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They Called It Obsolete | Evans Cutchmore
They Called It Obsolete | Evans Cutchmore
There is a particular cruelty in declaring something obsolete that was never truly built. BREC is preparing to sell eight small parks in Baton Rouge, most of them in North... Read more...
When the Deal Gets Done Before You Know It Exists: Holly Ridge, Hyperion, and Who Pays the Price
When the Deal Gets Done Before You Know It Exists: Holly Ridge, Hyperion, and Who Pays the Price
In December 2024, Meta broke ground in Holly Ridge on a data center it calls Hyperion. At $27 billion and 4 million square feet, it is projected to become the... Read more...
Every American Deserves to Know How Money Works | Evans Cutchmore
Every American Deserves to Know How Money Works | Evans Cutchmore
Financial Power for Life™ started as a high school curriculum, Louisiana Department of Education Personal Finance Clearinghouse-approved, HB 52-compliant, and the first of its kind written by a minority Louisiana... Read more...
Google Is Emailing 13-Year-Olds to Remove Parental Controls | Evans Cutchmore
Google Is Emailing 13-Year-Olds to Remove Parental Controls | Evans Cutchmore
When Google emails the child directly, they are doing more than providing information. They are creating a power dynamic. The child now knows that Google has given them a choice.... Read more...
Rev. Bryant Does Not Speak for Us - The Target Boycott Is Not Over | Evans Cutchmore
Rev. Bryant Does Not Speak for Us - The Target Boycott Is Not Over | Evans Cutchmore
One pastor cannot negotiate away a movement built by millions. Target did not reinstate its DEI programs, did not restore its Supplier Diversity commitments, and confirmed no policies were reversed.... Read more...
Louisiana Changed How You Vote - and Most People Don't Know It Yet | Evans Cutchmore
Louisiana Changed How You Vote - and Most People Don't Know It Yet | Evans Cutchmore
If you vote in Louisiana and haven't checked your voter registration lately, now is the time. Governor Jeff Landry quietly rewrote the primary rules for millions of voters - and... Read more...
New Orleans Needs HB 573. Here’s Why You Should Contact Your Legislator Today.
New Orleans Needs HB 573. Here’s Why You Should Contact Your Legislator Today.
If you live in New Orleans, you already know the story. A main breaks. Water pressure drops. The boil water advisory goes out - sometimes for days. You call SWBNO... Read more...
Two Bills, One Pattern: Louisiana Moves to Dismantle Reentry Infrastructure | Evans Cutchmore
Two Bills, One Pattern: Louisiana Moves to Dismantle Reentry Infrastructure | Evans Cutchmore
Two bills moving through the Louisiana Legislature this session would, taken together, dismantle nearly all of Louisiana's statutory infrastructure for reentry workforce development - and so far, almost no one... Read more...
When the World's Oil Spigot Shuts: What the Strait of Hormuz Crisis Means for Louisiana | Evans Cutchmore
When the World's Oil Spigot Shuts: What the Strait of Hormuz Crisis Means for Louisiana | Evans Cutchmore
On the morning of March 1, 2026, no commercial ships passed through the Strait of Hormuz. Not one. The waterway that carries roughly one-fifth of the world's daily oil supply... Read more...
Why Scalability Isn’t Always the Goal - When Sustainable Beats Explosive Growth | Evans Cutchmore
Why Scalability Isn’t Always the Goal - When Sustainable Beats Explosive Growth | Evans Cutchmore
Scalability has become the gold standard in entrepreneurship, but growth for the sake of growth can break a business that isn’t built to support it. Sometimes the smartest strategy isn’t... Read more...
Domino Sugar: The Sweetest Brand Built on Black Bones | Evans Cutchmore
Domino Sugar: The Sweetest Brand Built on Black Bones | Evans Cutchmore
Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime show featured sugar cane as a cultural celebration, but the symbol tells a darker story about corporate accountability and economic extraction. My latest piece examines... Read more...
I'd Want a Choice: Why New York's Medical Aid in Dying Law Matters | Evans Cutchmore
I'd Want a Choice: Why New York's Medical Aid in Dying Law Matters | Evans Cutchmore
I've never had to watch someone I love die slowly, in pain, with no hope of recovery, until now. A friend who fought cancer for ten years just lost her... Read more...