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Shouldn’t We Trust Our Commander in Chief?

By Caitlyn Atkinson September 1, 2015

We do not trust the most powerful people in our country. Let that sink in. We do not trust the people calling the shots. In a June 2015 Fox poll, only 47 percent of voters said they thought President Obama...

A current map of the revised Louisiana fishing boundary.

North East LA is SeauxLouisiana

By Garrett Hines August 31, 2015

Louisiana has more to offer than what lies along the I-10 corridor. There are many Louisianians who believe if the city doesn’t have a faux-French name, straddle the Mississippi River or have more...

Miley Cyrus, right, performs at the MTV Video Music Awards at the Microsoft Theater on Sunday, Aug. 30, 2015, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP)

Madness ensues at the MTV Video Music Awards

By John Gavin Harp August 31, 2015

With a nip-slip, blood feud, presidential announcement and a Britney Spears cameo, the 2015 Video Music Awards were a wet dream for pop-culture fanatics. In recent years, many questioned whether MTV should...

 

Last Weeks Stock Market Explained

By Jay Cranford August 31, 2015

On Aug. 24, the Dow Jones Industrial Average experienced the worst single day drop since 2011. The next day, it continued to slide, losing 588 points, or 3.6 percent, according to Business Insider. With...

The Gulf Coast of Grand Isle and nearby marshes face threats of coastal erosion. [Above] Grand Isle is the state's only inhabited barrier island.

Coastal erosion is killing Louisiana

By Cody Sibley August 30, 2015

If we want to prevent another Hurricane Katrina, we need to talk about coastal erosion. If you’re from Louisiana, you probably know our levee system is killing our state’s ecosystem. If you...

A mural of Hurricane Katrina and Martin Luther King Jr. covers the walls of an abandoned building on Thomas Delpit Drive in Old South Baton Rouge.

Natural disasters can create opportunities for economically disadvantaged

By Justin DiCharia August 30, 2015

North of LSU sits dilapidated shotgun houses, broken down vehicles, a lack of grocery stores and an environment unfriendly to those wishing to rise above it. The scene is similar to the Lower 9th Ward...

In this aerial photo made during a flight provided by the National Wildlife Federation and Southern Wings, a shrimp boat travels behind a rock dam built by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers after Hurricane Katrina, in the Mississippi River Gulf Outlet (MRGO) in St. Bernard Parish, La., Monday, Aug. 10, 2015. The MRGO, originally built by the Corps, carried a storm surge from Katrina straight into the New Orleans area causing devastating flooding in the Parish. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Still Stuck in the Past

By Clarke Perkins August 30, 2015

I feel sorry for anyone with the name Katrina. There’s a chance you will lose friends before you even make them. Ten years later and we’re still putting up a strong fight against the aftermath...

Officer Boris McKnight from LSUPD performs motorcycle maneuvers at the The 13th Annual Gulf Coast Police Motorcycle Skills Championship Friday, Oct. 18, 2013 in Gonzales. The championship is put on to benefit the Dream Day Foundation and St. Jude's Hospital.

Police deserve respect and gratitude

By Caitlyn Atkinson August 27, 2015

A police officer in Birmingham, Alabama, is lucky to be alive after he was sucker punched and pistol-whipped unconscious on August 7. He hesitated to open fire on his African-American assailant because...

Josh Duggar Needs to Feel Sincere Conviction

By Caitlyn Atkinson August 27, 2015

By his own admission, Josh Duggar is “the biggest hypocrite ever.” InTouch Weekly released a police report in May revealing Duggar had molested at least five underage girls when he was 14,...

Socially responsible investing is the best of both worlds

By Jay Cranford August 27, 2015

Wall Street is evil. Recent movie villains aren’t zombies. Instead, they’re evil corporations destroying alien planets, drug-using sleaze balls screwing investors and Gordon Gekko being Gordon...

Hillary Clinton is not relatable and should stop trying to be

By Cody Sibley August 25, 2015

Hillary Clinton’s unfavorability ratings reached the highest point in eight years this summer, according to a Gallup poll. As of July 24, 46 percent of those surveyed saw her as unfavorable. Her...

Voter reform is a necessity for the Unites States

By Garrett Marcel August 25, 2015

Voting is not a right. Voting is a privilege. Voter fraud and corruption is rampant if recent elections are any indication of broader trends. Several members of the voter registration group ACORN were...