How can we make our city better this year? New Orleanians are embarking upon a drastic shift. Our city is changing for the better. We are in the midst of…
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Modern Day Redlining in New Orleans
Packing Local Boards, Whites Kill Black Access to Housing Besides barely voting in local elections, black people also tend not to participate in their neighborhood association boards. That was the…
Money Talks In Key City Council Races
Our Look at the District C & D Runoff Races Well, the votes are in. The mayor’s race is settled as expected, but the City Council still has 4 seats…
Entergy Plant Should Reduce Crime
The new energy plant in New Orleans East should be crime reduction tool. Living amongst some of the most crime prone areas of the city, the residents of the East…
The Clerk of Court Race Breakdown
The race for Clerk of Criminal District Court was the most competitive of the high profile races this cycle. Old school political assets, old rivals becoming allies, the biggest current…
Our Look at the Assessor’s Race
Almost everybody’s property taxes in New Orleans have gone up. And risen significantly in most cases. Some have even doubled. Gentrification, state laws and a host of other factors contribute…
GENTRIFICATION & BICYCLES IN THE 504
Whispers of gentrification still swirl around New Orleans, which experienced a significant population shift after Katrina. At least 75 percent of the 100,000 Hurricane Katrina survivors who returned to New…
Car Break Ins in New Orleans
Hey, Brother, What Do You Want With My Car? by Kenneth Cooper I could shoot him in the back of the head if I wanted to. One shot. That’s…
How to Make NOLA a Safer City This Year
OLITICS By Jeff Thomas Regressive vs Progressive Policies Be Jeff Thomas This is how we can make NOLA safer city this year. First dispel old thinking. The recent uptick in…
Nineteen Tragic Facts About Covid 19
By Bill Quigley, Loyola University New Orleans. Quigley77@gmail.com 87 million. 87 million workers will lose federally mandated COVID sick leave at the end of December unless Congress acts to extend the…