www.theadvocate.com - RSS Results /search/?a=d22734fe-da4e-11e9-81e5-27e322674bbf&f=rss&sd=desc www.theadvocate.com - RSS Results TNCMS 1.94.2 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification 30 Will Sutton: New Orleans officials made a strategic mistake in latest scuffle with state We’ve been through a lot in recent weeks. There’s been some head-spinning, toe-tapping, neck-throwing, lip-smacking moments as the guv, the AG, the mayor, the DA and City Council members pointed, posted, pulled, pushed and shouted about and at each other… Wed, 29 Jul 2026 13:00:00 -0500 http://www.theadvocate.com/tncms/asset/editorial/8e31a361-7ddd-5cdc-8999-c7200fa44d25 /baton_rouge/opinion/will-sutton-mistake-new-orleans-calvin-duncan/article_8e31a361-7ddd-5cdc-8999-c7200fa44d25.html BY WILL SUTTON | Staff columnist Will Sutton: Welcome Cleo Fields back to a place where he shouldn't be U.S. Rep. Cleo Fields campaigned and earned the title of congressman twice in his career. And he’s lost the title twice. Fri, 24 Jul 2026 11:00:00 -0500 http://www.theadvocate.com/tncms/asset/editorial/ed76cbdd-0286-5f4e-8ff5-2d396844a543 /baton_rouge/opinion/will-sutton-cleo-fields/article_ed76cbdd-0286-5f4e-8ff5-2d396844a543.html BY WILL SUTTON | Staff columnist Will Sutton: Nolan Wells’ death strikes a chord when you’ve been the only Black person in a room Nolan Wells has been laid to rest, but the court of public opinion is not at rest. Tue, 21 Jul 2026 12:15:00 -0500 http://www.theadvocate.com/tncms/asset/editorial/5c03cebb-4a29-57cd-802d-c5617e94c8ff /baton_rouge/opinion/nolan-wells-death-opinion/article_5c03cebb-4a29-57cd-802d-c5617e94c8ff.html BY WILL SUTTON | Staff columnist Will Sutton: Legislature, governor want New Orleans to play by the same rules — until they don’t So many of us have focused so much on the Orleans Parish judicial cuts passed by the Louisiana Legislature and signed into law by Gov. Jeff Landry that I think most of us missed the drama behind Act 748. Fri, 17 Jul 2026 13:00:00 -0500 http://www.theadvocate.com/tncms/asset/editorial/32223c9f-3613-5ffe-8d06-9d82d6cb7bc6 /baton_rouge/opinion/governor-new-orleans-legislature-opinion/article_32223c9f-3613-5ffe-8d06-9d82d6cb7bc6.html BY WILL SUTTON | Staff columnist Will Sutton: Louisiana Haitians are caught in a federal flurry of deportation decisions A short time ago, the U.S. Supreme Court decided that the Trump administration can send thousands of people home to their native countries. Actually, we’re talking more than 1 million people. Those potentially affected include 300, 000 to 350,000 Haitians,… Wed, 15 Jul 2026 05:00:00 -0500 http://www.theadvocate.com/tncms/asset/editorial/32ff4e7a-f821-5636-8152-1471f619ecdd /baton_rouge/opinion/haitians-louisiana-deportation-will-sutton-opinion/article_32ff4e7a-f821-5636-8152-1471f619ecdd.html BY WILL SUTTON | Staff columnist Will Sutton: An improved Essence Festival deserves financial investment The early reports about the Essence Festival of Culture are in, and the multiple-event was far better than the 2025 fest. Fri, 10 Jul 2026 09:25:00 -0500 http://www.theadvocate.com/tncms/asset/editorial/bfb76fa8-bab3-53b5-97eb-c0230f208105 /baton_rouge/opinion/new-orleans-essence-fest/article_bfb76fa8-bab3-53b5-97eb-c0230f208105.html BY WILL SUTTON | Staff columnist Will Sutton: New Orleans’ French Quarter problems were too much for Essence Festival ‘essies’ The unexpected Saturday night French Quarter explosion disrupted the fun of some fest-goers at Essence Fest, columnist Will Sutton argues. Wed, 08 Jul 2026 07:00:00 -0500 http://www.theadvocate.com/tncms/asset/editorial/ce96ee28-172b-5791-b2b3-fb755b61f665 /baton_rouge/opinion/will-sutton-essence-fest-french-quarter-explosion/article_ce96ee28-172b-5791-b2b3-fb755b61f665.html BY WILL SUTTON | Staff columnist Will Sutton: Essence is back. Not the festival. The magazine. Another way to say they love Louisiana Essence was a monthly in my youth days. It became a six-times-a-year publication, then a quarterly publication. Fri, 03 Jul 2026 09:30:00 -0500 http://www.theadvocate.com/tncms/asset/editorial/d070eef0-e118-511a-aa43-a6f0575da9fc /baton_rouge/opinion/essence-the-magazine-is-back/article_d070eef0-e118-511a-aa43-a6f0575da9fc.html BY WILL SUTTON | Staff columnist Will Sutton: For Essence Fest, here’s where to see Black culture, Black excellence in New Orleans I love the Essence Festival of Culture. The annual July event provides so much pleasure — and, as Frankie Beverly would say, happy feelings. Thu, 02 Jul 2026 13:00:00 -0500 http://www.theadvocate.com/tncms/asset/editorial/8c8aa92f-9ca4-5c78-816a-8d07640c3f99 /baton_rouge/opinion/get-out-see-black-new-orleans-while-here-for-essence/article_8c8aa92f-9ca4-5c78-816a-8d07640c3f99.html BY WILL SUTTON | Staff columnist Will Sutton: These two Democrats would vote for John Fleming for U.S. Senate. Here’s why. This is the first time in a long, long time since Louisiana voters have voted in closed party primaries, and Saturday they’re voting in a closed voter primary runoff in two races to succeed U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy. Sat, 27 Jun 2026 06:00:00 -0500 http://www.theadvocate.com/tncms/asset/editorial/04beafe4-beac-52cb-b489-547d35da005f /baton_rouge/opinion/john-fleming-julia-letlow-senate-race/article_04beafe4-beac-52cb-b489-547d35da005f.html BY WILL SUTTON | Staff columnist