City must create more Black homeowners
The low level of black home ownership is the biggest problem in New Orleans. Poverty, poor health, poor educational outcomes, and crime continue to plague the city. Each is directly…
Carjacked in New Orleans
Carjacked? The City Wants To Know What’s In Your Wallet Before Turning Over Your Car It was like a dream when I got the call. The man on the phone…
Redistricting in Louisiana Continues Racially Discriminatory Practices
JUSTICE DENIED IN BLACK HISTORY MONTH! by C.C. Campbell-Rock The words of Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr, ring true. He said, ‘Justice Delayed is Justice Denied.” Other civil rights…
Judge Anderson-Trahan Should Resign
Judge Ernestine “Teena” Anderson Trahan should do us all a favor and just resign already. The feds indicted her on income tax evasion. The state Supreme Court suspended her with…
New Orleans City Council Holds Special Crime Meetings
The Police Chief And The City Council Have A Productively Unproductive Meeting About Crime After their embarrassing back and forth that went locally viral, Police Chief Shaun Ferguson and D.A.…
2022 Goals for New Orleans
How can we make our city better this year? New Orleanians are embarking upon a drastic shift. Our city is changing for the better. We are in the midst of…
The Ugly History of New Year’s Is Too Real for White Republicans
Enslaved Black people dreaded New Year’s in Civil War-era America, when they might be separated from loved ones. Just don’t tell the people yelling about “critical race theory.” Kali Holloway…
The Election of Oliver Thomas
Real Progress for Our City Much has been made about the progressive movement in New Orleans. People say recently elected DA Jason Williams and Sheriff Susan Hutson represent this change.…
Homegoing for Former Miami Congresswoman Carrie Meek
by Pat Bryant Miami gave former Congresswoman Carrie Meek as great a homegoing as she was in the life of Miami and Florida. Elected to the U.S. Congress in 1992,…
There’s A New Council In New Orleans
A Focus on Districts C & D Once again most of the voting public stayed home, hit the club, went out to dinner, or did who knows what while their…