Friday, August 31, 2012

Mayor and Police Chief Still Silent in Response to NYPD spying in New Orleans

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This article originally appeared in Louisiana Weekly . Editor’s Note: Documents recently uncovered by Associated Press reveal that the ...
Thursday, August 30, 2012

Seven Years After Katrina, A Divided City, By Jordan Flaherty

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A version of this article originally appeared on TruthOut.org .   Seven years after Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans has become a nati...
Friday, August 24, 2012

Katrina Pain Index 2012: 7 Years After, By Bill Quigley and Davida Finger

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1          Rank of New Orleans in fastest growing US cities between 2010 and 2011.  Source: Census Bureau. 1          Rank of New Orle...
Friday, August 17, 2012

Is It Time For The Bounce Vote?

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New Orleans hip-hop artist Tenth Ward Buck , a legendary New Orleans bounce music artist, announced today that he has qualified for a spo...
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Tuesday, August 14, 2012

Unprecedented, Massive Cuts Devastate University of New Orleans

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While barely covered in the local media, the University of New Orleans is facing another round of brutal and devastating cuts, quickly t...
Wednesday, August 8, 2012

Coalition of Black and Latina Women, Women from Arizona, Demand Sheriff Stop Submitting to Immigration Hold Requests

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From our friends at the Congress of Day Laborers : A delegation of undocumented women from Arizona will join local immigrants and civil...
Monday, August 6, 2012

New Policy at Charter School in Delhi Louisiana Forces Out Students Suspected of Pregnancy

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NOTE: See below for update. From our friends at the ACLU of Louisiana : The ACLU issued a letter today to the administration at Delhi...
Friday, July 27, 2012

Urban Bush Women Summer Leadership Institute Concludes This Weekend With Festival of Performance

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Urban Bush Women have returned to New Orleans for another of their legendary Summer Leadership Institutes . This summer's theme is ce...
Thursday, July 26, 2012

Community Profile: Brenda Williams of VOTE

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After attending an “outstanding” presentation that VOTE sponsored at Ashé Cultural Arts Center in Central City, Miss Brenda Williams wa...
Monday, July 16, 2012

Creating Excellent Schools is not the Same as Creating Excellent School Systems, by Dr. Lance Hill

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Republished from Diane Ravitch's blog : Charter schools that perform better by recruiting and retaining better students don’t exi...
Friday, July 13, 2012

Homelessness, Displacement, Evictions . . . This Sounds Familiar, By Hannah Adams

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There are a number of obvious parallels between housing needs in New Orleans after the 2005 hurricanes and housing needs in Haiti afte...
Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Junebug Productions Welcomes Stephanie McKee as New Artistic Director

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From our friends at Junebug Productions : The Board of Directors of Junebug Productions, Inc. is pleased to announce the appointment ...
Tuesday, July 3, 2012

Beasts of the Southern Wild, A Hollywood Film With Roots on Louisiana’s Disappearing Coast, Opens Tomorrow

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Earlier versions of this article originally were distributed via Agence France Presse , and in Louisiana Weekly . The Gulf Coast loses a f...
Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Backlash Mounts as the Louisiana Supreme Court Prepares to Seat First Black Chief Justice

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From a press release sent out today: Justice Bernette Joshua Johnson , who has served as an Associate Justice on the Louisiana Supre...
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Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Structurally Unemployed Workers Deliver Juneteenth Proclamation to City of New Orleans

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From our friends at the New Orleans Workers' Center for Racial Justice : Stand with Dignity Commemorated Juneteenth by delivering a...

Newly Formed Observer Group to Monitor Today’s Oil Lease Auction

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From our friends at Louisiana Bucket Brigade :   Khaki Vests and Citizen Monitor Buttons Identify Oil Monitoring Group Fifteen Citizen M...
Tuesday, June 19, 2012

Celebrate Juneteenth

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A Juneteenth Message from our friends at Critical Resistance : Tuesday, June 19, marked Juneteenth, the commemoration of the end of for...
Monday, June 11, 2012

Women With A Vision Opens at Temporary New Space, Launches Blog to Document Progress on Recovery After Arson

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This message comes from our friends at Women With A Vision : Dear friends and family,  With the fire at Women With A Vision now t...