Making Progress: Progressive Congressional Candidate Forum Highlights
October 23, 2018
On October 22, 2018, Big Easy Magazine hosted a forum with the progressive candidates vying for Louisiana's 1st and 2nd congressional seats.
Category: Weekly
There Goes the Bywater
October 23, 2018
Bywater residents expressed concerns about a new affordable housing development during a recent meeting.
Saints Escape Baltimore By a Foot
October 22, 2018
Drew Brees earned his first career win against the Baltimore Ravens. It wasn't easy, however, as the game came down to a missed extra point.
Fighting Back Against the New Orleans Opiate Crisis
October 22, 2018
On October 18, Mayor Cantrell’s office announced in a press release that they filed a lawsuit against pharmaceutical companies for their role in creating the opiate crisis.
The Progressive’s Weekend: 10/19 – 10/22
October 19, 2018
This edition of Progressive’s Weekend features more than one event to inspire, to encourage, and to remember just what is good about our city and community.
Short Term Rentals Aren’t the Economic Boon They Claim
October 18, 2018
When it comes to short term rentals in New Orleans, don’t believe everything you hear - or read. Several economists have come forward to denounce an often-cited study from the Hospitality Research Center on the positive impacts of short term rentals on the city's economy.
Saints’ Backfield One-Two Punch to Drive Team Forward
October 17, 2018
Mark Ingram showed few signs of rust in the New Orleans Saints’ 43-19 win over the Washington Redskins in week five. The 2009 Heisman Trophy winner returned from a four-game suspension and promptly reasserted himself in head coach Sean Payton’s offense. Ingram scampered for 53 yards on 16 carries while finding the end zone twice. […]
After postseason success, Pelicans look to keep pushing
October 17, 2018
The Golden State Warriors shocked the world when they added to their basketball monopoly this offseason by signing All-Star Center DeMarcus Cousins to a one-year $5.3 million dollar deal, despite having a $40 million two-year deal previously on the table from the New Orleans Pelicans. The West is wild. Shortly after, the world would come […]
Crescent Calling
October 17, 2018
Because there was fracture and friction, I sang. Caught in a prism of pastel pains, punctured through and through with dull threaded needles of dread and suffering, a product of the nimble fingers of sinners seeking absolution, a patchwork child. I remember the soft, gentle ache of a sad thing, the warm shadows of mourning […]
Left to Weather
October 17, 2018
I wonder if you think of me if you see my face at all I wonder if I’m on your thoughts a flash of color at night I wonder if you hear my name, do you think of my laugh? I wonder if you’ll miss me soon if you’ll wonder where I am I want […]
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