A Moon Landrieu Story by Orissa Arend, author of Showdown in Desire: The Black Panthers Take a Stand in New Orleans I want to add a story to…
Category: RACE
Undoing Racism Work Continues
A meditation on continuity and the long view by Orissa Arend I recently stumbled on to the last day of an Undoing Racism workshop presented by the People’s Institute…
Juneteenth is a National Holiday
by Ryan White Juneteenth National Independence Day falls on Sunday, June 19, 2022, and is a federal holiday according to the Office of Personnel Management. Most federal employees will receive the following…
Celebrate Juneteenth
For the first time, all state offices in Louisiana will be closed to celebrate Juneteenth. It happens this Friday, June 17, 2022. We can all celebrate Juneteenth thanks to the…
Why Reparations?
by Orissa Arend The Last Slave Ship by Ben Raines (Simon and Schuster,2022) is a true story. It begins with the fatuous bet by an Alabama plantation owner. He…
Policies to Stop Hate Killings
In the Aftermath of the White Supremacist Buffalo Terror Attack, These Policies Could Help Prevent Future Hate-Fueled Crimes It is vital that policymakers take immediate action to address the scourge…
Who Do You Blame for Racial Tensions in America?
by Preeti Vani Your answer may depend on how we ask the question. KEY POINTS Research from Stanford shows it’s possible to change how people blame groups in large-scale conflicts…
‘We need an updated green book’: Black truck driver shares his harrowing experience in Texas sundown town
A Black truck driver on TikTok known as Gideon reveals in a viral video what he witnessed last week while traveling through a “sundown town.” The video, which has been…
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…
Play Therapy: Art and Reparations
by Orissa Arend The play is “Reparations with OT and Mama NOLA” commissioned for performance at the Justice and Beyond Reparations Town Hall on March 12 and then…