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Opinion

In 2016, the LSU Board of Supervisors gave President F. King Alexander the authority to grow medical marijuana. The program is set to begin rolling out cannabis products by mid 2018. 

Opinion: Decriminalizing cannabis is the first step in Louisiana’s journey to legalization

By Domenic Purdy June 20, 2021

On June 7, Louisiana lawmakers in the state Senate voted 20-17 to approve a bill that would decriminalize the possession of up to a half-ounce of cannabis. This decision brings Louisiana steps closer to...

pride over profit

Opinion: Louisiana legislature’s trans sports ban bill discriminatory, destructive

By Claire Sullivan June 13, 2021

On Thursday, May 27, cheers erupted in the Louisiana senate chamber as legislators passed a bill banning trans girls and women from participating in women’s athletics. Sen. Beth Mizell of Franklinton...

FILE - In this June 30, 2019, file photo parade-goers carrying rainbow flags walk down a street during the LBGTQ Pride march in New York, to celebrate five decades of LGBTQ pride, marking the 50th anniversary of the police raid that sparked the modern-day gay rights movement. Democrats flooded Twitter and email inboxes this week with praise for the watershed Supreme Court decision shielding gay, lesbian and transgender people from job discrimination. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E, File)

Opinion: Pride isn’t just an aesthetic for companies to capitalize on

By Domenic Purdy June 13, 2021

Pride month is a beautiful thing. It’s a celebration of visibility and representation for members of the LGBTQ+ community. During June, members of the community and their allies seek to educate and...

Protestors hold up signs Friday, Nov. 20, 2020 during the protest following the USA Today article about mishandled sexual misconduct cases at Tiger Stadium on North Stadium road.

Opinion: Louisiana colleges and police enabled serial sexual abuse, state must investigate

By Claire Sullivan June 8, 2021

Nearly seven months have passed since a USA TODAY investigation into LSU’s mishandling of Title IX cases lit a fire in Baton Rouge. Since then, much has been revealed about the shortcomings of the...

Louisiana Double Play displays its most popular comics in the front of the store on Jan. 13, 2017, at the corner of South Sherwood Forest Boulevard and West Bricksome Avenue.

Opinion: Conservatives don’t understand popular culture

By Domenic Purdy June 6, 2021

I grew up reading comic books. From an early age I could tell you everyone’s symbol. Spider-Man, Batman, Superman, Daredevil, Invincible; the list goes on. There is, however, one superhero’s...

Crime Tape

Letter to the Editor: What shall we say to gun violence?

By Herman Kelly June 3, 2021

These past few weeks in the Baton Rouge community have been peppered with violence and unwarranted crime. A city we love, work, and worship has become a battleground of young people and violence....

In this photo taken by a drone is an aerial view of the flooded Siegen Calais apartments Tuesday, May 18, 2021, in Baton Rouge, La. Heavy rains have swept across southern Louisiana, flooding homes, swamping cars and closing a major interstate. (John Ballance/The Advocate via AP)

Opinion: The realities of climate change cannot be ignored in Louisiana

By Claire Sullivan June 2, 2021

In its most recent flooding event, Lake Charles was pelted with 15 inches of rain in the span of 12 hours. The water submerged entire vehicles, trapped children in their schools and damaged hundreds of...

Israeli border police scuffle with protesters in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of east Jerusalem, where several Palestinian families are under imminent threat of forcible eviction from their homes Saturday, May 15, 2021. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

Opinion: There’s nothing complicated about Israeli human rights violations against Palestinians

By Domenic Purdy May 25, 2021

Let’s not mince words: Israel is an apartheid state, occupying and displacing native Palestinians. Even before its founding in 1948 as a Jewish state, Israel expelled and subjected Palestinians in...

Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards holds up his own mask, taken off while he was speaking, to remind Louisiana residents that a highly effective thing within their power to do to prevent the spread of COVID-19 is to simply wear a mask, Tuesday, July 28, 2020, at a press conference update on the state's COVID-19 situation at the Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness in Baton Rouge, La. 

Opinion: Louisiana should not revoke federal unemployment benefits

By Claire Sullivan May 25, 2021

Every state on Louisiana’s border plans to cut the $300 per week in additional benefits allocated to the unemployed under the American Rescue Plan. Last week, business groups sent a letter to Gov....

Protestors hold up signs Friday, Nov. 20, 2020 during the protest following the USA Today article about mishandled sexual misconduct cases at Tiger Stadium on North Stadium road.

Opinion: A football ban is not a punishment for complicity in domestic violence

By Claire Sullivan May 25, 2021

On April 14, 2018, Executive Deputy Athletic Director Verge Ausberry received a text message from wide-receiver Drake Davis concerning an argument with his romantic partner Jade Lewis that read,...

This image released by NBC shows host Elon Musk delivering his opening monologue on "Saturday Night Live" in New York on May 8, 2021. (Will Heath/NBC via AP)

Opinion: SNL platforming Elon Musk was unfunny and dangerous

By Domenic Purdy May 17, 2021

Elon Musk is an enigma. He’s a 50-year-old South African tech mogul whose family fortune comes from apartheid-era emerald mining whose humor is best described as a 15-year-old who just discovered...

People stand in line while filling out paperwork on Mar. 14, 2021 at the Tiger Stadium vaccination site.

Guest Column: Getting COVID-19 vaccine a ‘sign of respect’ for others in your community

By Daniel O’Leary April 23, 2021

The author of this article, Daniel O’Leary, is an immunocompromised sophomore studying biological sciences at the University.  I have never been a fan of shots. Going to...