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Jena 6: Mychal Bell's Sentencing Delayed Matt Olson 2007-07-30 3:46 AM
The July 31 sentencing of Mychal Bell, who was controversially convicted by an all-white jury of second-degree assault and conspiracy, has been delayed until September 20. The reasons are not especially clear, although Bell has taken on new counsel provided pro bono. Bell could be put in jail for a maximum of 22 years for a fistfight at school in which he says he is innocent. (text/plain + 3 comments)

Iron Rail Books Update IRBC 2007-07-28 3:51 PM
July/August Update for the Iron Rail Bookstore and Library. (text/plain)

Human Levee for Fair Flood Protection Jeffrey Buchanan 2007-07-25 4:09 PM
Area residents, ACORN, and supporters including Kerry Kennedy, daughter of Robert F. Kennedy, to rally for right to equitable flood protection. The event begins at 10:00AM Saturday, July 28th, between Claiborne Ave. to Airline Hwy. along the Monticello Canal. (text/html)

NYT features Commonground Clinic: - The Little Clinic that Could CAM - repost 2007-07-24 8:00 AM
The NYT posted the following video on Common Ground Clinic. "The Little Clinic that Could" (text/plain)

Favorite New Orleans Blogs Matt Olson 2007-07-22 11:15 PM
From a regular contributing writer of New Orleans Indymedia, here is a short list of active blogs with some strong words about the city and its recovery. (text/plain + 1 comment)

Iraq, Katrina & Cutbacks Mike Howells 2007-07-21 11:21 PM
A Forum: Iraq, Katrina & Cutbacks (text/plain + 1 comment)

Mayor Nagin, Are you Listening?: Reopen Public Housing Now Elizabeth Cook 2007-07-21 11:19 PM
Demand reopening of New Orleans Public Housing. Show opposition to any deal between HUD and Nagin to demolish Public Housing (text/plain)

audio: Randy Feldman, President and General Manager of WYES TV in New Orleans Craig Kraemer with New Orleans PodCasting 2007-07-19 10:01 PM

Quigley: Injustice in Jena: The 'White Tree' Repost 2007-07-15 8:27 PM
In a small still mostly segregated section of rural Louisiana, an all white jury heard a series of white witnesses called by a white prosecutor testify in a courtroom overseen by a white judge in a trial of a fight at the local high school where a white student who had been making racial taunts was hit by black students. The fight was the culmination of a series of racial incidents starting when whites responded to black students sitting under the "white tree" at their school by hanging three nooses from the tree. (text/plain + 4 comments)

Struggle is Like a Second Skin: Robert King Wilkerson on Kenneth “Zulu” Whitmore Kari Lydersen 2007-07-15 3:47 PM
The Angola Three – Robert King Wilkerson, Albert Woodfox and Herman Wallace – have gotten much attention for their activism and the way they were scapegoated by a racist, archaic southern justice system. But they point out that their cases are hardly unique – there are many others in Angola – the infamous Louisiana prison known as “The Farm” – who also describe being targeted for speaking and acting out against the system. (text/html)

Cindy Sheehan In New Orleans Part 1 Gordon Soderberg 2007-07-14 6:40 PM
Cindy Sheehan's Humanity Tour visits lower Ninth Ward and City Hall wioth an interview with a Lower Ninth ward resident. (video/quicktime)

New Orleans, Public Housing, and the Non-Profit Industrial Complex: Jay Arena 2007-07-13 4:51 PM
Unmasking Una Anderson and her “Neighborhood Collaborative’, AFL-CIO Bankers, Sheila Crowley, and the Archdiocese of New Orleans in the downsizing and privatization of New Orleans' public housing (text/plain)

US Social Forum Report Back Maslauskas 2007-07-12 5:53 AM
US Social Forum - dig and be dug in return. (text/plain)

RAND Report on New Orleans d 2007-07-11 6:55 AM
RAND, who put out a great book about the WTO protest called Networks and Netwars, are an analytical think tank who look at situations realistically but are very pro-government, so it is very interesting and informative usually to read their take on major events, because they will concede the actual facts of an event in order to better analyze what realistically will happen in the future in order to allow power to be ready for the future and maintain their power in the future. (text/plain)

audio: John Blancher, owner of Rock'n' Bowl, talks about their recovery after Katrina Craig Kraemer with New Orleans PodCasting 2007-07-08 1:39 AM

Upliftment & Happiness Kate Paxton 2007-07-06 9:33 PM

Kundalini Yoga Series For New Orleans (image/jpeg)

Mayor Purposely Ignores Housing Protest Bobbi Walker 2007-07-06 9:32 PM
Protestors staged a 24-hour tent city July 4th in Duncan Plaza, the small park across the street from City Hall, to draw attention to the housing crisis. (text/plain)

HouseRaising Opens New Orleans Design Center John Goodman 2007-06-28 2:43 PM
HouseRaising opens design center & showroom on Canal Street (text/html)

New Orleans Drums into US Social Forum Matt Olson 2007-06-28 12:13 AM
Three-plus buses of New Orleanians and supporters arrived in Atlanta for the first-ever US Social Forum, June 27 through July 1. Many hope the forum will be an important step in dispelling myths about reconstruction in the Gulf Coast and building reliable networks of support with organization throughout the country. (text/plain)

audio: Teddy Pierre, masonry craftsman and VP of the New Orleans Craft Guild Craig Kraemer with New Orleans PodCasting 2007-06-27 4:08 AM

Report on New Orleans teacher shortage Christian Roselund 2007-06-19 7:55 PM
June 19th- Today United Teachers of New Orleans, Louisiana Federation of Teachers and The American Federation of Teachers are releasing “No Experience Necessary”, a report on the connection between the current teacher shortage and the school takeover experiment that is being conducted in New Orleans. (text/plain)

New Orleans turns to international aid Becky Bohrer/Ed Ward, MD 2007-06-17 5:18 AM
The cash-strapped city of New Orleans is turning to foreign countries for help to rebuild as federal hurricane-recovery dollars remain slow to flow. (text/plain)

New Orleans Students and Community Remember Homer Plessy Matt Olson 2007-06-16 1:55 AM

Crescent City Peace Alliance, in conjunction with Students at the Center, gather for the Third Annual Homer Plessy Celebration Day to remember the start of the Civil Rights Movement in New Orleans over a century ago. (image/jpeg)

A Victory for Children in Shakeup at Einstein Charter School Christian Roselund 2007-06-14 1:27 AM
June 13- Following a stormy board meeting where fifty teachers, parents, students and UTNO staff demanded the removal of the school administrative team, the board of Einstein Charter School suspended the director, principal and coach of the school and reinstated four teachers late on the evening of June 12th. Teachers Janice Williams, Kendira Jones, Tia Crowley and Lorna Hoang and parent liaison Lillian Ralph had been fired on Friday and Monday without notice. (text/plain)

audio: Earl Barthé, plastering historian, talks about the New Orleans plastering business Craig Kraemer with New Orleans PodCasting 2007-06-13 3:24 AM

Arctic ice cap melting 30 years ahead of forecast Deborah Zabarenko/Ed Ward, MD 2007-06-13 2:35 AM
The truth is becoming harder and harder to hide. New Orleans, Miami, New York, Sacremento are but a few that will be underwater by 2020. The information has been known for almost 2 years. It's just getting harder to hide. (text/plain)

the lessons of st. thomas and the struggle today mike howells 2007-06-12 11:29 PM
The events leading to the privatization of St. Thomas give profound insights into the struggle for affordable housing facing New Orleanians today. (text/plain)

Section 8 NOLA zine: Read It Online! 88 2007-06-11 9:36 PM
Section 8 NOLA: Read it online! (text/html)

San Francisco Kid Donates Books to New Orleans Schools Pete Verral 2007-06-10 11:55 PM
11-year-old San Francisco Author Donates Copies of Book to New Orleans Recovery School District (text/plain)

Gubernatorail Candidate T. Lee Horne Receives Party Endorsement V. Mouser 2007-06-10 6:16 PM

Libertarian T. Lee Horne receives the endorsemtn of the Louisiana Libertarian Party. (image/jpeg)

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