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How responsible will Louisiana’s law enforcement be with their new responsibilities?

George Floyd’s death sparked national outrage and inspired discourse about police reform and the systematic racism in the police force. The relationship between black people

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A mind is a terrible thing to waste

As a boy growing up Black in America, I remember that there were a few TV advertisements that spoke directly to me. For me the

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Grief Re-Lived: Police Killing of a Good Samaritan Doctor
Three decades’ worth of medical training and psychiatric practice didn’t prepare me to deal with the sudden and tragic loss of my wife at the hands of the police sixteen ...
Defunding the Police
The concept of defund or redirect resources associated with the police departments of America was received, at the outset, as a welcomed change. Even though many law enforcement personals were ...
One size fits all?
Today, New Orleans stands as the only school system in the country that consists of all charter schools. Remarkably, since Katrina, the city has lost all of its neighborhood ...
Our Culture is in jeopardy
A week has passed since the frozen, strange Mardi Gras of 2021, yet fences remain around the Claiborne Avenue underpass, preventing people from congregating. This caged off and heavily-policed space ...
Importing drugs endangers lives
On most issues, Democrats and Republicans remain deeply divided. But there’s one policy that unites both—prescription drug importation.
Biden 2021 should look to Biden 1980 for bipartisan inspiration
President Joe Biden has promised to govern as a president for all Americans, not just those who voted for him.
Unwarranted criticism of District Attorney-elect Williams
Jeff Thomas, a co-owner to WBOK Radio and the owner of the Blog, “Think 504.com,” penned an editorial on his Blog entitled, 4 Keys to Jason Williams Victory. In Jeff ...
The Pandemic on the education of poor children
In Louisiana, the governor put the state on lockdown on March 13, 2019. At that time, some school districts had developed some form of instruction either a hybrid or ...

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