January 2019 Archives

Economic Disparity: Is It Hurting New Orleans Business?

January 1, 2019

The City of New Orleans 2018 disparity study examined if there is a level playing field for minority and women-owned businesses in City contracts. There isn't.

Rising Women Poets in New Orleans

January 1, 2019

A profile of five rising women poets in New Orleans that includes their work, links to their sites, headshots and interviews.

The Rise of Hate Crimes on the Jewish Population: Nationally and New Orleans

January 1, 2019

A Jew and a Gentile write about prejudice and antisemitism in New Orleans and beyond.

Major Changes in Criminal Justice Reform – The First Step Act

January 1, 2019

Criminal justice reform is of major interest to more than those with families in targeted neighborhoods and those with disadvantaged backgrounds.

Waist Deep in the Red: Looking at the Sewerage and Water Board’s Spending and Debt

January 1, 2019

The SWB task force revealed that SWB needs to raise millions to cover their outstanding debts and the cost of infrastructure development and maintenance.

Paul Ehrlich’s Lament: Revisiting overpopulation, family planning and climate change

January 1, 2019

The population clock has hit 7.54 billion people, and the atmospheric carbon count has topped 400 parts of carbon dioxide per million.

From Shirkers, Then Back to NOLA: An Interview with Stephen Tyler

January 1, 2019

The great Sandi Tan, whose exploits in punk zine and filmmaking as a young woman are covered in her found footage collage/documentary investigation/exorcism Shirkers (now streaming on Netflix), assisted me in finding the contact information for one of her interview subjects, local film worker and director of locally shot 80s slasher The Last Slumber Party, […]