"It is outrageous that one year after BP plead guilty to manslaughter, it can now get contracts with our federal government based on BP's promise that it won't tell any more lies..." said Monique Harden, New Orleans resident and Co-director of Advocates for Environmental Human Rights.
"Son, don't let nobody take your watermelon", was a phrase my grandfather used often when I was a kid, referring to something you had of value that others wanted. Sometimes others will try to devalue what you have in an effort to make what they have seem better. Their efforts to make what you have meaningless could be a by-product of envy, greed, jealously or spite.
Industry along Mobile's riverfront. Photo by Karen Savage, flight by Tom Hutchings
“Deep Dialogues” is a series of in-person community conversations, recorded to air on the radio, on topics that matter to New Orleanians. These series is hosted by WTUL News and Views (91.5 FM in New Orleans) and Bridge The Gulf Project, and was made possible by a grant from the Public Insight Network. We hosted three Deep Dialogues in 2013, look out for more in 2014.
A parent advocate says run—don’t walk—from New Orleans-style school choice
By Ashana Bigard, originally posted on EduShyster.com. When I talk about *choice* in New Orleans I use quotations with both fingers and I wink too. Supposedly we have what’s called a *choice model for excellent education* but the reality is that the overwhelming majority of schools in New Orleans now operate the exact same way.
School Superintendent Instructs Adults in Non-Critical Thinking, Which Contributes to Environmental Injustice Originally posted on New American Journal.
The bully on the block will take your lunch money each and every day until you make him stop. You will earn a lot by fighting and losing than by not fighting at all. You will earn respect, love and admiration, even from the person you are fighting, because you did not back down and stood up for yourself. One day that bully will leave you alone because you did not remain invisible and let him know you were there and was coming back the next day for more if necessary.
The recently established Green Army has been raising a lot of eyebrows (and anxiety) in the ranks of the oil and gas industry. “We are under attack from these people, and we have to push back,” explained Louisiana Oil and Gas Association (LOGA) President Don Briggs at the recent State of the Industry Luncheon held in Lafayette.
For months Mobile Area Water & Sewer System (MAWSS) and community groups have been resisting an attempt by Plains company to run a crude oil pipeline through the watershed of the reservoir supplying metro Mobile's water. A recent defeat in the county courthouse confronts MAWSS with a choice about continuing to resist or surrendering to Plains' demand for a pipeline right-of-way across land MAWSS owns in the watershed.
By Trinity and BreakOUT! Crossposted from the BreakOUT! blog. As one of the “trannies” residing in New Orleans, Louisiana I took offense with the statement made by one of the Black actresses I adore and love to watch behind the camera, Gabourey Sidibe, a.k.a.
"Son, don't let nobody take your watermelon", was a phrase my grandfather used often when I was a kid, referring to something you had of value that others wanted. Sometimes others will try to devalue what you have in an effort to make what they have seem better. Their efforts to make what you have meaningless could be a by-product of envy, greed, jealously or spite.
A parent advocate says run—don’t walk—from New Orleans-style school choice
The bully on the block will take your lunch money each and every day until you make him stop. You will earn a lot by fighting and losing than by not fighting at all. You will earn respect, love and admiration, even from the person you are fighting, because you did not back down and stood up for yourself. One day that bully will leave you alone because you did not remain invisible and let him know you were there and was coming back the next day for more if necessary.
The recently established Green Army has been raising a lot of eyebrows (and anxiety) in the ranks of the oil and gas industry. “We are under attack from these people, and we have to push back,” explained Louisiana Oil and Gas Association (LOGA) President Don Briggs at the recent State of the Industry Luncheon held in Lafayette.
For months Mobile Area Water & Sewer System (MAWSS) and community groups have been resisting an attempt by Plains company to run a crude oil pipeline through the watershed of the reservoir supplying metro Mobile's water. A recent defeat in the county courthouse confronts MAWSS with a choice about continuing to resist or surrendering to Plains' demand for a pipeline right-of-way across land MAWSS owns in the watershed.
By Trinity and BreakOUT!