The City of New Orleans 2018 disparity study examined if there is a level playing field for minority and women-owned businesses in City contracts. There isn’t.
January 2019 Edition
Table of Contents
- Economic Disparity: Is It Hurting New Orleans Business?
- Rising Women Poets in New Orleans
- The Rise of Hate Crimes on the Jewish Population: Nationally and New Orleans
- Major Changes in Criminal Justice Reform – The First Step Act
- Waist Deep in the Red: Looking at the Sewerage and Water Board’s Spending and Debt
- Paul Ehrlich’s Lament: Revisiting overpopulation, family planning and climate change
- From Shirkers, Then Back to NOLA: An Interview with Stephen Tyler
- Fandom Culture, Not Just For Geeks
- The Story of Fox & Rob – A 21-Year Battle Out Of Angola State Prison
- Exclusive: The Raso/Arceneaux Roe v Wade Script Review
- Sex in the Big Easy: New Orleans Dominates in More than Football
Rising Women Poets in New Orleans
Nolan Storey - Staff Poet / Contributing Writer January 1, 2019A profile of five rising women poets in New Orleans that includes their work, links to their sites, headshots and interviews.
The Rise of Hate Crimes on the Jewish Population: Nationally and New Orleans
Jesse Lu Baum and Nolan Story - Contributing Writers January 1, 2019A Jew and a Gentile write about prejudice and antisemitism in New Orleans and beyond.
Major Changes in Criminal Justice Reform – The First Step Act
Nicole Nixon - Contributing Writer January 1, 2019Criminal justice reform is of major interest to more than those with families in targeted neighborhoods and those with disadvantaged backgrounds.
Waist Deep in the Red: Looking at the Sewerage and Water Board’s Spending and Debt
Jesse Lu Baum - Editorial Board Member and Contributing Writer January 1, 2019The SWB task force revealed that SWB needs to raise millions to cover their outstanding debts and the cost of infrastructure development and maintenance.
Paul Ehrlich’s Lament: Revisiting overpopulation, family planning and climate change
Jesse Lu Baum - Editorial Board Member and Contributing Writer January 1, 2019The population clock has hit 7.54 billion people, and the atmospheric carbon count has topped 400 parts of carbon dioxide per million.
From Shirkers, Then Back to NOLA: An Interview with Stephen Tyler
Bill Arceneaux - Lead Content Writer/Independent Film Critic January 1, 2019The great Sandi Tan, whose exploits in punk zine and filmmaking as a young woman are covered in her found footage collage/documentary investigation/exorcism Shirkers (now streaming on Netflix), assisted me […]
Fandom Culture, Not Just For Geeks
Margaret Marley - Contributing Writer January 1, 2019As New Orleans gears up for the upcoming Wizard World Comic Con, the geek or as many prefer, fandom community, is ever active and ever growing.
The Story of Fox & Rob – A 21-Year Battle Out Of Angola State Prison
Nicole Nixon - Contributing Writer January 1, 2019Little did Fox and Rob Richardson know that six months after their marriage, they would spend the next 21 years fighting a 60-year sentence in Angola.
Exclusive: The Raso/Arceneaux Roe v Wade Script Review
Michael David Raso - Contributing Writer and Bill Arceneaux - Lead Content Writer/Independent Film Critic January 1, 2019Big Easy Magazine presents two perspectives on the Roe v. Wade movie script that we obtained.