By most estimates, the 2016 presidential election lasted well longer than a year and a half. It was one of the longest elections the country has ever seen.
Many citizens reported being "exhausted" by...
Jordan Hall, Contributing Writer
• September 6, 2017
Time has taught us to divide ourselves, whether it be by race, gender, age, sexual orientation or otherwise. As a country, these valleys separating us have possibly never been deeper than they are today.
In...
Ella Helmuth, Senior Staff Writer
• September 5, 2017
The day after the tragic events in Charlottesville, Mayor Jim Gray of Lexington, Kentucky, voiced his support for the relocation of two Confederate monuments from downtown Lexington, drawing national...
Quinn Burke, Contributing Writer
• August 31, 2017
Coastal regions are some of the areas most affected by climate change. As it stands, more than 636 million residents of these areas are at risk due to rising sea levels. As the world responds to this situation,...
As areas of the city recovered from major flooding due to broken drainage systems, New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu updated New Orleans residents on the status of the city's drainage system earlier this...
Despite hailing from cities across the globe, college students in New Orleans have a unique opportunity to influence local politics, regardless of where they are from or where they are registered to vote....
For many people it will come as no surprise that Louisiana has an extensive prison system. Considered the world's prison capital, the state imprisons more adults per capita than any other state in the...
On Aug. 15, 2017, Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry wrote a guest editorial in the New Orleans Advocate lambasting the city's 2012 Department of Justice-mandated consent decree. The decree, issued...
Following their success in HBO’s record-breaking show "Game of Thrones," creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss have recently received a wave of backlash for their next project, "Confederate." While the...
Jordan Hall, Contributing Writer
• August 24, 2017
With political conversations circling the collegiate admissions process, it is obligatory that Tulane students understand the ongoing debate over affirmative action. Supporters of a change in legislation...
Journalism has become a field which those who do not claim it as a profession (or in our case, a high-commitment extracurricular) do not always understand.
Today's journalists aren't just writing the...
Quinn Burke, Contributing Writer
• August 24, 2017
Sen. John Kennedy has pure intentions for New Orleans in his fiery op-ed for The Times-Picayune, in which he proposes solutions aimed at reducing crime in the city. Nevertheless, his solutions are fundamentally...
