A Prelude to A Glorious Revolution
A Prelude to A Glorious Revolution. _____________________________________________ A Prelude to A Glorious Revolution by Greer E. Mendy will be presented May 18th, 2019 at Dillard University, Cook Center Theatre. A…
Mayor Cantrell: “You Cut Me Deep…”
New Orleans’ Mayor Fights for a Fair Share of Tourism Tax Dollars By C.C. Campbell-Rock Mayor LaToya Cantrell is continuing her fight to redistribute the wealth held by state-empowered and…
Legislators Debate Insurance Rates
One Call And That Might Not Be All By Kenneth Cooper There’s this bill, supposedly the most important bill being debated this legislative session. This most important bill is designed…
12 Years, 2 Raises, Teacher’s Finally Set for Some Good News
By Kenneth Cooper Pretty soon, like in the next month or so, being a teacher in Louisiana will become a little more bearable. Well…maybe, probably, possibly. It depends. Presently, the…
Why Burning Down A Black Church Is The Ultimate Way To Call A Black Person A Nigg@r
by Kenneth Cooper When a white person calls you a nigger, there’s nothing equivalent you can say in response. No matter how mad you get or articulate you try to…
Parks & Recreation Millage
It’s important that the tax money we pay is used fairly across the city, for the benefit of all citizens. That’s why it’s so important to vote YES on May…
Unmasked: New Orleans Community Responds to Zulu’s BlackFace Tradition
By C.C. Campbell-Rock New Orleanians had their say about the Zulu Social Aid & Pleasure Club’s “black makeup” tradition at the recent “Beyond the Mask” Town Hall Forum hosted by…
More Drama with the SW&B
By Kenneth Cooper At this rate, we’ll be waking up in the morning to boil our bath water while figuring out which pirogue to take to work. The new New…
BlackFace vs Zulu Club’s Black Make-Up
By C.C. Campbell-Rock As he was undergoing impeachment in the U.S. House of Representatives, then-President William J. Clinton said in a deposition, “…That depends on what the meaning of is,…