Rename the Parkway
From the Louisiana Weekly Dr. Norman C. Francis lived here. Confederate President Jefferson Davis merely died here. In the discussion to rename the picturesque, bicycle-pathed parkway stretching from Bayou St.…
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HURRICANE KATRINA FACTS Hurricane Katrina was the largest and 3rd strongest hurricane ever recorded to make landfall in the US.[1] In New Orleans, the levees were designed for Category 3,…
FROM The NEW ORLEANS TRIBUNE
It’s Time to Unmask and Address America’s Racial Inequities A NEW ORLEANS TRIBUNE EDITORIAL Racism in America is institutional. The nation’s legal, business, civic and social constructs and the policies,…
The Magical Thinking of White Supremacists
by Iskra Fileva Ph.D. Some supremacists believe they deserve credit for others’ accomplishments. White supremacists like to say that most of the achievements of Western Civilization were achievements of white men.…
Wearing A Mask Is Really Important
I Might Assault You – If Only In My Mind by Kenneth Cooper So we’re at this church for a coronavirus version graduation. Everybody is spread out 6 feet apart,…
It’s A Wonder Nobody Is Talking About Defunding The S&WB
By Kenneth Cooper I had a dream I punched turbine 4 in the face. It was a wonderful moment. Light rain was falling. People were kayaking up Carrollton as I…
From The Tribune: THE CHANGE WE’RE LOOKING FOR IS IN OUR POCKETS
With mounting protests against police brutality, calls to defund the police and to dismantle systemic, structural racism has also come the resurgence of an old, but ever-important call for Black…
How New Orleans to New York fueled slavery and police brutality
Policing started in these two cities and must be changed by them By Lloyd “Rip” Lazard Wall Street got its’ name from an actual wall that was built by the…