Coinciding with historic statewide voter participation, College Democrats empowered Tulane’s precinct’s 118% spike in turnout. Greater civic engagement promotes better local collaboration, but out-of-state...
Josh Axelrod and Nketiah Berko both served as investigative interns for the Orleans Public Defenders office in the spring of 2019.
The Orleans Public Defenders office represents about 85% of defendants...
When Delmer Joel Ramirez Palma showed up to work his construction job at the Hard Rock Hotel on Oct. 12, he hardly could have imagined what the next few days would have in store for him. Ramirez Palma...
Amidst the industrial smog clouding the River Parishes, the residents of Cancer Alley insist upon being heard. We owe them our attention.
Last Tuesday, Newcomb Art Museum hosted a free screening of...
Julia Prager-Hessel worked for MSNBC this summer in the breaking news political unit.
The gubernatorial primary, which resulted in a November runoff between Gov. John Bel Edwards and businessman Eddie...
Julia Prager-Hessel worked for MSNBC this summer in the breaking news political unit.
The political climate on Tulane’s campus is largely the result of rumor and generalized personality traits. You’re...
At Tulane, an exciting effort is currently underway to find safe alternatives to fatal opioids that have haunted countless Americans. Despite positive news at Tulane and nationally, the opioid crisis...
Dylan Borne (she/they) is a member of Freedom Road Socialist Organization and an organizer with the Real Name Campaign.
Transgender activists in the city are pushing forward a new grassroots struggle...
Nketiah Berko is a research assistant with the Oxford-Tulane Developmental Justice Network studying juvenile justice in New Orleans and Barbados and was formerly an investigative intern at the Orleans...
Emma King is a member of Newcomb Prison Project and recently completed an internship with the Promise of Justice Initiative/Capital Appeals Project.
Inhumane prison conditions in Louisiana reflect...
It is uncanny how visiting the city before and after Hurricane Katrina, the comparatively touristy parts of the city recovered to almost exactly how they were before. With tourism as a central part of...
Few can debate the legitimacy of New Orleans’ moniker as the northernmost point of the Caribbean. Between its geographic standing, an unorthodox blend of cultures and history as a major port marketplace,...
