Editor’s Note: This is the first column in a three-part series discussing racism in America. This column contains language that may be offensive to some readers.
Maurice Williams’ participation...
They circle like vultures around the parking lots of Baton Rouge. They prowl like hunters up and down streets, looking for easy prey.
They are the Riverside Towing fleet, and they have spoiled more than...
Suicide, poverty, corruption, deceit and robbery — this sounds like humanity’s worst-of-the-worst list. However, each of these are consequences of cronyism.
When the government lies in bed...
Were you ever bullied as a kid? Maybe you should have gotten a nose job.
Even though that sounds like an outrageous solution, the New York-based nonprofit organization Little Baby Face provides free plastic...
Can you tell someone’s political affiliation by whether they prefer Kelly Clarkson or Rihanna? Apparently so. Does this mean anything? Not at all.
Recently, popular music-streaming website Pandora...
People with disabilities have the potential to attend college and hold full-time jobs, but in a world that is taxing to even the most studious and motivated individuals, people with a disability need more...
In a few months, the devastating effects of the Fukushima nuclear disaster will officially taint America’s reputation.
Radiation traces have been found in the Japanese food chain, according to the...
American politicians and the University president and Board of Supervisors have one common ideology – bigger is better. But sometimes bigger means fancy, newer conditions along the borders while...
Baton Rouge middle school teacher Joanne Cowgill raised a question in a letter to the editor that was posted on The Advocate’s website on Feb. 19.
In her letter, Cowgill expressed her rage at the...
At the time of the revolution, the United States consisted of just 13 original colonies spread across the Atlantic Seaboard. Almost 238 years later, it now spans the North American continent, having an...
As the nation focuses on the Olympics and the launching of Billy Ray Cyrus’ rap career, its foundation slowly erodes.
George Orwell’s “1984” is a warning against the effects of...
In the 21st century, it is becoming more and more difficult to ignore the political banter surrounding the place of firearms in modern society. Even recent debates concerning concealed weapons on our own...
