After Parler’s removal from both Google Play and Apple, supporters of the far-right movement needed a place to go. Unfortunately, they’re increasingly turning to far-right friendly encrypted messaging apps that can serve as radicalization pipelines and recruiting grounds for extremist groups.
Category: Social Issues
What Impact Does Joe Biden’s Executive Order on Prisons have on Louisiana?
January 30, 2021On January 26th this year, President Joe Biden signed the “Executive Order on Reforming Our Incarceration System to Eliminate the Use of Privately Operated Criminal Detention Facilities.” According to […]
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 […]
Senator Bill Cassidy of Louisiana Attacks Transgender Teens in a Facebook Post
January 28, 2021Yesterday Bill Cassidy posted on Facebook, “Say it with me — biological males have no place in girls’ sports.” He paired the statement with a factually erroneous article titled, “Biden’s […]
One Thing at Time
January 28, 2021The Capitol Insurrection was a monumental event that, unless something even more dramatic and disruptive happens in the next few weeks, will likely shape American public life for the next […]
Juan’s Flying Burrito Includes “Black Lives Matter” on Its Receipts Causing Controversy and Earning Praise
January 27, 2021You’re likely to find something you didn’t order on your receipt at Juan’s Flying Burrito, but if you’re not a bigot it’s unlikely you’ll be unhappy about it. The popular […]
Interview With the Founder of Imagine Mutual Aid New Orleans
January 27, 2021Mutual aid are two words that go well together. To find out what they mean, Big Easy Magazine (BEM) spoke with Imagine Water Works’ Klie Kliebert (they/them) the Founder and […]
How To Improve Mental Health at Work
January 27, 2021Mental health is something we all must deal with at one point at another, whether it be stress from work or a more serious and chronic issue such as depression. […]
Data Shows That Less Than 10% of Louisiana’s Vaccines Have Gone to African-Americans. Here’s Why.
January 26, 2021Recently released data from the Louisiana Department of Health showed that 9.86% of COVID-19 vaccines have gone to Louisiana’s African-American residents even though they make up 33% of the state’s […]
Free Speech: First Amendment v. Common Misconceptions
January 25, 2021Free speech; two words that are constantly called forth in an attempt to justify opinions, ideas and insults hurled across the internet. Freedom of speech is critical to our identity […]
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