So its 2012, yet there are still instances of horrific crimes against people, against nurses who are on a mission to simply tend to the sick. It happened practically a week ago – a 53 year old home health nurse … Continue reading
Category Archives: Society
Tet Festival 2012
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Tucked away in New Orleans East is Mary Queen of Vietnam Church, just a stones throw from the NASA Michoud Assembly Facility. Every year this close knit community of Vietnamese people celebrate their New Year by holding Tet Festival on … Continue reading
Guest Blogger Dawn (aka FQP) on anarchist posters in the FQ
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Recently a friend posted some photos she’d taken of several placards recently posted in the French Quarter/Marigny area. A conversation ensued and I asked her to write up something about her opinion of the message the posters were broadcasting. Dawn … Continue reading
2012 and the Minimalist Lifestyle
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Minimalism and it’s growing social trend fascinates and appeals to me. I’m not talking art, I’m talking simple living. 2011 was a year of purging and decluttering for me and, in doing so, I became interested in reading about others … Continue reading
How The Affordable Care Act Will Affect You
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The Supreme Court is gearing up to hear challenges to The Affordable Care Act soon. Access to affordable healthcare is an issue that impacts virtually every person in this country and one we should all be concerned about, whether you’re … Continue reading
What We Got Right
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It’s the day before Thanksgiving, the time of year when “gratitude’ pieces pop up all over the TV, radio and internet. It’s a good thing to think about everything that’s good and right in your life but saving it for … Continue reading
OWS: Hot Chicks Transcending the Label
Whether or not you agree with the politics of Occupy Wall Street you have to acknowledge it as a cultural phenomenom. The park has become a microcosm of activism spawning similar scenes in cities all over the world and I’m … Continue reading
Daisy Pignetti: Blogging the Unfinished Story in Post-Katrina New Orleans
Daisy Pignetti* is participating on a panel at the Oxford Internet Institute symposium at Oxford University in England and is presenting her paper “Blogging the Unfinished Story in post-Katrina New Orleans” on Friday. Her paper features my writing from my … Continue reading
New Orleans On Video: Pontchartrain Park
Wendell Pierce talks about the rebuilding of a green Ponchartrain Park on Future360.
Mad Humans
Kellee Maize samples the theme from “Mad Men” but this sure ain’t no Sterling, Cooper, Draper and Pryce tribute.
