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On the fifth anniversary of Katrina, displacement continues
by Jordan Flaherty Sunni Patterson, whose poems and songs voice the soul of New Orleans, was pushed out the city she loves by the racially discriminatory Road Home program that has prevented her from...
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Prosecution rests case in Danziger trial
by Jordan Flaherty New Orleanians who have long complained about police terrorism and impunity are seeing NOPD’s crimes laid bare in the Danziger trial. The prosecution rested its case last week in the...
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Six years after Katrina, the battle for New Orleans continues
Political power has shifted to whites, but Blacks have not given up their struggle for a voice – and justice by Jordan Flaherty New Orleans police arrest a man on the Danziger Bridge Sept. 4, 2005,...
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Two years after the BP drilling disaster, Gulf residents fear for the future
by Jordan Flaherty Art Rocker, who chairs Operation People for Peace, and Dr. E. Faye Williams, chair of the National Congress of Black Women, lead a march with hundreds of protestors in front of the...
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Seven years after Katrina, a divided city
by Jordan Flaherty Terry Dickson walks through New Orleans’ Lower 9th Ward as Hurricane Isaac approaches. – Photo: David J. Phillips Seven years after Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans has become a...
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One year after Haiti earthquake, corporations profit while people suffer
by Jordan Flaherty One year after an earthquake devastated Haiti, much of the promised relief and reconstruction aid has not reached those most in need. In fact, the nation’s tragedy has served as an...
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The Black mayor of Waterproof, Louisiana, has spent nearly a year behind bars...
Race and politics in a rural Louisiana town attract national attention by Jordan Flaherty A legal dispute in the rural Louisiana town of Waterproof has attracted the attention of national civil rights...
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On the fifth anniversary of Katrina, displacement continues
by Jordan Flaherty Poet Sunni Patterson is one of New Orleans’ most beloved artists. She has performed in nearly every venue in the city, toured the U.S., and frequently appears on television and...
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One year after Haiti earthquake, corporations profit while people suffer
by Jordan Flaherty One year after an earthquake devastated Haiti, much of the promised relief and reconstruction aid has not reached those most in need. In fact, the nation’s tragedy has served as an...
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The Black mayor of Waterproof, Louisiana, has spent nearly a year behind bars...
Race and politics in a rural Louisiana town attract national attention by Jordan Flaherty A legal dispute in the rural Louisiana town of Waterproof has attracted the attention of national civil rights...
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Prosecution rests case in Danziger trial
by Jordan Flaherty The prosecution rested its case last week in the Danziger Bridge police violence trial with one final witness testimony, perhaps the most moving. Lesha Bartholomew, who was 17 at the...
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Six years after Katrina, the battle for New Orleans continues
Political power has shifted to whites, but Blacks have not given up their struggle for a voice – and justice by Jordan Flaherty As this weekend’s storm has reminded us, hurricanes can be a threat to...
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Two years after the BP drilling disaster, Gulf residents fear for the future
by Jordan Flaherty On April 20, 2010, a reckless attitude towards the safety of the Gulf Coast by BP, as well as Transocean and Halliburton, caused a well to blow out 5,000 feet below the surface of...
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Seven years after Katrina, a divided city
by Jordan Flaherty Seven years after Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans has become a national laboratory for government reforms. But the process through which those experiments have been carried out rarely...
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On the fifth anniversary of Katrina, displacement continues
by Jordan Flaherty Poet Sunni Patterson is one of New Orleans’ most beloved artists. She has performed in nearly every venue in the city, toured the U.S., and frequently appears on television and...
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One year after Haiti earthquake, corporations profit while people suffer
by Jordan Flaherty One year after an earthquake devastated Haiti, much of the promised relief and reconstruction aid has not reached those most in need. In fact, the nation’s tragedy has served as an...
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The Black mayor of Waterproof, Louisiana, has spent nearly a year behind bars...
Race and politics in a rural Louisiana town attract national attention by Jordan Flaherty A legal dispute in the rural Louisiana town of Waterproof has attracted the attention of national civil rights...
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Prosecution rests case in Danziger trial
by Jordan Flaherty The prosecution rested its case last week in the Danziger Bridge police violence trial with one final witness testimony, perhaps the most moving. Lesha Bartholomew, who was 17 at the...
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Six years after Katrina, the battle for New Orleans continues
Political power has shifted to whites, but Blacks have not given up their struggle for a voice – and justice by Jordan Flaherty As this weekend’s storm has reminded us, hurricanes can be a threat to...
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Two years after the BP drilling disaster, Gulf residents fear for the future
by Jordan Flaherty On April 20, 2010, a reckless attitude towards the safety of the Gulf Coast by BP, as well as Transocean and Halliburton, caused a well to blow out 5,000 feet below the surface of...
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