New Orleans Moving into August, the “Katrina” month, in New Orleans forces a renewed reckoning with the status of the city’s comeback. Wildly spinning stories this week expressed surprise with the robustness of the “recovery.” The city’s population has now reached 76%+ of the pre-storm number putting us over 350,000 and rising. Observers were shocked, …
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Democratic Accountability in School Boards
New Orleans In New Orleans we have seen the future of schools under a district-wide “choice” system and a charter school dominated program, and it is blatantly undemocratic and unaccountable. That’s bad news. Add to that the fact that the schools don’t perform better either by most measures, and we are talking about a school …
A Cinco de Mayo NOLA Appreciation
New Orleans A surprisingly, frank and spot-on piece ran on the op-ed page of the Times-Picayune by Coleman Warner, speaking “truth to power” about the value of immigrants, especially mexicanos, in the recovery of New Orleans. I wanted to share it with all of you: The Times-Picayune May 05, 2009 Newcomers deserve day to celebrate …