UPDATE: This was originally posted two years ago, and again last year around Jazz Fest time. I feel like it is worth trotting out again with some updated information, most importantly to note that you […]

Fact: The United States has the highest incarceration rate in the world. Source

Fact: Louisiana has the highest incarceration rate in the United States. Source

Fact: New Orleans has the highest incarceration rate in Louisiana. Source

The NOPD […]

Photo by Ray Devlin via FLICKR Creative Commons

Amazing weather we are having and festival season has been so much fun, so far. Parades, live music, awesome food…  French Quarter Fest started Thursday (they added […]

Supporters of Trayvon Martin rally in Union Square during a "Million Hoodie March" in Manhattan on March 21.

Does it sometimes seem that as a society we’ve given up? That we’ve given up on the […]

“Mencken1951…” “campstblue…” “legacyusa…” and “dramatis personae…” Will the real Sal Perricone please stand up?

We’ve all been riveted by the unfolding drama surrounding federal prosecutor Sal Perricone, who resigned this week from his post with the […]