New Orleans
Race relations North/South, today/yesterday, city/plantation
November 17, 2023NEW ORLEANS — New Orleans Opera (NOO) promoted its production of Blue as “the southern premiere of the most talked-about new American opera.” I’d been meaning to get back to the Crescent City to see it...
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Repeating racist fears of lawlessness in New Orleans after Ida
September 2, 2021The focus on looting seems both shortsighted and insignificant in the face of risks of illness and death.
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New Orleans trash workers’ forced strike enters week 10
July 23, 2020“We don't have Metro's millions but we have our community behind us and most importantly: The truth.”
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Historic New Orleans paper suddenly shuts down
May 9, 2019The New Orleans Times-Picayune, the Crescent City’s oldest and until recently dominant newspaper, suddenly completely shut down on orders of its new owner.
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Trump Administration using the courts to kill healthcare for millions
May 6, 2019The Trump administration wants the Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans, one of the most-conservative courts in the country, to kill the ACA for them.
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