DIFFERENT, NOT CANCELLED

A black and white photo of several light-skinned people hanging out during Mardi Gras in 1979. A few people are wearing uniforms, either police or fire, that have helmets to go along with them. One person is dressed as a mouse and is bent over with their hands on their knees while they’re smiling. There’s a traffic light in the background.

February 2021

DIFFERENT, NOT CANCELLED

In early November, Mayor LaToya Cantrell announced that the City would be accepting suggestions for an “alternative Mardi Gras” in lieu of the usual festivities. The...

Beck Levy, Steven Melendez

January 2021

GUMBO DIPLOMACY

In November, President-elect Joe Biden selected Baton Rouge native Linda Thomas-Greenfield to serve as ambassador to the United Nations. Thomas-Greenfield, who has served as a...

Beck Levy, Steven Melendez

December 2020

Hindsight is 2020: Year End Top 5 Round Up

Ahem. Good evening. Could we have everyone’s attention for a moment? Webster’s dictionary defines “year” as containing 365 days, but anyone who made it through 2020 knows...

Beck Levy, Steven Melendez

May 2020

SICK NOTES

Do you remember the early days? When every corporation sent e-mails, which they hoped would find us well during these unprecedented times, about their earnest plans to keep taking...

Beck Levy

April 2020

WE WORK SICK, YOU GET SICK

On Monday March 9, Mayor LaToya Cantrell delivered a press conference to address New Orleans’ initial confirmed case of COVID-19. Nowadays, these addresses are a fixture,...

Beck Levy

April 2020

LETTER FROM ANOTHER EDITOR

Two axioms run throughout every piece in this issue: This virus is exposing every fissure in our society. Things are changing so quickly, by the time you read these words...

Beck Levy

November 2019