On August 28th 1963, Martin Luther King stepped onto a podium in front of 250,000 people and begin to speak. The speech he delivered would eventually go down in […]
Category: Op-Ed/Lagniappe
Defund the NOPD? Yes, and Here’s How
June 11, 2020Defund and Disband the New Orleans Police Department? Why yes, Defund and Disband the NOPD. Just like we defunded education, defunded healthcare, defunded housing, defunded social services, defunded environmental oversight, […]
Editorial Board Round Table on the NOPD’s Use of Chemical Weapons Against the People of New Orleans on June 3, 2020.
June 9, 2020In the aftermath of World War I, in 1925 world leaders met to come to an agreement to ban the use of chemical and biological weapons during warfare. It wasn’t […]
Drew Brees, Suffering Foot in Mouth Disease, Declared King of Nyx
June 4, 2020Today has not been kind to New Orleans’ favorite football hero, Drew Brees, after he once again put his foot so far in his mouth that both friends and family […]
Trump: “Hitler Was Just Trying To Make Germany Great Again”
June 2, 2020Washington, DC – Donald Trump has apologized for posing with a Bible in front of a church the other day. In a first-ever for Trump, he explained that he intended […]
Bring the Pain: Common Sense and Black Resistance
June 1, 2020‘Society in every state is a blessing, but government even in its best state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one; for when we suffer, […]
Snopes Introduces New “Diaper on Fire” Rating For Trump Tweets
May 29, 2020Washington, DC – Venerated fact-checking website Snopes has added a new category for Donald Trump’s early morning Twitter tirades. This comes on the heels of Twitter finally growing just a […]
Joe Biden and Black folks: An aside in three parts
May 25, 2020Part one: Let’s get this out of the way Donald Trump must go. His administration has proven to be destructive and divisive. He has courted white supremacists and Wall Street […]
White Supremacists Post with Impunity; Opponents Punished by Facebook
May 18, 2020I’ve come to the conclusion that Facebook has become a safe haven for hate speech rather than a safe space for minorities and disenfranchised groups. According to Facebook’s community standards, […]
No, Rep. Horton, the Stay-at-Home Order is not Like “Nazi Germany”
May 12, 2020It was a contentious debate in the House and Governmental Affairs Committee on Wednesday, May 6. Legislators were arguing House Concurrent Resolution 58. Under the resolution, written by Rep. Blake […]
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