Recently 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 […]
Category: Social Issues
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 […]
Entergy May Start Disconnecting New Orleanians’ Power as Early as February
January 24, 2021If you have had trouble paying your electricity bill and have been depending on Entergy to help you out, your time may be up. According to Entergy’s Frequently Asked […]
Chucks, Pearls, Courage, and Black Women
January 23, 2021The racist regime has fallen and now it’s time to move the moral arc of the universe toward justice. This brings me to the curious case of the St. Martin […]
68 Louisiana Law Students & Faculty Call for the Resignation of U.S. Senator Kennedy
January 23, 2021Law Students & Faculty from Loyola University New Orleans and Tulane University Urge the Senator to Resign After His Continued Objection to the Electoral College Certification Following the January 6th […]
“There Are No Real Rules” Louisiana Task Force Approves Lenient Officer Shooting Internal Investigation Regulations
January 20, 2021On Thursday, the Police Training, Screening, and De-escalation Task Force approved numerous new regulations that they believe will enable better policing in Louisiana. Their longest debate centered around whether law […]
The American Psychiatric Association Finally Formally Apologized to People of Color
January 19, 2021On Martin Luther King Day, the American Psychiatric Association released a statement that apologized to people of color for the role they played in supporting structural racism in psychiatry. They […]
Movie Review: American Skin
January 19, 2021Nate Parker returns to directing with this suspenseful film about one of the most polarizing topics in the contemporary United States, the extrajudicial killing of black people by law enforcement. […]
NAACP New Orleans Branch Condemns Rouses’ Executives for Support of Trump-Inspired Insurrection
January 14, 2021The NAACP – New Orleans Branch condemns Donald Rouse Sr., co-owner of Rouses Supermarket and other Rouses Executives for their support and/or participation in the “Stop the Steal” and the […]
KarenKarenKaren: The Mothers of White Supremacy
January 14, 2021Racism and white supremacy are often presented as masculine expressions. The public face of the ideology in most recent times is the Proud Boys. In the past, it was the […]
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