Big Easy Magazine’s Guide to Voting for Amendments
November 1, 2018
As a progressive magazine, we want to ensure that every voter understands what it is they are voting for. With that in mind, here are the proposed amendments.
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New Orleans Transgender Community Rallies For the Right to Exist
October 29, 2018
The New Orleans Transgender Rights rally came together as a response to an attempt by the Trump administration to “disappear” transgender people.
Making Progress: Progressive Congressional Candidate Forum Highlights
October 23, 2018
On October 22, 2018, Big Easy Magazine hosted a forum with the progressive candidates vying for Louisiana's 1st and 2nd congressional seats.
Fighting Back Against the New Orleans Opiate Crisis
October 22, 2018
On October 18, Mayor Cantrell’s office announced in a press release that they filed a lawsuit against pharmaceutical companies for their role in creating the opiate crisis.
Broken Pipe Causes More Problems for Local Residents
October 10, 2018
An apparent burst pipe disrupted the 500 block of Washington Street on the afternoon of October 10.
Progressive Activist Groups in NOLA
October 1, 2018
I’m at a meeting in the middle of Tulane’s campus, where I collapse (a doctor tells me it’s dehydration, but I’ll just assume it’s the power of the Lord), while a presentation rages on about, what else, Brett Kavanaugh, who has now become way more a part of my job than I would like. […]
IFPS Conference 2018 – Immigration: Balancing Compassion, Security, and Jobs
October 1, 2018
I recently attended a program, “Institute for Faith and the Public Square” (IFPS) at the New Orleans Theological Baptist Seminary, Leavell Chapel. IFPS is known for tackling many current theological, legal, and philosophical topics with programs on race, sexuality, et al. The event I attended IFPS Conference 2018 – Immigration: Balancing Compassion, Security, and Jobs. […]
Mike Mauls the Movies: The Moose Head Over the Mantel
September 25, 2018
Welcome to today’s first and (likely last) edition of Big Easy Magazine’s Mike Mauls the Movies, where I ask and even sometimes answer the burning questions, “When is a good time to disembowel someone on film, and when is it more of a faux pas? Is it okay to kiss your sister if it’s sci-fi? […]
Truth, Technology, and Fun: New Orleans’s Public Libraries
September 1, 2018
My interest in libraries dimmed with time. They were a place for me to grab some books and return them (often with steep fines). With Netflix, Spotify and Amazon, especially its Kindle Unlimited service available to me, libraries seemed to be obsolete. And like any self-centered person, I assumed if they were obsolete for me, they would soon be obsolete for everyone else as well. The reality is otherwise, and for me, quite surprising.
Dance Like Everyone is Watching
August 1, 2018
There’s a segment of the entertainment industry that a lot of people don’t want to talk about, and it is the part of the service industry that attracts a great deal of tourism and business conferences: the strip clubs. It’s the same for many cities, but for such a small city, New Orleans has a large number of them, and not just on Bourbon Street.
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