Did you know the Jesuits were some of the largest slaveholders in colonial America? Our guest in this episode is Rachel L. Swarns, author of The 272: The Families Who Were Enslaved And Sold to Build the American Catholic Church. We...
Louisiana
The Author’s Corner with Robert Mann
Robert Mann holds the Manship Endowed Chair in Journalism at Louisiana State University’s Manship School of Mass Communication. This interview is based on his new book, Kingfish U: Huey Long and LSU (LSU Press, 2023). JF: What led you to...
The Author’s Corner with Kevin McQueeney
Kevin McQueeney is Assistant Professor of History at Nicholls State University. This interview is based on his new book, A City without Care: 300 Years of Racism, Health Disparities, and Health Care Activism in New Orleans (University of North Carolina...
Louisiana College is changing its name to Louisiana Christian University
The Southern Baptist College in Pineville, Louisiana is changing its name. Here is the Associated Press: Louisiana College in Pineville will formally announce its new name — Louisiana Christian University — on Nov. 16 during a meeting of the Louisiana...
Sen. Bill Cassidy: “I voted to convict former President Trump because he is guilty.”
Here is a taste of Senator Bill Cassidy’s op-ed in The Advocate, Louisiana’s largest newspaper: Rather than defending the Constitution, President Trump was actively subverting the peaceful transfer of power, which is a bedrock principle of the Constitution. I voted...
Louisiana GOP denounces Sen. Bill Cassidy
Louisiana senator Bill Cassidy voted to support the constitutionality of Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial on Tuesday. The Louisiana Republican Party is not happy with him. (Some of you recall that a similar thing happened to Ben Sasse in Nebraska)....