Speaking from Habitat for Humanity's "Musician's Village," John Edwards suspended his campaign for the presidency in a ten-minute address to assembled supporters.

photo not taken at Musician's Village.


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Within eyesight of the juvenile facility that has allowed youth to remain in a flood-damaged building amidst vermin and mold, the Juvenile Justice Project of Louisiana held a community event to broaden public support of their lawsuit to shut down New Orleans' Youth Study Center.

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Walter Kalin, the United Nations representative on Internally Displaced Persons, spoke in front of over 100 people in Gentilly's Tulane Memorial Baptist Church as part of his visit to the Gulf Coast, which New Orleans-based nonprofit Advocates for Environmental Human Rights sponsored.

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Interview with a mom living in a FEMA trailer about her struggle to cope with illness that may have been caused by formaldehyde outgassing from materials used to fabricate her family's trailer.

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Protesters gathered for a vigil today in front of the Federal Building in conjunction with actions around the United States and around the globe to demand that the Guantánamo detention facility be closed.

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