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In New Orleans, the news of church closures has not been taken well.
Tags: Archdiocese, Church closings, churches, Harold Baquet, New Orleans, Our Lady of Good Counsel, Poppy Z. Brite, SE Louisiana, St. Henry's, vigil
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This indefatigable 53-year-old mom has shown that it is the average citizen—not government—that’s leading the recovery of New Orleans.
Tags: blogger, Common Knowledge, Karen Gadbois, New Orleanian of the Year, New Orleans, NOAH, NOLABlogger, SE Louisiana, Squandered Heritage
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‘Tis the Season
December 1, 2008 at 8:11 pm By: Loki Post a comment
During the holidays, the empty chairs remind us of the displaced.
Tags: community, Displacement, Gulf Coast, New Orleans, population, SE Louisiana
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James Livingston of City-Works on how community drives rebuilding efforts in the Crescent City.
Tags: City-Works, New Orleans, sustainability community
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St. Charles Avenue, underneath one of the ubiquitous “Evacuation Route” signs.
Tags: Evacuation Route, New Orleans, photo, SE Louisiana, St.Charles
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New Orleans has been rated number three in the world for brutal, homicidal violence.
Tags: crime, Helen Hill, Jessica Hawk, New Orleans, poverty, Race, violent crime
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Events that will greatly enhance your understanding of the aftermath of Katrina, Rita, and the failure of the New Orleans levees.
Tags: 23 Feet in 12 Minutes, Band on the Run in New Orleans, Best Music Writing 2008, Broooklyn, Deanna Pacelli, events, fundraiser, Gulf Coast, Joseph Rodríguez, Kadir van Lohuizen, Larry Blumenfeld, Mari Brown, Nelson George, New Orleans, New York City, photgraphs, powerHouse, Stanley Greene, Still Here: Stories After Katrina, stories, The Bubble Lounge, The Half King, Those Who Fell Through the Cracks
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One of the biggest problems in the wake of disasters such as hurricanes Katrina and Gustav is communicating the facts and severity of the situation.
Tags: advertising, engagement, Gulf Coast, Hurricane Gustav, hurricane ike, Hurricane Katrina, Hurricane Rita, levee failure, media, New Orleans
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A breakdown of the recent New Orleans school board candidates forum, along with background on the candidates.
Tags: New Orleans, school board elections, school facilities master plan
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NOLA to NYC: The Sequel
September 20, 2008 at 10:19 pm By: Loki Post a comment
Recalling the events of three years ago: a conversation between refugees in lower Manhattan.
Tags: Evacuation, Hurricane Katrina, Memories, New Orleans, NOLA
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Well, Bert, it sounds like you don’t live on the Gulf Coast to me. The fact that investigations are...
Bert, It has actually been almost 4 years. time flies when your rebuilding an entire City.
It’s been two years… get over it. Time to take stock of what you have been given. All that aid...
It will be a good work by the engineers if they have restored the wetlands. —- sathyan louisiana...
The problem is not what happened after but what was done before with government and institutions...
Laura, the answer to that is simple: the Gulf Coast is populated with a lot of conservative white...
Well, Laura I must confess that I have never quite understood voting patterns here in the Deep South. In...
Loki, why do you think the majority of the coastal states voted for McCain, given Bush’s sad...
One should never rely on the Corps of Engineers to do anything efficiently. Too bad we’ve come to...
Funny…when we lived in NYC for four years, I knew that we would eventually move back to New...