Guest Post: Still Falling Between the Cracks: Incarceration, Poverty, and...
Mat Freimuth holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Economy from Tulane University. Discussions of mental illness in the media tend to arise during and only during the aftermath of an act of mass...
View ArticleWorking Toward Decriminalization: Why Having HIV is Not a Crime
On Sunday, Vox put out a report titled “What It’s Like to Have HIV in 2014.” The aim of the report was to highlight some of the pervasive myths about people living with HIV. Here are some highlights:...
View Article5 Reasons Why LGBT People Need to Vote this November
I love politics, so it is no surprise that I’ve been following the upcoming elections very closely. There is just something really enjoyable about following the developing stories, keeping tabs on...
View ArticleThe Affordable Care Act: One Year Later
This time last year, we were circulating information about how the Affordable Care Act could benefit hundreds of thousands of Louisianans. The provisions of the ACA that we were particularly taken...
View ArticleGuest Post: NLC: Recruiting and Training the Next Generation of Progressive...
David Gray and Racheal Hebert serve as the Co-Directors of the Louisiana chapter of the New Leaders Council. Louisiana is consistently cited as one of the best places in the world for amazing food,...
View ArticleMedicaid expansion in Louisiana
As part of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the eligibility of Medicaid was expanded to include nearly all-low income individuals with incomes at or below 138% of the federal poverty level ($27,310 for a...
View ArticleCampus Sexual Assault: A View from Louisiana
Sexual assault on college campuses has gained increased national attention in recent years. Numerous studies have shown that female students are at high risk for experiencing rape and sexual assault...
View ArticleCriminalizing Motherhood: Louisiana, Addiction, and the Undoing of Women’s...
As “pro-life” (or anti-choice) as our state is, you’d think our legislators would be doing all they could to support women during their pregnancies. Passing livable wage laws (or any minimum wage law...
View Article5 things Louisiana must fund for the sake of our future
The first day of the 2015 Louisiana legislative session is two weeks away, and things are already starting to heat up at the Capitol. As the Appropriations Committee continues to meet and discuss the...
View ArticleAnother year, another fight to expand Medicaid
Three bills to expand Medicaid coverage in Louisiana will be heard by the legislature tomorrow. This is one of the most important issues currently facing our state, particularly in light of our...
View ArticleGuest Post: Why Everyone Should Stand with Planned Parenthood and...
Written by Karie Holton Over the past several weeks, Planned Parenthood has been hit with a series of attacks meant to expose and terrorize the organization and those who support it. The attacks range...
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