Welcome to the second half of the most chaotic year of the new millennium. I've been thinking a lot about what it might look like in retrospect. I know one thing for sure: when people think of 2020,...
This column is a head-to-head. Read the opposing article "Opinion: Slacktivism discredits Black Lives Matter by making it the latest 'trend'" here.
With the defining social movements of the early...
This column is a head-to-head. Read the opposing article "Opinion: Social media activism not meant to be strictly 'slacktivism,' new revolution is digital" here.
On June 2, Instagram went dark –...
Racism takes many shapes and forms, spanning from microaggressions and racial profiling all the way to the use of slurs, physical assault and murder, but one of the least talked about forms is environmental...
I think it’s possible that I hate the concept of "Rampgate" even more than Donald Trump does (which is, a whole lot). If you have no idea what I’m talking about — first of...
“Fake it ‘til you make it” is great advice for temporary problems, like gaining confidence or crushing a job interview. Sometimes keeping up a competent and confident appearance is all...
In an earlier version of this column, the Reveille published Juneteenth began on June 19, 1855. It has been corrected to June 19, 1865.
Two months after Confederate leader Robert E. Lee surrendered in...
After years of Black Lives Matter and numerous cases of police brutality with seemingly little to no change at all, protesting can start to feel disheartening. Social media campaigns and marches only go...
I sort of fell into my work at the Reveille. At times it feels like I tricked my way into the Opinions section somehow and just haven't been found out yet. I never thought of myself as someone with...
In recent years, Pride has been a time for members of the LGBTQ+ community as well as allies to take to the streets, engaging in celebrations and marches and coming together as a community full of love,...
As a New Orleans native, it’s impossible not to be aware of the problem of homelessness in America. Just under a decade ago, New Orleans was one of the top ten US cities struggling with homelessness....
From a letter to University of Texas chancellor Harry Ransom, dated Oct. 27 1961: “Though we did not like it, we accepted Negroes as students.” Such is the unsettling legacy of famed desegregation-era...
