Andre Perry

Within a week’s time, New Orleans born crooner Frank Ocean released two of the most candid and potentially important documents for a generation. The first…

Charles Babbage said, “The public character of every public servant is legitimate subject of discussion, and his fitness or unfitness for office may be…

“Be Nice or Leave!” is a local adage that can be found almost everywhere in New Orleans on signature signs that are popularized by folk artist Dr. Bob.…

The firings at the Times-Picayune, the slashing of higher education budgets and the assault on local teachers must be placed in a larger context of…

In New Orleans, life expectancy varies by as much as 25 years depending on the zip code. Living just a few miles away constitutes the difference in as…

This week I talked violence on a weekly radio show on a hip-hop/R&B commercial station that dubbed itself the “non-violent station.” The 30-minute segment…

Try to picture 14,000 youth.Fourteen thousand exceeds the number of registered students at Tulane and the University of New Orleans. It’s a greater number…

If our political fights barely rise above the embarrassing displays of violence within the communities that officials are supposedly serving, then it’s…

It’s that time of year when Edward Elgar’s Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 is played to the delight of millions of graduates in high school and college.…

Andre Perry discusses how the New Orleans community can look to our schools for lessons about safety.At memorable points in our lives, we learn the…