While Louisiana Burns, the Legislature Is Busy Banning Chemtrails

June 4, 2025

While Louisiana faces an insurance crisis, a crumbling coastline, and one of the highest overdose death rates in the country, state lawmakers have decided their latest priority is… chemtrails. Yes. Chemtrails. Not fixing the Sewerage & Water Board. Not stopping insurance companies from fleeing the state. Not funding addiction treatment programs. No, instead, our legislature […]


Search For My Great Grandfather Pierre Lafitte

June 2, 2025

I was born in New Orleans; a city steeped in secrets, shadows, and song. Adopted at birth, I lived much of my life untethered to the stories of blood and bone, until fate, like the turning of a pirate’s compass, steered my biological family back to me. My mother, a proud daughter of the old […]


Alcohol Kills Thousands — It’s Legal. Kratom Saves Lives — Now 325,000 Louisianans Face Felonies.

May 30, 2025

Editor’s Note: URGENT: Take Action Now — Senate Bill 154 has passed both chambers of the Louisiana Legislature and is now on Governor Jeff Landry’s desk. If signed, this law will criminalize kratom and turn 325,000 Louisianans into felons by August 1. The American Kratom Association is urging residents to sign the petition and contact […]


Liberty for Me, But Not for Thee: Louisiana’s Kratom Ban Exposes GOP’s Big Government Hypocrisy

May 15, 2025

Editor’s note: Kratom is about to be banned if advocates don’t act now. It’s Big Easy Magazine’s position that a ban will cause much more harm than good. We encourage advocates to make their voices heard. Please email your story via the following site: https://www.protectkratom.org/louisiana  Buried deep beneath the avalanche of legislative chaos at the […]


John Bel Edwards Is the Right Democrat to Flip Louisiana’s Senate Seat

May 8, 2025

On Wednesday, May 7, 2025, reports confirmed that former Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards is actively considering a run for the U.S. Senate in 2026. According to KNOE News, Edwards has spoken with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and the New York Times about the possibility of challenging Republican Senator Bill Cassidy. He reportedly told […]


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