Recognizing the dignity of every person– b’tzelem Elohim — is a Jewish value, and we believe it is a Louisiana value, too. This value drives the National Council of Jewish […]
Category: Big Easy Editorial
Big Easy Magazine: Karen Carter Peterson Is the Unapologetically Progressive Leader We Need in Congress
April 11, 2021It has been an honor and a privilege to have been able to meet with two amazing candidates and state senators in the race for Louisiana’s second congressional district. I […]
Opinion: Troy Carter Will Represent People Who Have Been Made Invisible
April 8, 2021Someone once told me that Black people in Louisiana would never be truly represented in Congress. I thought that was unacceptable. So, you know what I said? Let’s sue their […]
Opinion: Troy Carter Has Stood With LGBTQ+ Community for Thirty Years
April 5, 2021As the first openly gay man to run for office in the City of New Orleans, I’ve seen unimaginable ugliness hurdled at the LGBTQ+ community. I’ve spent years repeatedly fighting […]
Opinion: Karen Carter Peterson Is the Right Choice for Congress
April 2, 2021Karen Carter Peterson is the right choice for the Louisiana 2nd district in the April 24th runoff election. She has a proven track record of fighting on behalf of Louisiana […]
LA State Rep. Mandie Landry Is Unapologetic in Her Fight for the Rights of Sex Workers
March 31, 2021Working within the conservative Republican-controlled Louisiana Legislature, it hasn’t been easy for a progressive first-term female Democrat like State Representative Mandie Landry to pass legislation vital to her constituents’ quality […]
What Does It Take for the S&WB to Fix a Leak Washing a Street Away? Not an Entire Year of Calls.
March 30, 2021It’s a tale as old as time in New Orleans: A problem needs fixing, people call the Sewerage and Water Board, they do nothing about it for a ridiculous amount […]
Roux, Racism, Reality 2
February 13, 2021In the South, particularly in cities like Lafayette, Louisiana, we are invisible to the rest of the world. Racism runs rampant, and the screams, cries, and pleas for help go […]
Out With the Old, In With the Progressive
February 5, 2021In politics there is the truth and then there is what people want you to believe. The race for the only minority seat from Louisiana to Congress is heating up […]
Only Criminals and Perverts Oppose DC Statehood
January 29, 2021Many great and terrible issues bedevil the world today. Most of them are complicated affairs that pit deeply-held and competing, values against one another. If one considers something like the […]
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