You Can Reduce Flooding
WATER WISE WORKSHOPS TO INFORM RESIDENTS HOW TO REDUCE FLOODING New Orleans faces many challenges with its drainage system. We are learning that climate change will add another challenge to…
5 Reasons You Should Celebrate Black History Month
JEMAR TISBY February 1st marked the beginning of Black History Month. Each year Americans set aside a few weeks to focus their historical hindsight on the contributions that people of…
3 Strategies for Saying ‘No’
by Katherine Hawley Ph.D. Most of us like to help others when we can, and for many of us—perhaps especially women—being a capable, helpful, reliable person is a big part…
The Truth About Father Absence
By Hogan Hilling and Tom Konecny As active and involved dads in our communities, we question how after over three decades fatherhood organizations like the National Fatherhood Initiative (NFI) and…
NAACP Citizens and the Police
NAACP LOUISIANA STATE CONFERENCE ISSUES ADVISORY TO CITIZENS AND VISITORS AGAINST POLICE INTERACTIONS. The NAACP Louisiana State Conference is issuing the following advisory as it relates to people of color…
Kaepernick is just like Muhammad Ali.
By Jeff Thomas Recently Muhammad Ali’s death transfixed the nation. Headlines everywhere praised the former heavyweight champion as “the Greatest”. Ali transcended race was the most popular refrain. But during…
Playoff Bound Pelicans?
By Jeff Thomas The New Orleans Pelicans are locked in an intense, fierce contest to make the playoffs. For the first time in a long time, the New Orleans NBA…
Louisiana Legislative Session 2018
When Your Governor and Legislators Leave You with a Mudbug Mouth By Kenneth Cooper You ever had crawfish that just weren’t purged right, the kind where when you bite down…
I’m tired of arguing that I matter
By Christine Emba There’s something demoralizing about having to make the case that you matter. Yet somehow, it’s all I’ve been doing since Friday night when the events in Charlottesville…