U.S. Senate candidates Democrat Jamie Davis and Republican Julia Letlow will campaign in New Orleans this week at two separate events that are free and open to the public. The Orleans Parish Republican Executive Committee, the Greater New Orleans Republicans PAC, and the Greater New Orleans Republican Women will host a meet and greet for […]
The easiest story to tell about Louisiana’s U.S. Senate race is that it is already over. The numbers certainly point in that direction. Julia Letlow enters the general election as the favorite, and there are plenty of reasons why. Louisiana has become one of the Republican Party’s strongest states, President Donald Trump carried Louisiana by […]
The Democratic Party should not be losing ground with young voters, working-class Americans, independents, and even parts of its own base. On paper, many Democratic policies remain broadly popular. Support for abortion rights remains strong nationally. Most Americans support protecting Social Security and Medicare. Many favor stronger labor protections, lower prescription drug costs, and higher […]
Seventy-two years ago, in Brown v. Board of Education, the United States Supreme Court declared that “separate but equal” had no place in America. That decision was not just about classrooms. It was about citizenship. It was about dignity. It was about whether this nation would truly live up to its promise of equal justice […]
The Supreme Court’s Louisiana ruling does more than threaten one majority-Black district. It gives states a new roadmap for weakening Black political power while claiming they are only playing partisan politics. The Supreme Court’s Louisiana ruling opened a door that mapmakers across the country may now try to walk through. The decision weakens Black voting […]
A crowd of more than 50 quietly took to the grounds of the England Airpark Saturday, the site of one of ICE’s busiest deportation hubs, as part of a national day of action against ICE’s detention expansion. Attendees, many clad in white and blue in a show of solidarity with detainees, stood in silence as […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Troy A. Carter, Sr. (D-LA) and Congressman Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA) have introduced the bipartisan Capital Lending and Investment for Marijuana Businesses (CLIMB) Act. This legislation will allow state–legal American cannabis companies, including small, minority, and veteran-owned businesses the ability to access critical lending and investment opportunities currently available to other domestic and regulated industries. […]
At a time when politics increasingly bleeds into every public space, Congressman Troy A. Carter, Sr. chose not to ignore a moment that raised legitimate questions about boundaries, leadership, and responsibility. His response to a now-altered social media post by LSU football coach Lane Kiffin did not rely on outrage or partisan escalation. Instead, it […]
On Saturday, December 6, an estimated 200 to 250 New Orleans residents gathered downtown to protest the dramatic escalation of Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Border Patrol activity in the city. The demonstration, organized by local immigrant justice and anti-deportation groups, unfolded amid deepening outrage over new reporting that the Louisiana Department of Wildlife […]
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 […]
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