The House of Representatives passed a landmark bill today that will decriminalize marijuana across the country. The MORE Act will remove marijuana from the Controlled Substances Act’s list of scheduled […]
Category: Social Issues
Louisiana Ranks Below Average on Social Justice Measures Fourth Year in a Row
November 27, 2020Louisiana and other Gulf South states ranked below average on measures of social justice for the fourth year in a row according to a report released by the Jesuit Social […]
DA Candidate Keva Landrum Touts Baffling Record on Police Misconduct, Criminal Justice Reform
November 26, 2020As the runoff in the race for New Orleans’s next District Attorney draws near, Retired Judge Keva Landrum is making concessions to the progressive bloc of voters – while dodging […]
Louisiana’s Largest Employer Rakes In Billions While Failing to Protect Workers
November 22, 2020One of Louisiana’s largest employers has earned billions in profits during the pandemic – but that hasn’t translated into higher pay or safer working conditions for its employees. According to […]
The NOPD Lied About Using Racially-Biased Facial Recognition Software
November 18, 2020For years, the New Orleans Police Department has been lying about using facial recognition software, hiding their use of it from the public by never bringing it up on their […]
A Crisis Within a Crisis: Food Insecurity Worsens in Louisiana
November 9, 2020According to Feeding America, the largest domestic hunger-relief nonprofit in the United States, Louisiana has the worst rate of childhood food insecurity in the nation. According to a recently updated […]
CNN Reporter Faces Discrimination, Intimidation at New Orleans Airport
November 1, 2020In a disturbing incident, correspondent/anchor Amara Walker, who is of Asian American descent, tweeted that she was harassed and intimidated, not once, but three times, at Louis Armstrong New Orleans […]
Despite Black Lives Matter Protests, NOPD Receives One of the Smallest Budget Cuts in 2021
October 28, 2020Nobody was under any impressions that the Proposed New Orleans City Operating Budget for 2021 was going to be a joy-filled document. After all, the city has had a huge […]
Orleans DA Candidate Keva Landrum Has History of Ethical Misconduct
October 24, 2020On November 3, 2020 New Orleans will vote to elect a new District Attorney. For twelve years, District Attorney Leon Cannizarro took our city backwards, criminalizing our most poor, locking […]
BEM Explainer: What Do Pope Francis’ Statements About Civil Unions Mean?
October 22, 2020In the newly released documentary film Francesco, Pope Francis makes the statement that individuals who identify as LGBT are “children of God and have a right to a family.” In addition, the pope makes statements in support of civil union laws, saying the laws are necessary to ensure that LGBT families “are legally covered.”
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