MITCH LANDRIEU

POLITICS
'Way Stuck On Stupid': Former New Orleans Mayor Shreds Donald Trump
By Lee Moran
Mitch Landrieu also said "no mayor in America" would "ever think about shutting down the government."
BLACK VOICES
Man Posts 'Slaves 4 Sale' Sign Next To Confederate Flag To Prove He's No Racist
By David Moye
Spoiler alert: His reasoning doesn't really make sense.
GREEN
When Will We Start Expecting Extreme Weather, And Planning For It?
By Rosemary Westwood, Contributor
Columnist and Writer
We cannot claim surprise any longer.
U.S. NEWS
Louisiana, With Terrible Memories Of Katrina 12 Years Ago, Braces For Harvey
By Sebastian Murdock
“It’s going to be a tough couple of days for us,” New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu said.
POLITICS
Mayors Have Message For Donald Trump: If You Won’t Lead U.S. Climate Fight, We Will
By Dominique Mosbergen
Mayors of more than 1,400 cities passed resolutions this week supporting a transition to 100 percent renewable energy and other climate initiatives.
POLITICS
Addressing Our Tortured History, One Monument At A Time
By David Tolbert, Contributor
ICTJ President
The failure to acknowledge our past goes well beyond New Orleans and Louisiana, as racial injustice continues to reside in virtually every aspect of American life.
POLITICS
Baltimore Mayor Says City Will 'Look To' Remove Confederate Monuments
By Rebecca Shapiro
"We will take a closer look at how we go about following in the footsteps of New Orleans."
POLITICS
Doing The Right Thing Shouldn’t Be This Remarkable
By Emily Peck
Leaders with integrity are hard to find in 2017. It's not just Donald Trump's fault.
BLACK VOICES
Watch The Speech That Should End The Confederate Monuments Debate For Good
By Christopher Mathias
New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu's address makes it even harder to defend statues honoring the "cult of the Lost Cause."
BLACK VOICES
New Orleans Mayor: Death Threats Won't Stop Us From Taking Down Confederate Monuments
By Christopher Mathias
Mitch Landrieu says threats from white supremacists won't stop the city from removing monuments celebrating hate.
POLITICS
New Orleans Begins Tearing Down Confederate Statues
By Hayley Miller
A statue honoring white supremacists who killed members of the city's post-Civil War integrated police force was the first to come down.
POLITICS
Defending Robert E. Lee
By Barry D. Wood, Contributor
Washington-based writer and broadcaster
Many episodes of history are distasteful when judged by today's standards but that does not mean they should be airbrushed
IMPACT
Ramping Up the Problem Solving Capacity of Cities
By James Anderson, Contributor
Leads the Bloomberg Philanthropies Government Innovation Programs
The more than 400 mayors descended upon Paris' Hôtel de Ville to send a strong message during this month's climate talks: Cities have emerged as major drivers of innovation and action in global efforts to confront climate change.
CRIME
17 People Injured In Shootout At New Orleans Playground
"I am disheartened and I am outraged at an unbelievable level," said New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu.
IMPACT
Can this Unconventional Crime Prevention System Actually Work?
By Ryan Duffy, Contributor
Journalist, producer and entrepreneur; Executive Producer & Ho...
We first heard of Sidney Torres and the French Quarter Task Force when he started to get some press early this summer. We were drawn to it for the same reasons a lot of people were probably writing about it: it sounded completely insane. A rich trash mogul in New Orleans is playing Bruce Wayne, running a private crime-fighting detail in the streets of the French Quarter? Really??
POLITICS
New Orleans Mayor Avoids House Arrest In Battle Over Firefighter Pay
A last-minute action by the Louisiana Supreme Court saved Mitch Landrieu from being confined to his home this weekend.
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