Progress Perspectives
Our staff, board members, and College Fellows regularly write about the issues that are important to them, the state, and its people. Below you will find perspectives on everything from auto insurance to taxation to artificial intelligence, and more.
The Times Picayune: Melissa Flournoy: Backward-looking leadership drives our children from Louisiana
By: Melissa Flournoy
Do you want to know why young people are leaving Louisiana and moving to more progressive cities? They want to plan for the future, not cling to the past; they want rights to health care, education and respect for all people and races.
They want good-paying jobs and a high quality of life. They want to embrace the future.
The Advocate: Melissa Flournoy—Abortion ruling will force us to face responsibilities to babies, children
By: Melissa Flournoy
Louisiana advocates continue to fight for access to reproductive health care. Nearly 80% of Louisiana voters support abortion for victims of rape and incest and for women who need to terminate a pregnancy because of health reasons, including ectopic pregnancies or fetal anomalies.
The total ban on abortion is too extreme.