Voices of New Orleans

“I really liked writing. But at one point I realized just writing about it wasn't enough.” — Becky Gillette, reporter turned activist known as the "Erin Brokovich of Formaldehyde" for her work in exposing unsafe conditions in FEMA trailers

by month

May 2008

NYT: Nagin goes for Obama May 15
AP: Jimmy Carter & Harry Connick Jr back in NOLA May 14
AP: COE says your guess as good as mine when it comes to levees May 13
CM: Brad Pitt's mystery tattoo May 13
ABC: Groups want Guard to stay May 13
BB: Faubourg Tremé May 12
WaPo: CDC study on respiratory illness post-Katrina released May 12
AP: This is f***ked up May 08
AP: Nagin wants the FEMA trailers gone May 08
AP: First Lady does not know the meaning of the word "irony" May 07
NPR: Some good news May 07
BBC: Mudfest May 06
HA: Paging Julia Roberts May 04
NPA: Lonely cottages May 04
AP: COE can be sued May 04
APR: FEMA not so good at transparency... May 04
NYT: New sides of the city May 03
NYT: Welcoming back the Nevilles May 03
Misc: Your live Jazz Fest feed! May 02
InfoWeek: Earthlink to shut down NOLA wifi May 02
NYT: The schools are coming back Apr 30
NYT: The VooDoo charm NOLA fans Apr 30

April 2008

YouTube: Bring a debate to New Orleans Apr 30
NPR: No title = no aid Apr 29
BRA: Tracking sludge dumpers Apr 29
HP: Let them eat cake Apr 25
Fugees: Two intriguing documentaries Apr 25
Mother: McCain's real Gulf Coast record Apr 25
Fugees: Reconsidering Eddie Jordan Apr 24
BF: Ken Foster and the Sula Foundation event Apr 24
NYT: Saying goodby to one FEMA village Apr 24
AP: The Edge giving again to New Orleans Apr 24
TP: Chris Rose on Ashley Morris Apr 22
NPR: Coming home Apr 21
Reuters: White men (even the president) can't dance Apr 21
AP: Tourism doubles in 2007 Apr 22
WaPo: The Pope and the Catholic sex scandal Apr 20
BF: St Francis Animal Sanctuary is still saving lives Apr 20
VoA: New Orleans hosts North American leaders Apr 21
SoV: Witness in Shavers murder killed Apr 18
NPR: Jazz is dying... Apr 17
NPR: It's a prison rodeo Apr 17
Ray: Honoring an original Apr 15
R: Nagin is courting the Chinese Apr 15
AP: Oy! Apr 14
NYT: FEMA under pressure Apr 13
BL: The World that Made New Orleans Apr 13
AP: Shavers murder trial ends in acquittal Apr 11
WaPo: Preservation Hall Jazz Band on the road Apr 10
NYT: A lost scrapbook Apr 10
Misc: 'Vows of Silence' at Prytania Theater Apr 09
MJ: When did FEMA know? Apr 09
AP: Jazz Fest preview Apr 09
USA: The long ARM of the mortgage industry Apr 08
Misc: Antenna opens its doors Apr 08
TP: COE is asking too much Apr 08
Ray: Saying goodbye to a friend Apr 07
AP: Recession-proof New Orleans Apr 06
Reuters: Musician Mayfield pushes cultural rebuilding Apr 05
Misc: A message from Fleur de Tease Apr 05
Misc: Human rights film festival starts next week Apr 04
HP: First flood then poison Apr 04
AP: The super duper poison trailer update edition Apr 03
WWL: Mose goes down Apr 02
NPR: Spreading the word Apr 02
AP: Watching the river rise Apr 02

March 2008

Misc: Story of Rex LaSalle called "utterly absorbing" Mar 31
AP: Adding insult to injury Mar 31
MSNBC: HUD Secretary calling a press conference Mar 31
TD: From Iraq to Bear Stearns by way of New Orleans Mar 30
AP: FEMA trailers in storage getting tested Mar 28
WaPo: Get ready New Orleans.... Mar 28
USA: Magazines keep spotlight on New Orleans Mar 27
AP: Engineers covering up their mistakes? Mar 27
Misc: Cripple Creek's Moveable Feast Mar 25
JB: Q&A with Joey Williams of the Blind Boys of Alabama Mar 25
WaPo: HUD Secretary is a disgrace Mar 25
Misc: Not fit for humans but FEMA is giving them away Mar 25
AP: In memoriam — Al Copeland Apr 03
AP: The new Spring Break Mar 24
NPR: A new way of educating in NOLA Mar 24
ET: Satyagraha starts in New Orleans Mar 23
HH: Education, economics, safety & participation Mar 23
Do You Know at Frisco's Get Lost Mar 20
AP: A whole new way of looking at libraries courtesy Irvin Mayfield Mar 18
CL: We're talking lawsuit Mar 17
NPR: Paging Vivian Leigh Mar 17
AP: Brad and Bill doing the right thing Mar 17
NS: London calling Mar 14
MSNBC: Profits going to VA company on NOLA rebuilding delays Mar 13
TP: Cripple Creek delivers classic, comic theater Mar 14
Film: New Orleans Mon Amour proves impenetrable Mar 14
SIV: Update on the Dinerral Shavers trial Mar 13
NYT: Richman's vendetta Mar 13
TP: Ricky Graham is still here Mar 12
NYT: Some love for Cochon Mar 12
AP: Drugs in the water Mar 11
AP: Foreign workers taken advantage of Mar 11
CNN: Where national security is not the priority Mar 11
NPR: Stuck and suicidal in trailers Mar 10
WaPo: Katrina, Katrina Mar 09
NNS: Detroit scandal brings mayor conference to NOLA Mar 10
AP: CDC says they're sorry Mar 06
IS: Katrina will change building codes Mar 06
KALB: Vitter angered by UN for housing comments Mar 07
Ash: Tulane's little elementary school Mar 07
TP: Survey says ... it's OK to raze the projects Mar 07
TP: Wild car chase ends in barrage of bullets Mar 06
South: A most cynical success story Mar 06
NPR: NOLA bleeding water Mar 04
AP: Homeless Czar tours NOLA Mar 04
IS: It's Indiana's fault Mar 04
NPR: What became of Eddie Compass Mar 03
NPR: Shrimpers trying to come back Mar 03
Reuters: My 10 millionth post on the FEMA trailers Mar 03
TP: Spring break! Mar 02

February 2008

TP: Warehousing the homeless Feb 29
Ind: State officials ask presidential hopefuls to debate Feb 29
USA: Oh for God's sake........... Feb 27
AP: Nagin warns of housing shortage for trailer dwellers Feb 27
NPR: The ongoing struggle for NOLA universities Feb 27
TP: School trailers are safe says FEMA Feb 26
WaPo: Katrina evacuees voting in TX Feb 24
AP: Get your trailer tested...... Feb 24
NF: Chasing Hollywood carrots Feb 23
TP: Barnes & Noble founder to spend $20m in Gentilly Feb 23
Misc: R&B star Tank gets roughed up by cops Feb 21
Misc: NOLA author in Tinhouse Feb 20
AP: No They Didn't! Feb 20
WaPo: NBA All-Stars get a reality check Feb 18
WaPo: Some questions about HUD Feb 18
TUL: Poetry reading tonight Feb 18
AS: Jindal as the Obama of the right Feb 18
NPR: Library of Congress helps WWOZ Feb 15
WaPo: Chris Paul gives back to NOLA Feb 15
NPR: Blind Boys of Alabama "Down in New Orleans" Feb 14
NYT: Stevie Wonder returns to Jazz Fest Feb 14
NYT: Richard Ford hints at Katrina story Feb 14
WaPo: More love for Gumbo Tales Feb 12
USN: Go whistle blower! Feb 12
LE: CDC lied...... Feb 12
BL: Gumbo Tales Feb 10
AP: North carries more weight in state primary Feb 09
WaPo: Obama looks to NOLA for votes Feb 07
BL: A book you might have missed Feb 07
NAM: Looting the poor Feb 05
NYT: Sheryl Crow sings of NOLA too Feb 05
WaPo: Benefit for Sweet Home New Orleans Feb 04
NYT: Of course the suit was thrown out Feb 04
Slate: Gardening as an act of faith Feb 01
NYT: Why was officer murdered? Feb 01

January 2008

WaPo: John Edwards says goodbye from the Ninth Ward Jan 31
NYT: Porgy and Bess with a Katrina twist Jan 31
CNN: Katrina lawsuit thrown out Feb 01
CM: Joshua Clark's "Heart Like Water" finalist for NBCC Award Jan 29
Powells: Ethan Clark writes about NOLA music Jan 29
The Catch-up Edition Jan 27
TP: Police officer killed this morning Jan 28
AP: Going to the dogs Jan 28
Canadian: Working class gets squeezed Jan 28
HP: A Mardi Gras report Jan 21
WAPO: Big FEMA overhaul Jan 21
Ray: 'The Wire' and New Orleans Jan 19
NYT: Former patients sue for better health care Jan 19
TP: Book clubs galore Jan 19
Orlando: A 'gleaming gem' of an album Jan 18
AP: UN official says Katrina victims neglected Jan 18
NR: The NOLA 2008 prediction Jan 18
AP: Cops now out of trailers....finally Jan 18
Misc: The Magical Misery Tour Jan 17
KF: March to City Hall one year later Jan 16
NPR: NOLA's Ledisi nominated for two Grammys Jan 16
NYT: Kings of the Crescent City welcomed at Lincoln Center Jan 13
AP: New clinic opens in Lower 9th Ward Jan 13
NYT: Seeing the bigger picture Jan 12
USA: 75% of Katrina money unspent Jan 11
Misc: Silence is Violence marks first anniversary Jan 10
New short film Jan 10
TP: Katrina cough Jan 10
Canadian: Cleaning up the Superdome Jan 09
AP: The Superdome's ironic comeback Jan 08
G&M: Chris Mooney's Storm World Jan 08
USA: Katrina victims want trillions... Jan 08
WAPO: Why demolition is wrong Jan 06
LOE: Katrina's carbon cost Jan 06
AP: Fewer suspects go free Jan 04
Two new crime novels set in NOLA on the horizon Jan 04
NPR: Mississippi not sure how to spend Katrina money Jan 02
CM: Cheering expanded books section Jan 02
Reuters: Wendell Pierce's final case Jan 02

December 2007

TP: Kevlar at midnight Dec 31
Misc: L'art Noir's rare musical performance Dec 28
MTV: Brad Pitt's hot pink houses Dec 28
AP: The battle for the guns Dec 27
NYT: The right answer for New Orleans Dec 27
Truthdig: NRA sues city over gun confiscations Dec 27
Globe: Tough choices on housing Dec 26
AP: New Orleans population nears 300,000 Dec 26
NYT: Running against a hurricane Dec 25
HC: Lives falling completely apart Dec 25
SF Bayview: 10 myths about public housing in NOLA Dec 24
AP: Cajun cooking spreads with the diaspora Dec 23
HP: The Shock Doctrine & 'triple shock' in NOLA Dec 23
AP: One woman in FEMA had it right Dec 23
Misc: Housing activists stop demolition Dec 22
NYT: Saying goodbye to New Orleans Dec 18
NPR: FIlms on Buddy Bolden share new insights Dec 16
NF: A note from the powerful & disappointed Dec 17
AP: Tent city just the 'tip of the funnel' Dec 17
NYT: Tension rises as public housing razed Dec 14
South: More on the housing fight Dec 13
AP: The fight for affordable housing Dec 13
NPR: Merry Christmas my ass...... Dec 13
MSNBC: Perception vs reality Dec 13
NPR: Return of St Charles streetcar Dec 11
Misc: Submit your work to human rights film festival Dec 10
NYT: How are you feeling today? Dec 05
CNN: Giving Mr. Pitt the credit he deserves Dec 05
NYT: Acute rental shortage holds city back Dec 04
MJ: Still waiting for Godot Dec 03
NYT: Why Paul Chan went to New Orleans Dec 02
CM: More thoughts from NOLA authors Dec 03

November 2007

NYT: Trailer camps closing Nov 30
NYT: Pretty places to eat and shop Nov 30
BR: Learning from New Orleans Nov 29
Misc: NOLA's Beat era publishers on film Nov 28
USA: Gentrifying Treme losing grip on traditions Nov 28
Misc: Holidailies ready for 8th year Nov 27
BR: Billy Sothern talks to NOLA artist Willie Birch Nov 27
AP: The unkillable mold issue Nov 27
'Life in the Wake' reading Nov 26
Post: Biloxi a city of light and dark Nov 26
AP: FEMA changes mind (again) Nov 25
WaPo: Terrence Blanchard on the city today Nov 25
Voice: Hot 8 takes back the streets Nov 23
Globe: Edwards sticks up for New Orleans Nov 23
NYT: City council controlled by whites Nov 23
HP: Afraid to debate in NOLA Nov 21
CSM: 320 million trees Nov 21
CM: NBCC Lit reading by and for NOLA writers Nov 21
MSNBC: Homeless will not be ignored Nov 21
GU: More love for James Lee Burke Nov 19
NPR: Biggest government buyout in US history propsed by COE Nov 15
Post: How to fake a press conference Nov 15
USA: Demme picks 9th Ward teen for starring role Nov 15
AP: FEMA says NOLA Aquarium didn't spend enough money Nov 14
MSNBC: FEMA housing units prove even more toxic Nov 15
KF: Life in the Wake Nov 12
NPR: "Waiting for Godot" done the NOLA way Nov 12
WaPo: Truman Capote on New Orleans Nov 12
Press: 24-hour Draw-a-thon starts Saturday Nov 12
AP: Different safety standards for FEMA employees and Katrina victims Nov 11
CNN: Streetcars rolling again Nov 11
CBS: 'Hustler' is Vitter's worst nightmare Nov 10
AP: Most child-care centers still shuttered Nov 07
NYT: Post Katrina building style Nov 07
NYT: Blame the red tape Nov 07
TP: Cleaning up the waterways Nov 05
NPR: Mental health crisis worsens Nov 05
GM: The Neighborhood Project Nov 05
TP: Meet the new DA Nov 04
WWL: No charges in Katrina bridge blockade Nov 01
TN: Blackwater truly is everywhere Nov 01
TN: Not celebrating Bobby Jindal Nov 01
WaPo: Keeping up appearances Nov 01

October 2007

NPR: A visit to Holt Cemetery Oct 31
USA: Projects behind schedule Oct 31
WWL: District attorney calls it quits Oct 30
Post: FEMA just wants to be loved Oct 30
Mateo: Pass Christian struggles to survive Oct 30
Misc: Don't miss the NOLA Bookfair Oct 29
NYT: It takes faith in NOLA to rebuild Oct 29
BBC: The Brits ask, specifically, just what was learned from Katrina Oct 29
NYT: Bush uses California to rewrite Katrina legacy Oct 28
Post: FEMA's dubious lesson learned Oct 27
Spooky NOLA Oct 26
MSNBC: It's all about not being another Katrina Oct 25
WaPo: Are Californians just mellower? Oct 24
Misc: Painting Katrina Oct 22
NO: Fats' story Oct 22
KF: Touring America Oct 22
USA: Feds crack down on corruption Oct 21
Misc: ILCA launches NOLA media project Oct 19
AP: Whistleblower suit against insurers tossed out Oct 18
NYT: FEMA trailers yet to get health checks Oct 18
TP: To hell with the children Oct 18
NYT: Saving Lafayette Academy Oct 17
AP: All evacuees are lazy Oct 17
TD: Losing Louisiana Oct 17
CBS: Helen Hill and Dinerral Shavers Oct 17
NYT: FEMA tries new tactic Oct 17
NPR: New NOLA singer is looking for a lost city Oct 16
AP: CIty now accepting bids.... Oct 16
AP: "The Wire" creator has sight set on NOLA series Oct 14
HC: Scaled down version of rebuilding Oct 14
Powells: And now, "The Dogs I Have Met" Oct 14
HP: Could you turn that racket down, please? Oct 09
NJ: Feds investigate alleged favoritism at HUD Oct 08
LoE: The urge to return Oct 08
IHT: Gorbachev visits the Lower Nine Oct 08
Misc: Katrina lit probes darker themes Oct 05
NYT: Lee's legacy, part II Oct 04
Misc: Cripple Creek brings out the dead Oct 02
Ledger: FEMA trailers could be gone by 2009 Oct 02
Bayou: Lee's legacy Oct 02
WDSU: Sheriff Harry Lee is dead Oct 01

September 2007

TomPaine: Katrina, Jena and the Southern Strategy Sep 27
USA: State buying 19,000 homes Sep 24
AP: FEMA chief says agency is ready for action Sep 24
TD: Justice Jena style Sep 19
UPI: Flood victims to see taxes go up Sep 19
WSJ: Back to basics at NOMA Sep 18
Misc: Catch Ken Foster on tour Sep 17
Misc: The Thunder God is stunned by New Orleans Sep 16
Misc: America's Most Wanted profiles Helen Hill's murder Sep 16
AP: Morial's little tax problem Sep 14
NYT: K-Ville cop show to begin Monday Sep 14
ABC: Flynt not done with Vitter yet Sep 13
ABC: Well at least New Orleans isn't Jena Sep 13
AP: Harry Connick Jr goes home for a visit Sep 13
Voice: Blanchard's eloquent ode to NOLA Sep 11
MJ: A Mother Jones Katrina extravaganza Sep 11
WaPo: FEMA decides those trailers really do suck Sep 10
CT: Media malpractice Sep 10
NPR: "Sing like the Sun" Sep 10
WaPo: Why isn't this story still on Animal Planet? Sep 11
WaPo: Highlighting the volunteers Sep 07
NAM: Following the Katrina money trail Sep 06
CSM: The charter schools laboratory Sep 05
NPR: NOLA sculptor dies Sep 05
TN: Lower Ninth battling back Sep 05
TomPaine: FEMA finds something it does well Sep 04
Misc: The Lift House Sep 04
NPR: Going home Sep 03
NYT: The other side of the story Sep 03

August 2007