flood of 2016
October 10, 2016
The Advocate’s editorial board says that while New Orleans’ recovery from Hurricane Katrina is rightly celebrated across America, several mistakes occurred that made it harder for poor families to recover from the flooding that devastated the city.
October 3, 2016
The catastrophic floods that hit the Baton Rouge region in August did not discriminate, hitting rich, poor and middle class neighborhoods all the same.
September 14, 2016
New U.S. Census data on poverty provides an opportunity for both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump to have a deeper discussion about how to maintain and enhance anti-poverty programs that are proven to work.
August 31, 2016
Louisiana’s gas tax has been unchanged since 1990, and has lost much of its purchasing power since then because of inflation.