As the runoff in the race for New Orleans’s next District Attorney draws near, Retired Judge Keva Landrum is making concessions to the progressive bloc of voters – while dodging many of their demands and ignoring the uglier parts of her record on criminal justice. In the wake of a treacherous 12-year District Attorney reign […]
In the aftermath of World War I, in 1925 world leaders met to come to an agreement to ban the use of chemical and biological weapons during warfare. It wasn’t until 1975 when the United States ratified the agreement in accordance with the 1925 Geneva Protocol. However, the United States made exceptions for the use […]
As holidays and celebrations worldwide are put on hold amidst the coronavirus pandemic, trans and nonbinary individuals cannot take off their identities in a crisis. March 31, 2020 marks the twelfth annual international Trans Day of Visibility, and organizers are taking pains to recognize the achievements and struggles of trans and nonbinary individuals while practicing […]
New Orleans’s Jackson Square is a hub for artistic entrepreneurship. On any day of the week, without fail, you can find local creatives selling paintings that depict local life, lore, and culture. This year-round open-air art market fits as neatly into the city’s landscape as palm readers, fortune tellers, kids drumming on buckets, and informal […]
United States Senators Bill Cassidy (R-La) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz) have announced that President Donald Trump will be pushing for their bipartisan paid family leave act. The Charlotte Observer reported on January 31 that President Trump would express his support for the “Cassidy-Sinema” plan in Tuesday’s State of the Union Address. The White House is expected […]
In the dark, early hours one summer in 2016, two people killed a man. We don’t know his name, because the journalists who reported his death never bothered to report his name. The two killers did not act in concert, and they didn’t know each other. In fact, they probably had never met. And […]
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