On October 22, 2018, Big Easy Magazine hosted a forum with the progressive candidates vying for Louisiana’s 1st and 2nd congressional seats.
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Fighting Back Against the New Orleans Opiate Crisis
October 22, 2018On 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.
Broken Pipe Causes More Problems for Local Residents
October 10, 2018An apparent burst pipe disrupted the 500 block of Washington Street on the afternoon of October 10.
Progressive Activist Groups in NOLA
October 1, 2018I’m at a meeting in the middle of Tulane’s campus, where I collapse (a doctor tells me it’s dehydration, but I’ll just assume it’s the power of the Lord), […]
IFPS Conference 2018 – Immigration: Balancing Compassion, Security, and Jobs
October 1, 2018I recently attended a program, “Institute for Faith and the Public Square” (IFPS) at the New Orleans Theological Baptist Seminary, Leavell Chapel. IFPS is known for tackling many current theological, […]
Mike Mauls the Movies: The Moose Head Over the Mantel
September 25, 2018Welcome to today’s first and (likely last) edition of Big Easy Magazine’s Mike Mauls the Movies, where I ask and even sometimes answer the burning questions, “When is a good […]
Truth, Technology, and Fun: New Orleans’s Public Libraries
September 1, 2018My interest in libraries dimmed with time. They were a place for me to grab some books and return them (often with steep fines). With Netflix, Spotify and Amazon, especially its Kindle Unlimited service available to me, libraries seemed to be obsolete. And like any self-centered person, I assumed if they were obsolete for me, they would soon be obsolete for everyone else as well. The reality is otherwise, and for me, quite surprising.
Dance Like Everyone is Watching
August 1, 2018There’s a segment of the entertainment industry that a lot of people don’t want to talk about, and it is the part of the service industry that attracts a great deal of tourism and business conferences: the strip clubs. It’s the same for many cities, but for such a small city, New Orleans has a large number of them, and not just on Bourbon Street.
Your Wallet and Health for a Power Plant?
August 1, 2018In June of 2016, Entergy closed its steam electric Michoud plant at 12550 Old Gentilly Road, after being in commercial production since 1957. Entergy decided they wanted to build another plant in the same place, using the same resources. In a world that’s turning towards wind and solar, Entergy decided to go with natural gas.
THE AIRBNB AT THE END OF THE UNIVERSE
July 1, 2018“I spent years dealing with needle dens, and crack houses burning on my block, bike thieves, cleaning the hood—literally picking up needles—only to have some of those very places become […]
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