First, we can visit a library or bookstore, obtain one or more books on civil discourse and read it. Alternatively, we can search the web for "civil discourse' and look for worthwhile content. ( I did ...

Judge Edwin Lombard’s guest column of July 12 recalling his brother Rudy’s role in the local civil rights struggle and urging the New Orleans City Council to restart the stalled street renaming ...

President Joe Biden in his farewell speech warned of the threat of oligarchy to democracy and freedom. Most would be surprised by the connection between the threat of oligarchy that the president ...

Editor’s Note: This is the third installment of Civil Discourse, a column where columnists Helen Nguyen and Addison Walsh share their perspectives on a political story or event covered by The Heights.

For Janet Whaley, the American Civil War was never more real as when she held in her hands the discharge papers of one Elias Whaley, a Union soldier in the 11th Indiana Zouaves. Elias was her ...

It is no surprise that President Donald Trump’s attorney general nominee is being opposed by Democrats. Surprisingly, U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions' nomination has invoked the ire of conservatives like ...

The spirit of Veterans Day came upon me a little early this year -- Aug. 18 at 11 a.m., to be exact. At that moment I was mingling with about 30 relatives in the middle of a country cemetery under a ...

I can’t believe Denzel Washington hasn’t played one particular early civil rights hero in a movie yet. I also can’t believe how few people know about this unknown hero’s incredible accomplishments — ...

The title to the Thursday, Feb. 2, 2023, agenda read: City Council Study Session Discussion Regarding the Use of Civil Asset Forfeiture Fund. I would say it was anything but a study session or a ...

Louisiana Fair Housing Action Center alleged in January 2022 that Azalea Garden Properties in Jefferson violated Fair Housing Act laws because of its unnecessary blanket ban on all applicants with any ...