Shortly after the Supreme Court ruled that Section 4b of the 1965 Voting Rights Act was unconstitutional, many states started moving to pass legislation that would make voting difficult for key minority...
The U.S. Congress chose to double the interest rate on student loans on July 1. Technically, the rate was already set to increase, and they only allowed it to happen by doing nothing. But either way, the...
Returning home for the first time following last November’s presidential election, I sat down with my father after Thanksgiving dinner, unbuttoned my jeans to let my turkey-filled gut bloat and preceded...
Affirmative action programs in the U.S. have existed since the late 1960s — shortly after the Jim Crow laws were repealed. At that time, many colleges and universities were still all white, based...
There exists a pastry named the Cronut, and you want it whether you know it already or not.
In May, the Dominique Ansel Bakery in Manhattan defied nature and began selling the offspring of a doughnut and...
Barbie turned 54 this year — old enough to join AARP. But in her 54 years, how much has she actually contributed to society?
Artist Nickolay Lamm recently created a 3-D model of a Barbie with the...
Many legislatures across the country have recently been pushing for the de-funding of Planned Parenthood based on the organization’s support of contraceptives.
In Louisiana, two measures were recently...
The name John Georges has long been synonymous with wealth in Louisiana. His recent business moves show his sights are set on power as well, and southeast Louisiana’s media is in danger of slowly...
Nobody’s privacy is safe.
When it comes to the Internet, no one is free from the grasp of powerful tech giants — unless someone or something stands up for the rights of the users.
This became...
In her performance in the new Superman flick “Man of Steel,” actress Amy Adams took audiences back to a classic Lois Lane, who is a go-getter and far from a damsel in distress. But this new...
This country is founded upon the great belief that we, as Americans, are allotted freedoms to do with our life as we please.
The American dream is an idea that allows people to forge their own paths in...
Long gone are the days of the knuckle-knocking nuns, and yet, many students in Louisiana — regardless of their traditions or values — have attended a Catholic school at some point in their...
![A press image shows the differences between Barbies from 1959 [right] and 2009 [left]. Barbie has long been criticized for embodying stereotypes about women and damaging self-image.](https://lsureveille.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/5833def116e7f2c04cf9acbf2cdbda88-1.jpg)
