According to a recent multi-million dollar ad campaign, everything is back to normal again across the Gulf. I guess Tony got his life back too. I am just one of many who would disagree. I have told my story before but feel that it is so important to continue to speak the truth so the health crisis is not forgotten.
This month's New Yorker magazine features a very good article by Ryan Lizza entitled, "The President and the Pipeline," which examines the merits and politics behind President Obama's upcoming decision on the northern leg of the Keystone XL pipeline.
John Achee is a member of the Bayou Corne community, which for more than a year has been under an evacuation order due to a sinkhole thought to have formed when Texas Brine drilled too close to the edge of a salt cavern, compromising the cavern wall.
The first time I saw a picture pertaining to tar sands extraction, was on Marty Cobenais’ computer. We were both attending an event in Houston, Texas, and found some time to talk shop.
Some people might stand in the shadow of Mobile, Alabama's Cochran-Africatown Bridge and see nothing but the sprawling tank farms, barges and coal terminals that clutter the Mobile River's banks, stretching northward from south of downtown to historic Africatown and beyond.
As staff of Women With a Vision and BreakOUT!, two organizations that work to promote safer, healthier communities in New Orleans for women and LGBTQ communities, including youth and transgender women, we wrote the below guest blog in response to recent coverage by the Times-Picayune about people involved (or assumed to be involved) in street economies along Tulane Avenue.
“Hey, boss…I don’t know if they’re here. It don’t look real promising.” Bob called out to David Arnesen with a heavy sigh.
They were a couple of miles outside of South Pass, off the coast of Louisiana, chasing kingfish on the first day of August, a picture-perfect day. But after nearly two hours on the water, there was only one fish to show for their effort.
How does mailing books to prisoners connect to throwing dance parties in a bankrupt city? What does making a film about coastal land loss have in common with using hand signals to create focus in a 2nd grade classroom?
These are all ways people in New Orleans and Detroit are using media to respond to disasters, both macro and micro. These stories, and more, came out when we took our Deep Dialogues series (hosted by WTUL News & Views and Bridge The Gulf Project) on the road to Detroit for the Allied Media Conference.
According to a recent multi-million dollar ad campaign, everything is back to normal again across the Gulf. I guess 
This month's New Yorker magazine features a very good article by Ryan Lizza entitled, "
John Achee is a member of the Bayou Corne community, which for 
The first time I saw a picture pertaining to tar sands extraction, was on Marty Cobenais’ computer. We were both attending an event in Houston, Texas, and found some time to talk shop.
Today the 
Some people might stand in the shadow of Mobile, Alabama's Cochran-Africatown Bridge and see nothing but the sprawling tank farms, barges and coal terminals that clutter the Mobile River's banks, stretching northward from south of downtown to historic Africatown and beyond. 
As staff of Women With a Vision and BreakOUT!, two organizations that work to promote safer, healthier communities in New Orleans for women and LGBTQ communities, including youth and transgender women, we wrote the below guest blog in response to 
“Hey, boss…I don’t know if they’re here. It don’t look real promising.” Bob called out to David Arnesen with a heavy sigh. 
