Faimon Roberts

2 days ago | theadvocate.com | Faimon Roberts

The picture really says it all. In grainy, faded tones, it shows a group of people on what appears to be a school bus. They are Vietnamese refugees, packed in with a stack of boxes behind them, likely containing everything they owned. The picture was taken by a Times-Picayune photographer in December 1975, just months after the communist North Vietnamese army overwhelmed the U.S.-backed counterparts in the south, forcing approximately one million Vietnamese to flee.

1 week ago | nola.com | Faimon Roberts

Three months in, Sid Edwards is still a political rookie. The coach-turned-candidate-turned-mayor-president has gone from leading his Istrouma High football team into the playoffs last fall to running the state's most-populous parish, a job with its share of pitfalls — and political pitbulls — just waiting for him to stumble. They didn't have to wait long.

2 weeks ago | nola.com | Faimon Roberts

Don't mess with libraries. At least, not if you want to win at the polls in Louisiana. That's one of the takeaways from the March 29 election, which most notably saw the stern defeat of four constitutional amendments that were heartily endorsed by Gov. Jeff Landry. There has been plenty of Monday morning quarterbacking about the reasons behind the amendments' flaccid performance before voters who had previously seemed to be largely in lockstep with Landry and his allies on this one.

3 weeks ago | nola.com | Faimon Roberts

Well, that was something. On Saturday, Louisiana voters batted aside four attempts to amend the state constitution, rejecting a late push from Gov. Jeff Landry, who championed the measures, especially Amendment 2, which would have rewritten significant sections dealing with taxes and revenue.

1 month ago | nola.com | Faimon Roberts

Monterey is a tiny unincorporated community on the banks of Black River Lake, a sinewy oxbow nestled in Concordia Parish about 25 miles southwest of Natchez. It's in the heart of Louisiana's prime agricultural zone, surrounded by some of the most fertile soil in the state. So unless you really like to farm or bass fish, you probably haven't been to Monterey. And if you like drinking water from the tap, it might be best to stay away. Its obscurity may not last long, however.