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March 2011

Thu, 2011-03-24 20:45

Race and Politics in a Rural Louisiana Town Attract National Attention

The Black mayor of Waterproof, Louisiana has spent nearly a year behind bars without bail. A legal dispute in the rural Louisiana town of Waterproof has attracted the attention of national civil rights organizations and activists. Color Of Change, an online activist group that helped garner national attention for the Jena Six Case, recently rallied their members in support of Waterproof mayor Bobby Higginbotham, who has been held without bail since May of 2010. [...Read more]

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Jordan Flaherty


Fri, 2011-03-25 09:18

Gulf Beach Town Fights New Oil and Prays for More Fish

As clean up crews still scour the beaches and marshes of southeast Louisiana to mop up oil that recently washed ashore, the Coast Guard confirmed the responsible party was an Anglo-Suisse Offshore Partners oil well in shallow waters of the Gulf. But according to the

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Rocky Kistner


Fri, 2011-03-25 18:59

Louisiana scientist wins human rights award for BP work

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Bridge The Gulf


Sun, 2011-03-27 14:12

Gulf Oil Drilling Disaster: Gendered Layers of Impact

By Jacqui Patterson, On The Issues Magazine. The Deepwater Horizon Oil Drilling Disaster of April 20, 2010 (the “BP Oil Spill”) is, as the news sometimes tells us, causing grave damage to the waterways and shores, marshlands and bayous of the Gulf of Mexico. Far more hidden is the devastation wrought on the women in scores of coastal communities. [...Read more]

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Bridge The Gulf


Tue, 2011-03-29 00:19

Sea Turtle Deaths Anger Mississippi Residents

As a resident of coastal Mississippi for more than 30 years, Shirley  Tillman is used to seeing a few drum fish, sea gulls or jelly fish wash up on nearby sandy shores. It’s a fact of life living by the sea. [...Read more]

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Rocky Kistner


Wed, 2011-03-30 15:01

Lessons from Ag Street, African American neighborhood built on toxic dump

Thirty years ago, I was living in lush, beautiful Marin County, on the other side of the Golden Gate from San Francisco.  At that time it was one of the most expensive places in America to live.  Well, as faith would have it, my mom got sick, and I moved home to New Orleans. [...Read more]

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Elodia M. Blanco


Thu, 2011-03-31 12:11

A homeowner and other unexpected faces of homelessness

“Homeless” equals “hungry,” so people think.  So that is the way society addresses homelessness; the Homeless are fed in soup kitchens, but have no place to store their food.  Homeless people are often also assumed to be unemployed and on the streets.  But there are new, unexpected faces of homelessness on our blocks. [...Read more]

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Linda Jeffers


Thu, 2011-03-31 14:42

Why I quit selling Gulf seafood

Just this past week I decided to leave my job as a food server at a casino in Hancock County, Mississippi.  I’ve worked in tourism for 15 years. I just could not continue to serve Gulf seafood to unsuspecting tourists and locals after the BP disaster.  There were other reasons for my leaving as well, but risking people’s health and pretending things are normal is totally against what I believe in.  [...Read more]

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Laurie Lambert


Wed, 2011-03-30 19:52

Number of Dead Dolphins and Whales in Gulf At Least 50 Times Higher

The baby dolphin lay on its side, one flipper pointed toward cloudy skies, rocking back and forth with the waves near Innarity Point, FL  

“I looked and saw a baby porpoise, a terrible sight to see,” local resident Chris McCune told WKRG-TV News out of nearby Mobile, AL. [...Read more]

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