There’s a climate of anger and anxiety in New Orleans these days, and amongst displaced New Orleanians wherever they are. There’s also a heightened level…
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There’s a climate of anger and anxiety in New Orleans these days, and amongst displaced New Orleanians wherever they are. There’s also a heightened level…
There are three elementary schools opening in the newly formed Algiers Charter School Association. Xy attended a mass meeting the other day and observed that…
If the United States can’t take care of its own, maybe they should sell us back to France.
The New York Times published this editorial today: We are about to lose New Orleans. Whether it is a conscious plan to let the city…
Lately I’ve been posting about my personal experiences post-Katrina. I haven’t written much about the “big picture.” But if you care about me and Xy…
This is an e-mail sent by Sharon Worthy, who I believe was press secretary for Michael Brown of FEMA, on September 4, 2005: From: Worthy,…
New Orleans’ own Andrea Garland has joined Cindy Sheehan out at Bush’s ranch in Crawford, Texas — and she’s blogging on location. Y’all have heard…
The Times-Picayune published an article about the Green Party’s new-found ballot status. I can only assume the crack about the “Anarchist, Cajun and Gypsy parties”…
Today, the Green Party of Louisiana became an officially recognized political party in the state of Louisiana. Here’s to a greener future! On a personal…
We’ve been holding enemy combatants… for 230 years in various facilities. There is nothing punitive about it. This is not a legal proceeding. There is…
I heard a statistic on the radio this morning that got my attention: If Louisiana were a country, it would have the highest incarceration rate…
Seems like there’s always something in the morning paper to make my blood boil. This morning it was a story about a legislator from Slidell…
Hmmmm… Maybe I’ll go to Indiana this summer.
Alas, the new pope is a conservative German guy. The good news is he may not be around long.
I guess it’s a good thing I filed Chapter 7 back in 1997, because it looks like Congress is finally tightening up the bankruptcy laws.…
I’m rooting for Grokster, of course, in the case being argued at Ye Olde Supreme Court today. I mention this mainly because I make use…
Today there was a march in New Orleans as part of the global day of protest against the war in Iraq. It’s been two years…
I met Sunfrog and Viva, two members of the editorial collective for the Fifth Estate, which is the longest-running radical publication in the country. They…
So yesterday a homeless man from Austin had his case against the state of Texas heard before the Supreme Court, and yet none of my…
The Kyoto Protocol goes into effect today. It’s the most biggest environmental accord ever, but the biggest polluter isn’t on board.