Last week, the Southern Regional and Louisiana Offices of the Children’s Defense Fund (CDF) sent a delegation of over 140 people to Washingt...

This Wednesday, more than a hundred New Orleanians (as well as two brass bands and several other performers) demonstrated outside the Hale B...

This Wednesday, a wide coalition of organizations has organized a rally to support the public option in health care reform. The rally will b...

This morning the Louisiana Justice Institute, as a part of our Project Transparency campaign, received a copy of the Transition Report of t...

Over the weekend, tens of thousands of angry protesters gathered in Washington DC in a demonstration that was largely organized by Fox News...

Pressure is heating up on St. Bernard Parish . An editorial in Saturday's Times Picayune says it all: "St. Bernard Parish's h...

Last week, the Louisiana Justice Institute won our battle in the Louisiana State Supreme Court, against New Orleans City Council efforts to ...

Sign-On Letter for Local and National Relief Organizations and Volunteer Groups (To add your name to the list of signers, please email StBer...

(To add your name to the list of signers, please email StBernardParishLetter@gmail.com) September 14, 2009 via facsimile: 278.4209 St. Berna...

The Sunday Times-Picayune, in a front page story , reports that Federal agents have been investigating the New Orleans Police Department, is...

Tomorrow is Labor Day, a holiday that was popularized as a substitute for the more radical international worker’s rights commemorations on M...

The touring production of the Broadway show The Color Purple , produced by Oprah Winfrey, has announced that they will be raising money for...

Last night, Congressman Cao faced hard questioning from a room of New Orleanians, and most of the smaller-than-expected crowd of about 60 wa...

Congressman Anh “Joseph” Cao, who dodged last week’s Community Conversation on Health Care , has announced a public health care forum for to...

August 29, 2009 Atlanta, Georgia Speech to Katrina Citizens Leadership Corps on the 4th Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina Good morning. Th...

The battle over the future of Charity Hospital has just taken an exciting new turn. On Monday, August 31, more than a thousand people march...

More than two hundred New Orleanians gathered together on Friday, August 28, to commemorate the struggles our communities have been through ...

If you’re not with us, are you against us? Where do Louisiana Democrats stand on healthcare reform? Why are members of Louisiana’s congressi...

Once again, decisions that will affect the future of all New Orleanians are being decided behind closed doors. A post last week on SaveChari...

The National Healthcare Reform Bill has sparked widespread political frenzie s across the nation, once again drawing major attention to “Ma...