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...
Robin Boch, Associate Views Editor
• April 19, 2017
The criminalization of black Americans is a substantial problem facing our country today, especially in the context of marijuana. Black people are more likely to be charged than white people for possession...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Robin Boch, Associate Views Editor
• March 9, 2017
Residents and businesses around and within New Orleans were notified in 2014 that they were eligible to receive payments from a $20 million settlement between local parishes and levee districts.
These...
