March 7, 2021 Pearl River If you talk to many people in New Orleans who have been lifelong residents of the city, Hurricane Katrina in 2005 — now more than fifteen years ago — is still an open sore and daily grievance. I was reminded of this stark reality while talking on Wade’s World to …
Tag: Post-Katrina New Orleans
Forty Years and Counting
New Orleans I was a couple of minutes late and walked into a speech by long time New Orleans community leader Beulah Laboistrie’s remarks about her decades of leadership in ACORN and now A Community Voice, which has arisen from the ashes of the organization in Louisiana, so I was looking sidelong at the …
Guerrilla Haikus
New Orleans The post-Katrina New Orleans is a wild and exciting place. The appearance of “guerrilla haikus” is a good example. The poetry may not be great shakes but the spirit soars. An anonymous mother, who teaches English, at a local university, and her former Iraq war veteran photographer daughter, reclaim political signs, get friends …