The Graham-Cassidy bill is atrocious. “Shifting of responsibility” for health care to states simply means fewer federal dollars for most states—but that’s not unexpected. Many Republicans have made it clear that their main focus is to get rid of President Obama’s Affordable Care Act by any means necessary. Unfortunately, this particular proposal doesn’t just repeal […]
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Posted inEducation in America
Charter Schools Insist: Our Teachers Are Public Employees! Or Private Employees! Whichever Means They Can’t Unionize!
A Louisiana case throws this question into federal court.
Posted inEducation in America
Teachers Look to Unionize at Another New Orleans Charter School
The school’s governing board rejected their petition, but the teachers plan to make their charter school the third to unionize in New Orleans.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Right to Counsel for Louisiana’s Indigent Defendants Remains at Risk
Massive cuts to the state’s public-defender budget will only increase the number of low-level defendants awaiting legal representation in overcrowded jails.
Posted inBooks, Arts and Culture
Still Missing New Orleans
When Europe lost the home of Mozart to war, America rebuilt it. When the U.S. lost the home of jazz to flood, it sold it to private speculators.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
The Three Climate Deniers in Congress Whose Districts Will Soon Be Underwater
The Republican representatives of three districts in Louisiana, Maryland, and Virginia that are vulnerable to rising sea level don’t believe 97 percent of climate scientists.
