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IMAGE DISTRIBUTED FOR PARKWOOD ENTERTAINMENT - Beyonce performs during the Formation World Tour at Marlins Park on Wednesday, April 27, 2016, in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Frank Micelotta/Invision for Parkwood Entertainment/AP Images)

OPINION: Celebrities, politicians desperate to divert attention from “Becky with the Good Hair”

By John Gavin Harp @SirJohnGavin April 28, 2016

NOTE: This column is satire and meant purely for the reader’s enjoyment. On Saturday, Beyoncé seized the Internet’s Iron Throne from Kim Kardashian’s natural assets by releasing...

This photo provided by the Unified Police Department shows Unified Police K9 Aldo and Officer Luis Lovato. Officials say a Unified Police SWAT team was called to serve an arrest warrant on Wednesday, April 27, 2016, when a gunfight ensued. As officers entered the home with a K9 named Aldo, they came under and returned fire. Aldo was fatally wounded. (Unified Police Department via AP)

OPINION: ‘Blue Lives Matter’ legislation protects police

By Charlie Bonacquisti @Charlie_Bonac2 April 28, 2016

A bill working its way through the Louisiana House of Representatives adds attacks against police officers and firefighters to its list of hate crimes. Due to increasing tensions between residents and...

Claudia Hubatsch teaches German to a class of people who were teachers in Syria and are now part of a program to enable them to teach in Germany at the University of Potsdam , Germany, Thursday April 14, 2016. The University of Potsdam, just outside Berlin, this week started intensive German courses for 25 Syrians - the first part of an 11-month course that aims to familiarize them with the language and the country’s education system. ( Klaus-Dietmar Gabbert/dpa via AP)

Grades do not accurately gauge students’ knowledge

By Garrett Marcel @Gret419 April 27, 2016

University administration and faculty have lost sight of the purpose of college. College is not supposed to simply be a culmination of points from different assignments, but a way for students to learn...

Community activists discuss issues facing LGBT people at LSU and in Louisiana on Tuesday, April 19,2016 during a LGBT State of the Union panel at LSU's Women's Center.

LGBT students need greater support and resources from University

By MICHAEL BEYER @michbeyer April 27, 2016

When I needed LSU to be there for me, things quickly turned south as a gay person. But I’m sure I’m not the only LGBT student who has felt this way. I was in need of a counselor because I was...

Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards addresses a Joint Legislative Session in Baton Rouge, La., Monday, March 14, 2016. Edwards said Monday that while Louisiana's budget troubles will continue to be his focus, he'll also seek to fulfill campaign promises to raise the minimum wage and enact an equal pay law. (AP Photo/Max Becherer)

OPINION: Asking criminal history on job applications hinders formerly incarcerated people

By Michael Beyer @michbeyer April 26, 2016

The Louisiana House of Representatives voted 53-39 to give formerly incarcerated people a better chance at finding a job with certain state agencies. Now it’s time for the State Senate to follow. The...

The Treasury Department announced that Harriet Tubman will replace Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill

OPINION: Harriet Tubman and “Lemonade” don’t create equality

By Clarke Perkins @ClarkePerkins April 26, 2016

Last week was so pro-black, and I’m here for it. However, the past few days don’t automatically create equality among the races. U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Jacob Lew announced Harriet Tubman...

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OPINION: John Kasich, Ted Cruz’s last ditch effort to stop Trump futile

By Cody Sibley @CodySibley April 25, 2016

The 2016 election-turned-reality-show just took a new twist. Again. Gov. John Kasich, R-Ohio, and Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, released a statement that they’re teaming up to throw the Republicans into...

William Malater, of Oswego, N.Y., looks at his cell phone as he waits in line for a rally for Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump, Monday, April, 25, 2016, in Wilkes-Barre Township, Pa. (Mark Moran/The Citizens' Voice via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT

OPINION: Contested convention takes away from democratic process

By Charlie Bonacquisti @Charlie_Bonac2 April 25, 2016

Unless something major happens, the Republican Party will hold a contested convention. We have to make sure party leaders don’t ignore the will of the people in the process. To be the Republican...

Welfare

Opinion: Louisiana halfway there to full welfare reform

By Garrett Hines @garrettH_tdr April 24, 2016

John Bel Edwards just took a powerful step toward ensuring entitlement programs are not abused by those who shoudl be working on bettering themselves. For nearly 20 years, Louisiana has been able to apply...

Rep. Jeff Landry, R-La., talks to supporters at his election night watch party in Broussard, La., Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012. (AP Photo/The Lafayette Daily Advertiser, Allyce Andrew) NO SALES

Opinion: LA AG Jeff Landry’s support of federal immigration law is hypocritical

By Jack Richards @jayellrichy April 24, 2016

If Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry keeps up his comments about sanctuary cities, we might as well erect a sign at the AG’s office that says, “Hypocrites Welcome Here!” On Thursday,...

FILE - In this March 30, 2016 file photo, Human Rights Campaign Executive Director Chad Griffin, center, speaks at a news conference at the old state Capitol Building in Raleigh, N.C. Griffin was among several LGBT leaders who headed to the state to join in protests and plot strategy for trying to overturn a new law limiting bathroom options for transgender people. Stung by setbacks related to their access to public restrooms, transgender Americans are taking steps to play a more prominent and vocal role in a nationwide campaign to curtail discrimination against them. (AP Photo/Gary Robertson, File)

Opinion: Focus on transgender people in bathrooms obscures real child sexual assault

By Cody Sibley @CodySibley April 24, 2016

Between 2004 and 2014, more than 3,400 Catholic priests were reported for some form of sexual abuse. In all of reported history, three Republican congressmen were reported for sexual assault. The number...

FILE - In this March 30, 2016 file photo, Human Rights Campaign Executive Director Chad Griffin, center, speaks at a news conference at the old state Capitol Building in Raleigh, N.C. Griffin was among several LGBT leaders who headed to the state to join in protests and plot strategy for trying to overturn a new law limiting bathroom options for transgender people. Stung by setbacks related to their access to public restrooms, transgender Americans are taking steps to play a more prominent and vocal role in a nationwide campaign to curtail discrimination against them. (AP Photo/Gary Robertson, File)

OPINION: Restroom controversies distract from real problems in America

By Charlie Bonacquisti @Charlie_Bonac2 April 21, 2016

In the midst of a national security crisis, an economic downturn and an unpredictable presidential election, many Americans have shifted their focus to the root of our turmoil: bathroom equality. States...