Education debt says a lot about the kind of country we choose to be. And it says just as much about how we treat states like Louisiana. Under President Joe Biden, student loan debt has been treated as a national challenge that demands fairness and reform. His administration expanded loan forgiveness and income-driven repayment because […]
NEW ORLEANS, LA – September 30, 2024 – The New Orleans Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression (formerly New Orleans for Community Oversight of Police) will hold an emergency rally on Wednesday, October 1st, at 6:00 PM in front of the Hale Boggs Federal Building (500 Poydras Street). The action is a direct response to Jeff Landry’s letter to Pete […]
A sweeping new executive order signed by President Trump on Thursday is drawing sharp criticism from public health advocates and civil rights organizations who say the policy criminalizes homelessness, undermines civil liberties, and ignores evidence-based solutions. The order promotes a strategy of increased surveillance, forced treatment, and displacement of unhoused individuals from public spaces. It […]
As the Gulf South braces for another hurricane season, the catastrophic flooding in Texas has become a stark warning of what can—and will—happen when the federal government abandons its responsibility to protect the public. At the forefront of that warning is Congressman Troy A. Carter, Sr. (D-LA), who issued a blistering statement today directed at […]
NEW ORLEANS – The Louisiana Bucket Brigade released the following statement regarding the Trump inauguration and the battery of first day policies, including a lifting of the pause on gas exports. The statement should be attributed to Anne Rolfes, Executive Director. “As a new Administration takes office and proceeds to act on behalf of the fossil […]
In what might go down as the most surreal debate moment in U.S. political history, former President Donald Trump dropped a bombshell: illegal immigrants, he claimed, are “eating the pets” of hardworking Americans. “Folks, it’s happening. I’ve seen it. The dogs, the cats, even your neighbor’s emotional support ferret. They’re gone! Immigrants are pouring in, […]
Author’s note: I don’t claim to be the world’s foremost expert on extra-legal campaigns to usurp power, but neither am I a completely unqualified bar stool-patriot here to mansplain tyranny. I am a retired 35-D. That would be an Army Intelligence officer, for those who are unfamiliar with the designator. That required many long days […]
New York, January 8, 2021 … ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) today called for the removal of President Donald Trump from office, either by the means afforded by the U.S. Constitution or through his own resignation. “As this week comes to a close, we must not allow the historic and horrific events of the past 48 […]
Following an insurrection at our nation’s Capitol that was incited by President Donald Trump, five of six Louisiana Republican elected officials objected to the President-elect Joe Biden’s electors in key swing states. After an objection to Arizona’s electors was raised, the Senate and House of Representatives convened in their respective chambers to debate the objection. […]
Trump’s attempted TikTok ban has been a tale full of twists, turns, and totally asinine Trumpisms. It all started with some anti-Chinese sentiment. Since ByteDance, TikTok’s parent company, is a Chinese company, Trump feared that the data they were collecting on the 165 million TikTok users in the US, was being fed to the Chinese […]
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