New Orleans It’s appalling to read almost anything about Judge Kavanagh and the relentless, tone deaf efforts of the Republican majority in the Senate to push through his nomination. Even as hearings loom and his victim negotiates to come forward, there is a tragic sense of inevitability shrouding this nomination that now reduces the country …
DC Dilemma: Fair Votes and Fair Pay versus Tip Subsidies for Owners
New Orleans New Orleans is a service worker, hospitality industry city, as are an increasing number of other areas in the United States. Tips are always an issue when so much of the workers’ income depends on them, especially when employers pay the federal minimum wage for tipped workers of $2.13 per hour versus the …
Making it Right with Brad Pitt in the Lower Nine
New Orleans The Lower 9th Ward became iconic as part of the story of catastrophe, struggle, and recovery in New Orleans and around the world after Hurricane Katrina. Now there are new candidates in more cities where climate and nature have combined to expose humanity at its rawest, weakest, and sometimes best. Here, the …