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On Heels of No Kings Day Protest, Louisiana Freedom Caucus Suggests That Drivers Can Run Over Protesters If They Feel Threatened

June 15, 2025

On a day meant to celebrate resistance to tyranny, Louisiana’s far-right lawmakers issued what critics are calling a thinly veiled permission slip for violence. During Saturday’s No Kings Day protests across Louisiana—part of a national movement rejecting authoritarianism and Donald Trump’s taxpayer-funded military birthday spectacle—the Louisiana Freedom Caucus released a “public safety alert” reminding citizens […]

This Is What We Tolerate Now? Swastikas on Stage and Silence in the Aftermath

May 6, 2025

When Big Easy Magazine broke the story about a performer wearing a swastika shirt at Ohm Lounge, we expected backlash. What we didn’t expect was how many people rushed not to condemn the symbol, but to defend it—not to stand against hate, but to invoke “free speech” as if that somehow settled the matter. To […]

UPDATE: TULANE RESPONDS; Tulane University Threatens Suspension, Expulsion for Students Protesting ICE Off Campus

April 29, 2025

UPDATE: As of 12:00pm April 30, 2025, Big Easy Magazine received the following statement from Tulane University: “Federal laws governing student privacy prohibit us from commenting on any individual student conduct proceedings. We fundamentally respect the right of students to protest. The university’s Code of Conduct does not prohibit protest activity. It does address matters […]

Free Speech Under Attack in Louisiana – Jeff Landry’s Role Dissent

February 23, 2025

Republicans love to talk about free speech until they are the ones being criticized. Governor Landry involvement in the suspension of an LSU law professor, the resignation of another under mounting pressure, and the removal of Davante Lewis from the Louisiana Public Service Commission (PSC) prove that conservative free speech advocacy is nothing more than […]

First Amendment Gives You A Right To Be A Jerk, But With A Price

March 7, 2020

Years ago, at the now defunct Warehouse Grille (since rebranded Flamingo A Go Go) on Magazine & St. Joseph and hours before the Saints were scheduled to play the Carolina Panthers, a woman from Baton Rouge decided that was the perfect time to confront me over an alleged tweet that insulted her. While I believed […]

#EnemyOfNone: An Editorial Statement

August 16, 2018

"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press, or the right of the people peaceably to assemble and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."

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On Heels of No Kings Day Protest, Louisiana Freedom Caucus Suggests That Drivers Can Run Over Protesters If They Feel Threatened

Free Speech Under Attack in Louisiana – Jeff Landry’s Role Dissent

First Amendment Gives You A Right To Be A Jerk, But With A Price