“The storm didn’t discriminate, and neither will the recovery effort.” As soon as George W. Bush said those words, we knew it was a lie.…
Pronounce the dot.
“The storm didn’t discriminate, and neither will the recovery effort.” As soon as George W. Bush said those words, we knew it was a lie.…
In the recovery planning efforts that followed the flooding of New Orleans, we often heard the mantra that we need to have “the community involved…
What’s in an Acronym I work at an HBCU. That acronym is not recognized by my spellchecker, nor was it in my vocabulary until I…
I’ll take this article with a grain of salt, but I did find the parenthetical explanation of the racial politics of capitalization helpful. Readers frequently…
Dear Persephone, On the first of this month, as we were riding the bicycle on our way home from a meeting, I heard you exclaim,…
We went to a release party for the new issue of The Trumpet last night. I remember attending some of the first meetings of the…
http://www.flickr.com/photos/derek_b/ / CC BY 2.0 This passage in a news story caught my eye. Mary Rickard for Reuters: Along with a championship team, New Orleans…
The recent news from the North Shore, about an initiation into the Ku Klux Klan that turned into murder, holds a certain sick fascination for…
I’ve articulated some of my thoughts on the election, yet I see I have left some important stuff out. For one thing, although I’ve been…
Yesterday I posted some thoughts on a panel discussion, but I forgot that I had a written version of my opening statement which I might…
Many people on campus today are wearing black in support of the Jena Six. I’m reminded of my high school days in Greenwood, Indiana. We…
I was hanging out with the neighbors across the street one evening, about a month ago. I was mostly talking to this older gentleman, a…
I couldn’t take in anymore. Having hair in the summer heat just sucks. Plus, I was no longer looking my usual devilishly attractive self. So…
Last night I stopped by the Parkway for a sandwich and a glass of wine, on my way to a meeting. I sat at the…
On Sunday, April 22nd, I noticed a number of orange notices posted on houses on Bienville, some on the 3000 block, some on the 3200…
I just got called “white boy” as I rode my bike past the Iberville projects: “White boy! White boy! Come here!” Just like old times.…
I’m skeptical of the polls on the upcoming New Orleans elections. It’s difficult to conduct an accurate poll under our current circumstances. I’ve seen at…
We have neighbors again! We’ve been the only people living for blocks in any direction, but now there are some Mexican guys living in the…
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…
Xy and I had a great breakfast at Slim Goodie’s. We were talking with an Irish grandma (with brogue!) and her daughter and baby granddaughter,…