Opinions

Commentary, editorials, and perspectives on the issues shaping business and the community across the Capital Region.

Alford: Louisiana voting clouded in mystery for now

In between hurricanes over the past week or so, and in the wake of...

Alford: Emergency election plan brings tears, hate mail 

"Madam chairwoman and members, I don't think any of you would want to be...

What’s your DEI strategy?

Three key elements to include while developing a DEI strategy in order to ensure your focus is intentional and effective.

JR Ball: Baton Rouge will have a mayor’s race after all

Steve Carter's surprise entry into the mayor's race instantly made him the most serious threat to Sharon Weston Broome’s reelection chances.

Riegel: Battling the pandemic in a post-truth era

With a full-scale, global crisis on our hands, the reality of what it means to dispute reality is, well, downright dystopian in the post-truth era.

Publisher: Stop the world, I want to get off

Facing the world each day in a mask, 6 feet away from anyone I encounter, I read and watch the national and local news and wonder, “What’s going on? When will sanity return?”
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Alford: Was Monroe mayoral race an electoral wakeup call?

Earlier this month, before he was sworn into office for the very first time,...

JR Ball: What’s in a name? Power

Trust on both sides is a must if we're ever going to erase the Baton Rouge racial divide. Removing the remaining vestiges of the Lost Cause Confederacy is a good place to start. 

Riegel: Trying to make sense of the new decade

The decade opened with LSU football winning the national title but not much has gone right since then, writes Stephanie Riegel.

Tyson: A moment of racial reckoning for Baton Rouge

The racial justice activism unfolding around the world is cause for cautious optimism and sober reflection, but it's meaningless without facing the truth.
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