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Henry A. Giroux | Poisoned City: Flint and the Specter of Domestic Terrorism
The water crisis in Flint, Michigan, was the result of a political choice in which the city's people were deemed disposable.
How Bobby Jindal Threw Reproductive Health Under the Bus for His Presidential Bid
Thousands of people in Louisiana rely on publicly funded reproductive health care. So why is Governor Jindal cutting off federal funding?
In Photos: New Orleans Remembers and Resists
This is what a memorial - and resistance - looks like in New Orleans.
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Amid Katrina Commemoration Spectacle, a Southern Freedom Movement Takes Shape
As dignitaries descended on New Orleans to commemorate the 10th anniversary of Katrina, activists in New Orleans were also getting organized.
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Do You Know What It Means to Love New Orleans?
“I sit in my garden, girded by dirt and green and growth, I smell life ... and I think of New Orleans,” says William Rivers Pitt.
New Orleans Reconstruction Workers Fight to Remain
Drawn by reconstruction work, the number of Latino immigrants has nearly doubled.
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Nine Years After Katrina, Coastal Restoration Plans Remain Distant Dream for New Orleans
The scars of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans that remain nine years later are a reminder of the cityu2019s vulnerability to rising tides and storm surges.
New Orleans’ New Civil Rights Leaders
Like many cities in the South, New Orleans has a proud history of civil rights leadership - along with an equally grim history of civil rights violations.
Will the Next Labor Movement Come from the South?
Saket Soni of the National Guestworker Alliance talks about how guest workers in New Orleans are re-envisioning possibilities for better working conditions and economic democracy.
Post-Katrina: Will New Orleans Still Be New Orleans?
Since Katrina, a lot has changed. The question is whether the change is for the better.