In Louisiana, health care is not an abstract policy debate. It is a kitchen-table reality that touches every family, every parish, and every community in our state. For the past several years, enhanced Affordable Care Act tax credits have helped hundreds of thousands of Louisianans afford health coverage. These credits have allowed small business owners […]
An attack on our small business owners, our working poor, our neighbors with disabilities, families facing food insecurity, people who rely on SNAP, the homeless, and communities burdened by environmental injustice. What is next, Mr. Trump? We have already seen the assault on health care through the so called big beautiful bill that is anything […]
Zohran Mamdani’s election as mayor of New York City is being treated as a political shockwave. A democratic socialist running the most capitalist city in America feels like a contradiction, but this story isn’t about ideology. It’s about power and who has it, who doesn’t, and what a city owes to the people who keep […]
It was a rough way to start the 2025 NFL season for the New Orleans Saints. On September 7, 2025, the Saints fell to the Arizona Cardinals 20-13, dropping their debut under head coach Kellen Moore. The offense, though showing flashes, was ultimately undercut by discipline issues and missed opportunities, but there’s no doubt that […]
Two decades after Hurricane Katrina, Ray Nagin remains one of the most polarizing figures in New Orleans politics. For some, his time in office is remembered through the lens of federal indictments and a prison sentence. For others, he is still the mayor who gave voice to the desperation of a city abandoned in its […]
Twenty years have passed since Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans and the Gulf Coast, and still the memories remain vivid. The storm and the levee failures devastated entire neighborhoods, displacing hundreds of thousands and claiming over 1,800 lives. The city we knew was forever changed. The images of the Lower Ninth Ward swallowed by floodwaters, […]
In America, drug narratives are not shaped by science. They are shaped by corporations, political influence, and the algorithms that decide what we see online. The story of kratom proves this point. For years, the FDA has repeated the line that there is “no scientific evidence” that kratom has medical properties. That claim is echoed […]
When Susan Hutson took the oath on May 2, 2022, New Orleans marked a milestone of electing the city’s first woman and first Black woman as sheriff in Louisiana. Hutson has prided herself as being a reformer whose career in oversight (from the LAPD to New Orleans’ independent police monitor) promised a clean break with […]
Here in New Orleans, we know something about hospitality, about second chances, and about justice. Our history—complex and beautiful—is rooted in resistance, resilience, and a deep, enduring fight for fairness. That’s why what’s happening just up the road in Central Louisiana should give us all pause. Every day, at Alexandria International Airport, immigrants—some documented, many […]
In New Orleans, a child’s chances at a stable, healthy, and hopeful life still depend heavily on the color of their skin. According to a report from the New Orleans Data Center, approximately one in three children in the city lives below the poverty line. But among Black children, that figure rises to a staggering […]
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