New Orleans Freedom of information has become one of the bedrock fundamentals of democratic government around the world. In the United States, open records or freedom of information laws have been critical for decades for journalists and regular citizens trying to access any data or information from governments, local, state, and federal, on …
Category: ACORN
Frontline Leaders Training for Struggle
Pearl River None of us knew what to expect in the first of five regional trainings the ACORN Organizing School was conducting for leaders and activists of the Anthropocene Alliance. Twenty-five people from twenty different organizations in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Arkansas gathered at the New Orleans Healing Center for an introduction to community organizing …
LNG Terminals and Their Neighbors
New Orleans When some people talk about the “Golden Triangle” they are referring to places in Asia, often where people are growing and exporting their drugs of choice. Along the US Gulf Coast, some of us think about how the local promoters and chambers of commerce used the term to refer to the …