Posts Tagged ‘New Orleans’
Color of Change: Call to Action for New Orleans
We ask you once again to join Color of Change in it’s activism of behalf of our communities. Three years after Hurricane Katrina, there’s finally a bill in Congress that will give all Katrina survivors a fair chance to rebuild their lives. But it won’t [Read More]
Uphold New Orleans Residents’ Right to Return Home
Call-to-Action from Amnesty International More than two years into the human rights disaster of Hurricane Katrina, thousands remain displaced because of an absence of affordable housing, with rent increases up more than 40% and the majority of public housing still [Read More]
Jazz Fest is yet another survivor of Katrina
For the first time since 2005, Jazz Fest’s seventh day is back at a cost of $1 million to organizers. Favorite sons the Neville Brothers will make their first appearance since the storm as part of a bill boasting major stars and a wide range of regional talent. More [Read More]
New Orleans once again is U.S. murder capital
The bloodiest city in the country in 2006, reeling from crime in its struggle to recover from Hurricane Katrina, got even worse in 2007. read more | digg story [Read More]
Amy Goodman of Democracy Now! Speaks to New Orleans Activists Kali Akuno and Sess4-5
The New Orleans City Council has unanimously voted to move ahead with the demolition of 4,500 units of public housing. Under the plan, the city’s four largest public housing developments will be razed and replaced with mixed-income housing. Hundreds of people were [Read More]
Violent protests over housing erupt in New Orleans
Protests against a City Council plan to tear down low-income New Orleans housing turned ugly Thursday, with police using pepper spray and stun guns to clear a crowd angry they weren’t allowed into City Hall for the vote. read more | digg story [Read More]
