Drive down St. Claude Ave for a night of live music. Pop into Kajun’s, then Hi-ho, then move down to the Always Lounge. Then you can drive by and gawk at the damage done to the club called Siberia by the mayor’s music venue tornado. Same street, same row of blocks, one club is denied the mayor’s music permit over a “zoning dispute.”
Government has been happy to involve the private sector in the judicial process as punitive partners. Louisiana privatized its prison
“Yes, you have our permission to fix it.” That is what New Orleans is telling the federal government with the
On April 26thTimes-Picayune reporter Brendan McCarthy sought information on whether the New Orleans police improperly reported theft as “lost or
There are many small things we as a society can do that add up to have a big impact on
Aretha Franklin. Mary J. Blige. D’Angelo. The Pointer Sisters. Doug E. Fresh. Our own Rebirth Brass Band. New Orleans is
On August 1, 2012 a Louisiana law requiring sex offenders to identify themselves on social networks – specifically Facebook –
The Metropolitan Crime Commission has issued a new report on the state of New Orleans law enforcement in which there
You’ve all heard by now the absolutely insane news story about synthetic drugs creating cannibalistic zombies in Miami. Lucky for
The modern incarnation of debtor’s prison is this: it’s not the debt that lands you in jail… it’s the unpaid cost of the creditor’s lawsuits that land you there.
In the tradition of The Clear Skies Act, Senators David Vitter, R-La., and John Thune, R-S.D, have introduced legislation that
UPDATE: This was originally posted two years ago, and again last year around Jazz Fest time. I feel like it
