Voices of the Gulf

Co-authored by LaTosha Brown and Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins. Crossposted from Nola.com.

In the next few months, we can redefine how the rest of America -- and the world -- sees New Orleans. [...Read more]

Bayou La Batre, Alabama - Like so many on the Gulf Coast, Ana Chau is dealing with two disasters.

This time last year, she and her husband made their living shucking oysters.  Now they are out of work, their industry crippled indefinitely by the millions of gallons of crude oil and toxic dispersant dumped into the Gulf of Mexico by BP. [...Read more]

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A struggle over the size of New Orleans’ jail could define the city’s future [...Read more]

This weekend James "Catfish" Miller, was hospitalized after falling ill during a boat ride in the Gulf of Mexico.  A commercial shrimper from D'Iberville, Mississippi, Catfish is certain his illness was caused by chemical dispersants sprayed on the Gulf in response to the BP oil disaster. [...Read more]

By John Wathen.  Cross-posted from BP Slick. 

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Experts, fishermen and residents disagree with federal agencies' claims that the Gulf and its seafood are safe. By Dahr Jamail, Al Jazeera English  [...Read more]

I first met JJ Creppel last summer while standing in the checkout line of the Buras Dollar Store. It’s one of the few places in this Louisiana fishing town deep down in the bayou where you can buy basic groceries and milk. Nearly all the other stores were destroyed five years ago in the monster storm that roared through here and leveled this community of 5,000 people. [...Read more]

By Barry Yeoman.  Crossposted from OnEarth.org [...Read more]

By Kate Rogers, Crossposted from The NonProfit Times [...Read more]