced to deliver her baby after being rushed to the hospital last Thursday. Good morning. It’s Monday. Since Thursday,…
‘You are worthy’: Sen. Cory Booker draws tears at Ketanji Brown Jackson hearing
ASSOCIATED PRESS Sen. Cory Booker cut through a tense third day of hearings on the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson on Wednesday with a speech on racial…
Biden and Europeans to announce major plan to redirect gas to Europe
by Tyler Pager, Ashley Parker, John Hudson, Jeff Stein The announcement, a dramatic effort to deprive Russia of leverage as it continues to batter Ukraine, would mark an unusual move…