In the shadow of Sunday’s Super Bowl, Baltimore Raven Ray Lewis has received a lot of press surrounding a questionable spray he may have used to heal an injury faster than usual. Times-Picayune columnist Jarvis DeBerry writes that whether or not Lewis used an illegal substance, the conversation does illuminate a larger issue. If you’re…

Martin Luther King Jr. could be a terrifying man to those who enjoyed the status quo during his lifetime. Times-Picayune columnist Jarvis DeBerry writes that people should remember that people who effect change in the world often have tunnel vision that makes other people uncomfortable, even if their goal is respectable. As we commemorate the…

Times-Picayune columnist Jarvis DeBerry writes that, thanks to Hurricane Katrina, he’s learned what’s really important. As the survivors of Hurricane Sandy end their first holiday weekend after the storm, DeBerry, who lost his own house during Hurricane Katrina, says that Mother Nature’s hand made him stop sweating the small stuff. The storm is more than…

Bernette Johnson has been appointed to the Louisiana Supreme Court as its first black chief justice, but Times-Picayune writer Jarvis DeBerry says the push-back she received should have been avoided. Instead her opponent, state Supreme Court Justice Jeffrey Victory, used old, racist ideas to try to block her path.  Louisiana had rigged the system, had…

Earlier this year, a man was asked by his pregnant wife whether he hoped for a boy or a girl. He said this: “I feel more confident in my ability to keep a girl safe. Black boys get shot.” That man was Times-Picayune columnist Jarvis DeBerry, and his logic has since been proven wrong with…

Last week, a reporter at the New Orleans Times-Picayune wrote a story about the health concerns surrounding poor residents in a housing development beside the Pallas Hotel, which is scheduled for demolition. The photo accompanying the story shows a boy playing with an iPad, an image that infuriated some readers, who wrote in to question…