Ethan Lenkin, Contributing Writer
• January 24, 2024
On Friday, the Louisiana Legislature passed a new congressional map that formed a second majority Black congressional district.
In November 2023, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed...
Olivia Warren, Associate News Editor
• December 7, 2022
Midterm election decisions enacted new state constitutional amendments, bringing new changes for Louisiana and New Orleans beyond Senate and Congressional elections. Eight proposed amendments to the...
The Louisiana Gaming Control Board officially legalized sports betting on mobile devices on Friday, Jan. 28. Louisianians can now use state-licensed websites and sports gambling apps to place bets...
Martha Sanchez, Associate News Editor
• January 28, 2022
Tulane University recorded 126 COVID-19 cases in students’ first week back on campus after an end-of-semester Omicron outbreak in December.
Ninety of the positive cases are students. Thirty-six...
J Nathan Bland — known as Nathan — is the third Diplomat in Residence at Tulane University. As Diplomat in Residence, Bland is responsible for recruiting students for possible careers in the State...
As of Nov. 3, Tulane University has completed 58,452 COVID-19 tests during the fall semester, 292 of which were positive. Tulane has a seven-day 0.1% positivity rate, while Orleans Parish reported...
As a Louisiana native, I am not surprised by the recent Texas law which prohibits abortion access after six weeks. Abortion access has been under fire here for as long as I can remember. But for...
Kaitlin Lowe, Contributing Columnist
• September 29, 2021
Texas recently signed a law that outlaws abortion after six weeks into a pregnancy. This is before many women even know they are pregnant. As other Southern states like Florida debate similar restrictions,...
Martha Sanchez, Contributing Reporter
• September 15, 2021
A disappearing coastline and the warming of the Gulf of Mexico — both effects of climate change — intensified the effects of Hurricane Ida seen in southeastern Louisiana. Tulane evacuated remaining...
Over the past few months, several states across the country have been the center of legal controversies surrounding the rights of marginalized communities. States such as Louisiana and Arkansas have...
Joe Biden took office just over a week ago, and four Tulane alumni have been tapped to serve in the new President’s administration.
Danielle Conley, who graduated from Tulane in 2000 with a B.A....
LaKia Williams is the communications and outreach coordinator for ReJAC NOLA, a fellow for MyLASexEd, an advisor on the student activist advisory committee for ASEC, and the founder and coordinator of...
