LaToya Cantrell: The People’s Mayor Leading During Historic Times Edwin Buggage Editor-in-Chief In these historic times for our nation and world as we are living through a Pandemic as well…
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Documented Voter Suppression in Louisiana
LOUISIANA REPUBLICANS ALL IN ON TRUMP’S SCHEMES TO STAY IN POWER By C.C. Campbell-Rock Louisiana Secretary of State Pulls Voter Suppression Tricks to Help Trump The New Orleans City…
ARE WE STUPID OR SMART ABOUT COVID AND ELECTIONS?
LIVING WITH COVID By C.C. Campbell-Rock Will we be stupid or smart? It’s been clear for some time: We are on our own when it comes to surviving the coronavirus…
HURRICANE KATRINA CREATED A “NEW” NEW ORLEANS
by CC Campbell-Rock August 29, 2020 marks the 15th Anniversary of the natural disaster turned man-made disaster called Hurricane Katrina. When the Coronavirus hit New Orleans, it invoked memories of…
N.O. MAYOR AIN’T PLAYING!
CANTRELL RAMPS UP RESTRICTIONS & TESTING By C.C. Campbell-Rock An uptick in coronavirus spread across Louisiana in late June caused Governor John Bel Edwards to cancel the move to Phase…
At the NOPD – The Buck Stops At The Top
By Kenneth Cooper So there’s this toddler, running wild in the store, unsupervised, terrorizing the aisles, parent nowhere to be found, or if nearby, staring down at their phone while…
The Fate of America Depends on Ending Its Culture of Policing
Reform is insufficient. It’s time to democratize public safety. Tim Wise · 8 min read IfAmerica is to live, policing as we know it must die. It is that simple. If we…
There’s No Such Thing as a Dangerous Neighborhood
Most serious urban violence is concentrated among less than 1 percent of a city’s population. So why are we still criminalizing whole areas? Stephen Lurie An abandoned building in Providence,…
How to Make NOLA Great in 2020
Regressive vs Progressive Policies Be Jeff Thomas Sales taxes are regressive. People with money only really notice when they make big purchases. But for poorer people, sales taxes stealthy but…
New Orleans Needs More Better Parks
New Orleanians talk funny, but parks are serious By Jeff Thomas More better is a funny New Orleans kinda’ rewording. Does it mean more and better or does it mean…