Nearly a year and a half after a shipping container carrying 55-pound bags of pre-production plastic pellets fell off the container ship CMA CGM Bianca into the Mississippi River,...
God gave Noah the rainbow sign, ‘No more water, the fire next time!’ —James Baldwin, The Fire Next Time It was close to midnight on New Year’s Eve 1972, and a body and...
“Just had my caffeine,” proclaims James Singleton as he tears into a speedy melodic series of thumps on his upright bass. A cool breeze from Bayou St. John blows onto his...
Walking tours are a familiar sight and sound to anyone who spends time in the French Quarter. Tour guides tell visitors about New Orleans history, explain the difference between a...
On Mardi Gras day of 2020 I drank and danced in a costumed crowd at the corner of Esplanade and Royal, cheering the Saint Anne parade as it rolled by, waiting to jump in with some...
If you’ve gotten this far in this month’s ANTIGRAVITY, you know of King Louie Bankston and how prolific he was. During the past 15 years, I was Louie’s on-again, off-again...
Abortion is currently legal in all 50 states. However, Louisiana has enacted laws that restrict access to abortion—how late in their pregnancy someone can obtain an abortion...
