St. Aug vs. Karr: Black Excellence on the Big Stage
Black excellence will fill the Superdome on Saturday. Two all-Black schools. Two dominant programs. One championship on the line. St. Augustine and Edna Karr arrive as the two best teams…
Why Louisiana and ICE’s Crackdown Is Failing Legally
By Staff Legal Analyst A Growing Constitutional Conflict Louisiana now faces a serious constitutional conflict. ICE’s recent actions in New Orleans raise basic questions about the limits of federal and…
Louisiana’s ICE Campaign Runs on a Dangerous Lie—And New Orleans Is Pushing Back
Voltaire Warned Us: ICE’s Absurd Narrative and Louisiana’s Growing Constitutional Crisis “Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit injustices.” Back in 1765, Voltaire issued that timeless…
Act 399: Louisiana’s New Immigration Crackdown Is Really a Crackdown on Protest, Local Power, and Civil Rights
Louisiana just passed Act399, and most people still don’t understand what it truly does. Supporters call it a simple immigration-enforcement bill. Headlines say it “helps ICE.” But read the fine…
Black Satisfaction, Hispanic Panic: The New American Conflict
When the Smoke Shifts: Black Relief, Latino Disillusion, and America’s Harsh Social Ladder The latest wave of immigration crackdowns — raids, detentions, benefit restrictions, and political scapegoating — has shaken…
A Double Standard We Pretend Not to See: How New Orleans Media Protects Some and Punishes Others
New Orleans claims that race doesn’t matter in politics or media coverage. But the truth is simple: when Black leadership faces scrutiny, local media unleashes full force. When non-Black officials…
Louisiana’s Special Session Is About Power, Not Paperwork
When a governor calls a special session, it usually sounds like routine business. A date change here, a policy fix there. But not this time. The special session happening right…
Katrina Memorial: How Katrina Changed New Orleans’ People & Culture
Meta Description Katrina Memorial Series – Episode 1 Remapping Race: How Katrina Reshaped the Faces of New Orleans August is upon us, and for many New Orleanians, that familiar hurricane…
Ibrahim Traoré: Between Hype, Hope, and Hard Truths
When it comes to African leadership, too many of us are forced to choose between extremes. Either a man is the next Sankara or he’s the next tyrant. Either he’s…
A Sequel to “The Pope Is Black”
Race Is a Man-Made Concept In my last post, The Pope is Black, I made the point that race is a made-up construct.It was invented centuries ago for nefarious reasons.…