On a cold morning in January 1815, General Andrew Jackson stood at Chalmette Battlefield with a ragtag militia of freedmen, pirates, Choctaw warriors, and farmers, facing off against the might of the British Empire. The Battle of New Orleans, a clash that should have never happened, marked a turning point in American history. Though the […]
With the outcome hinging on just two votes, on May 3, 2025, Orleans Parish voters narrowly approved the renewal of a critical 10-year property tax for the Sheriff’s Office. The final tally stood at 12,715 in favor and 12,713 against, underscoring the profound impact each vote can have in local elections. This 2.46-mill property tax, […]
Editor’s Note (Updated May 5, 2025 at 6:45 PM): Since this article was first published, new information has come to light suggesting that Ohm Lounge owner Billy Blatty may have been present at the venue on the night of the May 2 performance when the swastika shirt incident occurred. A Facebook post by Crista Rock […]
Editor’s Note: This article is part of Big Easy Magazine’s ongoing investigation into housing, displacement, and real estate speculation in New Orleans. We’ve previously explored the rise of out-of-state ownership and shell LLCs in “Who Owns New Orleans Now? (Part 2)”, and the role corporate operators play in reshaping neighborhoods. Our latest reporting turns to […]
This week, the U.S. Department of Justice quietly closed the book on one of Louisiana’s longest-standing school desegregation orders—first issued in 1966 to Plaquemines Parish, a place whose history of racial exclusion was once so notorious it had a name: Leander Perez. The DOJ framed the decision as “correcting a historical wrong.” But let’s call […]
It’s been five years since the Archdiocese of New Orleans crawled under the sanctuary of Chapter 11 bankruptcy; five years of delays, deceit, and deliberate cruelty. What was billed as a path toward healing has metastasized into a courtroom circus, orchestrated by cowards in cassocks and rubber-stamped by a judiciary more interested in preserving collars […]
A neighborhood that rebuilt from catastrophe is now facing a new threat—the Port NOLA grain terminal, freight trains, grain dust, and a project pushed forward without their consent. The trains are coming back to the Lower Ninth Ward, not as a symbol of progress, but as a warning that once again, New Orleans’ most resilient […]
The fight over who picks up the garbage is really a fight over who runs New Orleans—and what happens when emergency powers replace public process. What began as a routine contract in the French Quarter has spiraled into a deeper battle over transparency, authority, and political influence. In New Orleans, even the garbage is political. […]
Open any local paper from the last thirty years and the story feels familiar: another teenager killed, another federal indictment, another photo of a young man in cuffs—another chapter in the long history of New Orleans gangs. Street gangs in New Orleans gangs didn’t erupt from nowhere. They were built—block by block, decade by decade—by […]
Five years after the Archdiocese of New Orleans filed for bankruptcy, survivors Catholic Church abuse are asking a federal judge to shut the entire process down. On Tuesday, attorneys representing survivors filed a motion to dismiss the Archdiocese’s Chapter 11 case, calling it a bad-faith maneuver that has prolonged suffering, shielded church assets, and wasted […]
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