Just days after a video surfaced of what Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms called a “lynching of an African American man,” the criminal case against suspected killers Gregory and Travis […]
Category: Op-Ed/Lagniappe
Facebook group in support of Ahmaud’s murderers run by racists, trolls…or both?
May 9, 2020On Thursday, May 7, two men, Gregory and Travis Micmichael, were charged in the murder of Ahmaud Arbery. Gregory was the father and Travis was the son. Ahmaud was a […]
Louisiana Republicans are Playing a Dangerous Game with People’s Lives
April 30, 2020As I sit down to write this article, just over 1,800 people have been confirmed to have died from the Coronavirus. Here in Florida, more than 1,200 people have died […]
Tide Pod Trump Kills Satire: An Obituary
April 25, 2020Our loving friend Satire passed away on April 23rd, 2020, when President Donald “Tide Pod” Trump raised the idea of shooting up Lysol, while inserting UV lamps rectally. Satire had […]
The Cost of Science Denial: a Divided Army in the Battle for our Life on Earth
April 22, 2020You’ve seen that picture before: A sphere of mostly blue, white, and brown, surrounded by the dark vastness of space. The Blue Marble, it’s called. That first photograph taken by […]
A Modest Proposal: A Plan to Reopen the Country
April 21, 2020“Schools are a very appetizing opportunity. I just saw a nice piece in The Lancet arguing the opening of schools may only cost us 2 to 3%, in terms of […]
Make it Fair Calls for Wider Access to Vote by Mail
April 21, 2020Through most of our lives, we’ve all been surfacely reminded about the importance of voting (and by surfacely, I mean, in a way that leaves the concept in the abstract). […]
How to Make the Most of Your Routine When You’re Homebound
April 20, 2020Living in lockdown is something that few (if any) of us have ever experienced before and certainly wasn’t on any of our lists for the year 2020. However, a break […]
Cannabis in the Era of COVID-19
April 20, 2020These are strange and trying times that we are currently living in, but you already know that. There has been some press coverage of the short- and long-term economic impacts […]
Is Universal Mail-In Balloting Right for Louisiana?
April 19, 2020Note: This is an opinion piece only and does not necessarily reflect the views of the editorial board. Freshman Louisiana State Representative, Mandie Landry (D) New Orleans, has offered HB […]
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