Yesterday the journalist Dahr Jamail appeared on the news show Democracy Now! to discuss fishermen's ongoing concerns about oil and dispersants in the Gulf.
The boat ride, out, from Lafitte, Louisiana, Sunday, May 23, 2010, to our fishing grounds was not unlike any other I have taken in my life, as a commercial fisherman from this area. I have made the trip thousands of times in my 35 plus years shrimping and crabbing. A warm breeze in my face, it is a typical Louisiana summer day. 3 people were with me, my wife Tracy, Ian Wren, and our grandson, Scottie. I was so
In the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Katrina I became the director for the Mississippi Coast Interfaith Disaster Task Force and was thrown headlong into disaster recovery work.
Gulfport native and Pulitzer Prize winning poet Natasha Trethewey wrote a moving op-ed in the NY Times today, "Our Loss, Through The Eye of The Storm." Here's an excerpt:
I wanted to share this blog entry from the Expedition Blue Planet team. I was fortunate to spend some time with them on the boat with "Catfish", Danny and Mark.
Thank you for letting me understand homelessness, living without power, without television, without cool air in the heat. Thank you for letting me understand hunger, the pleasure of dry clean clothes and the relief of place to sleep.
Thank you for letting me understand the deep and overwhelming sadness when forces, beyond our personal control, take the loved, the familiar, the usual.
This week, the New York Times green blog covered the Gulf restoration planning process, announced by President Obama in his June 15th Oval office address, and headed up by Navy Secretary (and former MS Gov) Ray Mabus. The Gulf Restoration Network, and many other Gulf Coast Fund
For Gulf residents, the BP oil spill has made the problem of unchecked corporate power painfully clear.
The boat ride, out, from Lafitte, Louisiana, Sunday, May 23, 2010, to our fishing grounds was not unlike any other I have taken in my life, as a commercial fisherman from this area. I have made the trip thousands of times in my 35 plus years shrimping and crabbing. A warm breeze in my face, it is a typical Louisiana summer day. 3 people were with me, my wife Tracy, Ian Wren, and our grandson, Scottie. I was so 
By Roberta Avila
Gulfport native and Pulitzer Prize winning poet Natasha Trethewey wrote a moving op-ed in the NY Times today, "
This week, the New York Times green blog 
