Nketiah Berko, Staff Writer
April 21, 2017
A recent analysis by the Louisiana House fiscal office found that an increasing portion of funds allocated to Taylor Opportunity Program for Students is going toward people with higher incomes. TOPS, Louisiana's premier state...
Madeline Ninno, Staff Writer
April 19, 2017
As part of his promise to crack down on illegal immigration, President Donald Trump issued an executive and a directive memo that ends former President Barack Obama's Priority Enforcement Program. This program delineated the De...
April 19, 2017
Kathryne LeBell, Views Editor
April 12, 2017
Only 11 percent of adults take public transportation on a daily or weekly basis, according to the Pew Research Center. Public transportation is notoriously bad. This is a major issue in New Orleans, a city where only about 19 ...
Madeline Ninno, Staff Writer
March 23, 2017
The proposed replacement for the Affordable Care Act, or "Obamacare," was announced by Republicans on March 6. The new plan, called the American Health Care Act, has proven controversial among both Republicans and Democrats beca...
Madeline Ninno, Staff Writer
March 23, 2017
President Donald Trump released the summary of his proposed budget for the 2018 fiscal year on March 16, which would cut funding for many programs, affecting New Orleans residents in serious ways. Most concerning are his cuts t...
Pratiksha Parulekar, Staff Writer
March 22, 2017
Fewer than two days after the First Unitarian Universalist Church in Uptown hosted a town hall for the transgender community's needs and concerns, its property was subject to destructive vandalism. It was a harsh reminder for ev...
Daniel Horowitz, Associate Views Editor
March 22, 2017
It is easy for people to look at electoral maps of the United States and see a series of red and blue states that make up one country. This map gets complicated when it gets divided into individual districts and localities. When...
Madeline Ninno, Staff Writer
March 16, 2017
On International Women's Day, March 8, women around the world participated in the A Day Without a Woman general strike.Women were encouraged to take the day off from all paid and unpaid labor to shop only at local, minority-owned...
Pratiksha Parulekar, Contributing Writer
March 16, 2017
Amidst all the food, jazz, festivals and lazy charms of New Orleans, rarely do the words "used to be part of Confederate country" come to mind. Yet the city continues to have Confederate memorabilia scattered throughout, serving...
Madeline Ninno, Staff Writer
March 9, 2017
The staff of the New Orleans Jewish Community Center on St. Charles Ave. evacuated roughly 300 people, many of them children, following a bomb threat on the morning of Feb. 23. New Orleans JCC Director Leslie Fischman said to...
Pratiksha Parulekar, Contributing Writer
March 9, 2017
Celebrations surrounding Mardi Gras – a holiday that emphasizes people showcasing their most honest, vibrant selves – were dampened by the homicide of Chyna Doll Dupree.Dupree, a nationally known drag performer, was...
