Voices of New Orleans

"New Orleanians measure happiness differently than the rest of us do.” — Dan Baum

by month

July 2009

June 2009

May 2009

April 2009

March 2009

Misc: A beautiful review of one of our books Mar 30
CP: David Simon on 'Treme' and NOLA Mar 30
TP: State proposes controversial mental health plan Mar 30
NYT: NOLA beer returns Mar 27
NPR: Waiting for normal on Honeysuckle Lane Mar 27
CNN: Finding love as a volunteer Mar 25
AP: That redoubtable 'volcano monitoring' Mar 24
Misc: Film Festival starts Thursday Mar 24
AJC: Another take on 'Nine Lives' Mar 23
TMN: 'City of Refuge' advances in Tournament of Books Mar 23
NYT: Suit against Army Corps gets green light Mar 22
NPR: Codrescu on hybrids Mar 20
MIsc: Formaldehyde is BAD Mar 17
HS: The Axeman Mar 17
HP: The COE's ticking clock Mar 16
Smith: Dr. John interviewed on his past and NOLA's future Mar 16
TP: Cokie calls out the local media ... sort of Mar 13
Nation: Obama owes New Orleans Mar 13
AP: The Ninth Ward's 'Field of Dreams' Mar 13
TP: Ruffins kicks off 'Treme' filming in style Mar 12
NPR: A "northern New Orleans" Mar 10
TP: HBO pilot in the works Mar 08
CNN: Obama says more money is coming Mar 05
CNN: Mr. Pitt goes to Washington Mar 09
NSP: The House of Dance & Feathers release Mar 05
NPR: NOLA's charter schools Mar 04
HP: Saying goodbye to the Guard Mar 03
AJC: Novel takes reader on dark journey Mar 02
CBS: FEMA office gets much-needed shake up Mar 02
TPM: Bobby Jindal has lost his ever loving mind Mar 02

February 2009

TP: A council divided Feb 28
NPR: Really it's about the moon pies Feb 26
HP: Nobody was impressed Feb 24
CP: Arab neighborhoods awake Feb 24
FS: Reviving the Gulf Coast Civic Works program Feb 23
NPR: R.I.P. Snooks Eaglin Feb 22
AAM: Ministers say Cao has got to go Feb 20
NYT: Nine Lives Feb 18
NPR: The untold story of black New Orleans Feb 18
AP: Down goes Trump Feb 18
Weekly: Callling all creative types Feb 17
Misc: New NOLA web portal in the works Feb 17
Star: Art at heart of city's revival Feb 16
G&M: Make It Right unveils first six houses Feb 14
TP: Reprieve for those in temp housing Feb 13
BL: Fresh NOLA fiction Feb 12
NPR: From Andrei Codrescu.... Feb 12
PB: That secret beat Feb 10
TP: Brazile says Obama will come to NOLA Feb 09
WP: Lil Wayne won big Feb 09
CNET: Lafayette kicks some cable butt Feb 09
TP: Biblical references at Angola entry to be changed Feb 09
TP: Orleans Parish Prison death rate one of highest Feb 09
Reuters: Lee Jones as Robicheaux in new film Feb 08
Punch: Mencia pulled from Mardi Gras Feb 07
Misc: Mardi Gras for everyone Feb 06
CNN: Surviving on Bourbon St Feb 05
BR: Prospect.1 in retrospect Feb 05
NPR: Should FEMA remain part of Homeland Security? Feb 05
AP: This Pope is not impressing me Feb 02
HC: Going green Feb 02

January 2009

AR: Southwestern French Louisiana Jan 28
TP: FEMA drags feet on info requests Jan 28
BL: "Nine Lives: Death and Life in New Orleans" Jan 27
NYP: NOLA ready for big spenders Jan 26
TP: Know hope Jan 26
White House thoughts on NOLA Jan 22
NYT: Saving recipes Jan 22
TP: Moms turn in sons in Quarter slaying Jan 21
Post: Gao's leap of faith Jan 20
Globe: Hughes and the vigil movement Jan 20
ABC: From Ruby Bridges to the Obama girls Jan 20
Misc: Reading at Sound Cafe Jan 20
Consider me proud to be an American Jan 20
LW: Black activists demand probe of Jan. 1 shooting Jan 17
TP: Our EPA nominee Jan 16
TP: Charter school for special-needs kids scrapped Jan 15
Pop: Novel brings Storyville back to life Jan 14
TP: City council votes to keep Quarter 'Disneylike' Jan 14
AP: Bush says response to Katrina wasn't slow Jan 13
BL: Katrina's Children Jan 12
TP: Rebuilding buffers city from economic woes Jan 12
WDSU: A century of Zulu Jan 12
AP: Commander's Palace back on top of Zagat rankings Jan 12
AP: Charges against Brite dropped Jan 09
SiV: Join Strike Against Crime tomorrow Jan 08
AP: DA's office ponders bankruptcy Jan 08
NAC: Where Haiti and New Orleans meet Jan 07
USA: Trying to save Our Lady of Good Counsel Jan 07
AP: Twelfth Night kicks off Carnival season Jan 06
HP: Download a song for NOLA Jan 05
PBS: The Old Man and the Storm Jan 04
TIME: Is NOLA recession-proof? Jan 04
AP: A bloody beginning to the year Jan 02
AP: State to appeal putting two dads on birth certificate Jan 01

December 2008

SFG: Mouthwatering recipes in new cookbook Dec 31
TPM: Blame Katrina Dec 30
Misc: Cripple Creek Theater bailout bash Dec 30
TN: New books on Congo Square Dec 29
TN: NOPD is opening investigation Dec 29
WGNO: Could Bush pardon Edwards? Dec 29
WWL: Pastor goes on violence vigil Dec 29
BRA: Benjamin Button a love letter to New Orleans Dec 26
TN: Race war after Katrina Dec 21
SiV: Join the 'Strike Against Crime' Dec 19
TP: MR-GO big reason flooding was catastrophic Dec 19
Misc: D20 Blowout Consciousness bash this Saturday Dec 18
Reuters: Jazz Fest lineup announced Dec 18
WSJ: NAACP says this is not the right way to spend the money Dec 18
CNS: Cao's religious roots Dec 16
Trib: Image of corruption hurts business prospects Dec 16
BL: Mystery fans take note Dec 16
AP: City eyes public-private group to boost business Dec 15
TP: Financing for hospital project in doubt Dec 14
CSM: Biennial energizes art community Dec 12
WAFB: Snow! Dec 11
AP: Mexican workers sue farmer over abuse Dec 11
HP: A very Voguish vision of NOLA Dec 10
IMD: Just why Angelina and Brad love NOLA Dec 10
TP: Public housing expected to fall short Dec 10
Post: 'The future is Cao' Dec 09
Misc.: Calling all artists Dec 09
AP: City's cemeteries come back to life Dec 08
PM : New Orleans as a canvas Dec 07
NYT: The suffering children Dec 05
People: Brad Pitt "makes it right" Dec 03
Misc: Film festival accepting submissions Dec 03
LW: HUD sued over alleged Road Home bias Dec 03
VOA: Hope for a crime-plagued city Dec 03
TP: Where oh where are the cottages? Dec 02
LNW: The case for saving Charity Dec 01
NAC: On NOLA mania Nov 30

November 2008

NYT: New hospital plan splits city Nov 26
Gambit: NOLA's spooky new bookstore, part II Nov 25
TP: NOLA's spooky new bookstore, part 1 Nov 25
MSNBC: Repair money remains unclaimed Nov 25
CNN: Hero of the year is in St Bernard Parish Nov 24
NW: Katrina kids in poor health Nov 24
NAC: New Orleans Biennial Nov 20
PS: The amazing 24-hour Drawathon Nov 18
OA: Discover Jesmyn Ward Nov 17
LAE: Phil, please just shut up Nov 17
AAJ: Voodoo Experience, in case you missed it Nov 17
BBC: The "toxic trailer" legacy Nov 17
AP: International art show breathes life into city Nov 12
NPR: Basra = New Orleans Nov 11
TP: NOLA schools improve, but many still subpar Nov 10
Slate: Some thoughts on the election and why conservatives must change Nov 10
TP: What will Obama do? Nov 10
TP: The waning political clout of the Old South Nov 07
CSM: A look at the Lower Ninth today Nov 06
CoHE: FEMA and Southern in dispute Nov 05
UPI: Horns for guns Nov 05
UNOP: Nabile Fares and the US election Nov 04

October 2008

SFG: Nick Cage's haunted house for sale Oct 31
TP: The battle for district attorney Oct 31
IE: New Orleans voters are dumbsh**ts Oct 30
NYT: Prospect.1 New Orleans Oct 29
TP: Voters to decide how to enforce master plan Oct 28
NOCB: Is tearing down the city the right way to save it? Oct 27
NG: Inside New Orleans High Oct 26
TO: 'The Sarah Palin of American football' Oct 24
Post: Nat'l Republicans bail on Kennedy Oct 23
AR: Saints & spirits Oct 23
Misc: New documentary focuses on rebuilding effort Oct 23
AP: Britain's mini-Jazz Fest Oct 22
NYT: Growing pains and expectations Oct 22
BL: Kamp Katrina Oct 21
TP: Become a Sazeractivist Oct 21
CMP: Comments are back Oct 21
OA: Teaching in NOLA Oct 20
NPR: Dissecting Landrieu's surge Oct 19
AP: Termites may be eating through levees Oct 18
AP: Acorn struggles with internal rift Oct 18
TP: Neighborhood Story Project finds a home Oct 16
Misc: Halloween night with the New Orleans Healing Center Oct 16
AP: Nola to host cultural economic forum Oct 16
NPR: A NOLA wreck might break the land speed record Oct 14
TP: Brad Pitt comes through Oct 13
TP: Subsidized housing ignored Oct 13
NAC: Interview with Tia Lessin & Carl Deal Oct 12
Om: Books of Louisiana Oct 09
HC: Heroes of Ike Oct 09
WDSU: Church in hot water over political flier Oct 09
LAT: The CDC and the formaldehyde delay Oct 08
AAJ: Leroy Jones talks about his music Oct 07
WDSU: Cheney stumps for candidates in LA Oct 06
AP: Jefferson ekes out primary win Oct 06
TIME: After Ike, echoes of Katrina Oct 05
AP: Bridge shooting case moves to federal level Oct 01
Misc: The Louisiana Book Festival is here Oct 02
AP: Bouncers who kill would-be customer walk Oct 02
TP: NOLA's finest Oct 01
HC: Katrina evacuees in new documentary Sep 30

September 2008

Ray: Ned Lamont needs a speech coach Sep 30
NOM: UNO and the city's middle class Sep 30
NPC: Who has it worse, NOLA or Pittsburgh? Sep 29
HSB: Another example of music in exile Sep 27
Fugees: Talking to One Man Machine Sep 25
LAT: NOLA's ark Sep 25
USA: The importance of elevation Sep 24
CT: Come join the presidential debate party Sep 24
Guard: Reggie gets political Sep 23
NAC: Public transport struggles in NOLA Sep 22
Aud: Turning the Tide Sep 21
New NOLA Books Sep 21
AP: Farewell to Ruthie the Duck Girl Sep 16
AP: Swept away by Ike Sep 15
NYT: The wasted opportunity of New Orleans Sep 15
WWF: Katrina victims become climate advocates Sep 14
BL: Hurricanes by Jere Longman Sep 13
WWL: Thousands of homes flooded in Terrebonne Sep 13
TP: Fires, flooding plague Galveston Sep 13
TP: Some levees breached, overtopped Sep 12
MiL: Traffic court Sep 11
MSNBC: Audit reveals colossal waste at FEMA Sep 11
WWL: Folks are still suffering Sep 11
DMN: Babbitt calls for retreat to safe ground Sep 10
WaPo: Federal court overturns KKK cold case Sep 09
NPR: An endless season Sep 08
Round-up of what we missed Sep 07
OA: Three years after Katrina Sep 07

August 2008

TWC: Projected path Aug 30
LAT: Get out now Aug 30
BB: Banksy is appearing all over NOLA Aug 29
J: More love for "Trouble in the Waters" Aug 29
DN: Nagin can't stomach "Trouble the Water" Aug 28
Guardian: The price of Disneyfication Aug 28
HP: Found art in NOLA Aug 28
TWC: Projected path Aug 27
Ray: The dirty truth behind today's 'progressives' Aug 27
WWL: Gulp Aug 26
SF: Movies McCain and Obama should watch Aug 26
Roll: Partying NOLA style in Denver Aug 25
NYT: The most disturbing thing I've read today.... Aug 24
Some books on the horizon.... Aug 26
NAM: It's the poverty, stupid! Aug 25
AR: Dog days of August Aug 21
WWL: President Clueless Aug 21
AP: Bush's latest photo-op Aug 20
NPR: Louisiana is going Republican Aug 19
WaPo: Some harsh truths while remembering New Orleans Aug 19
Ray: A waist is a terrible thing to waste Aug 19
AP: The French Quarter's gypsy Aug 19
Levees: New film to be unveiled at Rising Tide Aug 18
NYT: How Katrina changed NOLA schools Aug 17
NYT: Feds raid NOAH offices Aug 14
NYT: "Three Years After Katrina" Aug 12
CSM: What Jamaica Bay can teach us about coastline development Aug 10
OUTS: NOLA is one of the best cities to live in Aug 10
WaPo: Poll reveals New Orleanians still frustrated Aug 10
WSJ: In praise of the Pelican Institute Aug 09
AP: 'Treme' reunites Simon with Bunk Aug 07
Indy: Watching the oily birds get cleaned Aug 07
NPR: Best fried chicken in the country Aug 05
AP: Lynyrd Skynyrd kicks off tour in New Orleans Aug 06
NPR: A proposal for the wetlands Aug 05
NYT: Life after a FEMA trailer park Aug 03
NYT: The House on First Street Aug 03
AP: NOLA's thriving theater scene Aug 01

July 2008

E&P: The success of 'Homicide 37' Jul 31
TP: Amanda Boyden's 'Babylon Rolling' Jul 31
BL: Louisiana's Tabasco heritage Jul 29
AP: Thank you Dolly Jul 28
BB: Talking to the Hot 8 Brass Band Jul 28
Levees: Congressman proposes 8/29 probe Jul 28
NYT: Food reviewing returns to NOLA Jul 27
NPR: Helping those who can't forget Jul 27
IHT: Oil spill spreads across Mississippi Jul 25
Reuters: Museum of the American Cocktail Jul 24
WaPo: The President's definition of "a strategy, not a manual" Jul 23
AP: FEMA tries to shield self from lawsuits Jul 23
KATC: New Orleans Cooks head to Cedar Rapids Jul 23
TP: The battle for federal funds Jul 22
PC: Hey Disney — get a clue! Jul 22
NPR: On disasters Jul 22
NAC: The future of Charity Hospital Jul 20
Politico: Dems head South; Republicans fly to Alaska Jul 21
AP: America's fastest-growing large city Jul 21
AP: "'Jamestown' of the Lower Mississippi Valley" Jul 17
NPR: National Guard - still Jul 15
NPR: Author Julie Smith on the secrets of New Orleans Jul 15
AP: Running of the bulls, NOLA style Jul 15
TH: A recap of the Gulf Stream testimony Jul 14
BF: Pawprints now available Jul 14
AP: Katrina fatigue Jul 13
MSNBC: Wynton Marsalis on making a difference Jul 13
AYATW: Short films from the wrong zip codes Jul 11
CNN: Attention FEMA & State of Mississippi; we are not impressed Jul 09
USA: Gulf Stream is either criminal or incompetent Jul 09
NYT: The shame of Mississippi Jul 08
CNN: How not to govern Jul 07
E&P: Times-Picayune drops Mississippi deliveries Jul 08
UPI: Can't go home Jul 07
CMP: "Where Grace Lives" on Murderati Jul 07
NYT: Wynton Marsalis & Willie Nelson Jul 06
WaPo: Faithful servants of New Orleans Jul 06
E&P: Columnists respond to New Orleans Jul 03
HP: Lilypad cities Jul 03
Shearer: Broken levees, toxic trailers Jul 03
Anima: Send jazz musicians in where politicians fail Jul 02
Reuters: Our broken country Jul 02
NOLA: Tribal funk with Grayhawk Jul 02
BL: The House on First Street Jun 30
IHE: Political scientists debate convention site Jul 01
EST: The coastline still is not alright Jun 30

June 2008

NYT: When Jazz was the face of America Jun 29
TP: Port losing business fast Jun 28
TP: The life of a special ed teacher Jun 26
TP: Publicist says Brangelina not selling house Jun 24
AP: Bugs! Jun 24
Newsweek: Lessons learned Jun 24
NPR: Working on the highways...still Jun 22
SOTT: The ugly myths of Katrina and NOLA continue Jun 22
Trib: The Wire creator pays tribute to Ashley Morris Jun 21
NNS: Guns galore in NOLA lakes Jun 21
Eco: Brangelina, say it ain't so! Jun 20
TP: Jefferson's sister pleads guilty Jun 18
TP: Holy Blown Estimates, Batman! Jun 17
WaPo: Now let's all hate Halliburton Jun 17
ABA: New Afro-American bookstore in NOLA Jun 17
USN: We've got momentum, maybe! Jun 15
CNN: FEMA says it's not there fault... Jun 15
CNN: FEMA giving away Katrina supplies Jun 11
CMP: Way Down in New Orleans this fall in DC Jun 12
CAF: Jindal as the next Reagan Jun 12
AP: Oh Good God... Jun 11
PS: 'Green Zone New Orleans' opens this weekend Jun 11
TP: A very big gospel tent Jun 10
CMP: New Orleans, Mardi Gras flix in Seattle Jun 10
NYT: What to do for Katrina's homeless Jun 09
CNN: Still too afraid to go home Jun 09
HP: Still no clue on what Bush & Rove were thinking after Katrina Jun 09
NYT: Dr. John & "The City That Care Forgot" Jun 08
NYT: The grand charter school experiment Jun 09
AP: Grocery wins $21 million in suit against insurers Jun 08
AP: The Jefferson family is just serious bad news Jun 04
Mentally ill trailer occupant shot by cops Jun 04
TPM: Sen McCain misrepresents his Katrina votes Jun 04
HC: Gulf Coast building codes in TX have not changed Jun 02
BLDG: Stadiums of disaster Jun 02
TP: Nagin courts international trade Jun 03
BB: Louis Armstrong - visual artist Jun 01
UGA: What is a City? Jun 01

May 2008

AP: Independent experts to review levees May 30
Fugees: Nagin's State of the City speech May 30
MSNBC: FEMA wants to shut last trailer parks May 29
A little teaser........ May 28
NYT: The plight of the homeless May 28
WaPo: We could be looking at a public health catastrophe... May 26
HP: New Orleans is real, not an experiment May 26
CSM: Building a city against all logic May 21
MSNBC: One of the levees is leaking.... May 21
CSM: Is the new Gulf safe? May 20
NPR: ""If memory is not failing, didn't the U.S. refuse international assistance during Hurricane Katrina?..." May 18
AP: Former Army COE consultant indicted May 18
Star-Ledger: Hornets slowly win over city May 19
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 11
WaPo: CDC study on respiratory illness post-Katrina released May 11
AP: This is f***ked up May 07
AP: Nagin wants the FEMA trailers gone May 07
AP: First Lady does not know the meaning of the word "irony" May 06
NPR: Some good news May 06
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 28
BRA: Tracking sludge dumpers Apr 28
HP: Let them eat cake Apr 24
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 23
NYT: Saying goodby to one FEMA village Apr 23
AP: The Edge giving again to New Orleans Apr 23
TP: Chris Rose on Ashley Morris Apr 21
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 16
NPR: It's a prison rodeo Apr 16
Ray: Honoring an original Apr 14
R: Nagin is courting the Chinese Apr 14
AP: Oy! Apr 13
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 09
NYT: A lost scrapbook Apr 09
Misc: 'Vows of Silence' at Prytania Theater Apr 09
MJ: When did FEMA know? Apr 08
AP: Jazz Fest preview Apr 08
USA: The long ARM of the mortgage industry Apr 08
Misc: Antenna opens its doors Apr 08
TP: COE is asking too much Apr 07
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 04
Misc: Human rights film festival starts next week Apr 04
HP: First flood then poison Apr 03
AP: The super duper poison trailer update edition Apr 02
WWL: Mose goes down Apr 02
NPR: Spreading the word Apr 01
AP: Watching the river rise Apr 01

March 2008

Misc: Story of Rex LaSalle called "utterly absorbing" Mar 31
AP: Adding insult to injury Mar 30
MSNBC: HUD Secretary calling a press conference Mar 30
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 24
Misc: Not fit for humans but FEMA is giving them away Mar 24
AP: In memoriam — Al Copeland Apr 03
AP: The new Spring Break Mar 23
NPR: A new way of educating in NOLA Mar 23
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 17
CL: We're talking lawsuit Mar 17
NPR: Paging Vivian Leigh Mar 16
AP: Brad and Bill doing the right thing Mar 16
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 11
AP: Drugs in the water Mar 11
AP: Foreign workers taken advantage of Mar 10
CNN: Where national security is not the priority Mar 10
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 25
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 14
WaPo: Chris Paul gives back to NOLA Feb 14
NPR: Blind Boys of Alabama "Down in New Orleans" Feb 13
NYT: Stevie Wonder returns to Jazz Fest Feb 13
NYT: Richard Ford hints at Katrina story Feb 13
WaPo: More love for Gumbo Tales Feb 11
USN: Go whistle blower! Feb 11
LE: CDC lied...... Feb 11
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 04
WaPo: Benefit for Sweet Home New Orleans Feb 03
NYT: Of course the suit was thrown out Feb 03
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 Jan 31
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 20
WAPO: Big FEMA overhaul Jan 20
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 17
AP: Cops now out of trailers....finally Jan 17
Misc: The Magical Misery Tour Jan 17
KF: March to City Hall one year later Jan 15
NPR: NOLA's Ledisi nominated for two Grammys Jan 15
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 09
TP: Katrina cough Jan 09
Canadian: Cleaning up the Superdome Jan 09
AP: The Superdome's ironic comeback Jan 08
G&M: Chris Mooney's Storm World Jan 07
USA: Katrina victims want trillions... Jan 07
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 03
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 17
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 12
NPR: Merry Christmas my ass...... Dec 12
MSNBC: Perception vs reality Dec 12
NPR: Return of St Charles streetcar Dec 10
Misc: Submit your work to human rights film festival Dec 10
NYT: How are you feeling today? Dec 04
CNN: Giving Mr. Pitt the credit he deserves Dec 04
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 29
NYT: Pretty places to eat and shop Nov 29
BR: Learning from New Orleans Nov 28
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 26
AP: The unkillable mold issue Nov 26
'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 20
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 06
NYT: Blame the red tape Nov 06
TP: Cleaning up the waterways Nov 04
NPR: Mental health crisis worsens Nov 05
GM: The Neighborhood Project Nov 04
TP: Meet the new DA Nov 04
WWL: No charges in Katrina bridge blockade Nov 01
TN: Blackwater truly is everywhere Oct 31
TN: Not celebrating Bobby Jindal Oct 31
WaPo: Keeping up appearances Oct 31

October 2007

NPR: A visit to Holt Cemetery Oct 30
USA: Projects behind schedule Oct 30
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 28
BBC: The Brits ask, specifically, just what was learned from Katrina Oct 28
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 24
WaPo: Are Californians just mellower? Oct 23
Misc: Painting Katrina Oct 22
NO: Fats' story Oct 22
KF: Touring America Oct 21
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 16
NYT: FEMA tries new tactic Oct 16
NPR: New NOLA singer is looking for a lost city Oct 15
AP: CIty now accepting bids.... Oct 15
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 12
AP: Harry Connick Jr goes home for a visit Sep 12
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 09
CT: Media malpractice Sep 09
NPR: "Sing like the Sun" Sep 09
WaPo: Why isn't this story still on Animal Planet? Sep 11
WaPo: Highlighting the volunteers Sep 06
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 04
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

FacingSouth: Modern-day slavery Aug 30
AP: Black contractors complain they're excluded Aug 30
The entry that is not about plans or promises.... Aug 30
AP: Bush rebuilding chief passes buck Aug 29
CNN: It's all about the anniversary Aug 28
WaPo: The president and a storm called Katrina Aug 29
Reuters: She may be weary.... Aug 28
Misc: Website provides resources, news on Gulf Coast Aug 28
SI: What the Lower Ninth needs Aug 27
SI: Why kids need to get playing again Aug 27
Essence: Three families, two years later Aug 27
Nation: 'Shouting Underwater' Aug 27
TomPaine: Rove paints Louisiana red Aug 27
Misc: Jewish community rebuilds Aug 27
It's that New Orleans time of year Aug 27
TomPaine: The FEMA sine wave Aug 24
Globe: Jason Berry on the painfully slow recovery Aug 24
Nation: Young, Black and headed for the Workhouse Aug 24
Economist: NOLA a shadow of its past self Aug 24
TomPaine: The authoritarian imagination at work Aug 23
TomPaine: 'It's the Blacks' Aug 23
KF: NOLA author Ken Foster on the love of his life Aug 21
Reuters: Brad Pitt is not losing focus Aug 21
TH: The end of the New Orleans housing project experiment Aug 20
CM: Author Patty Friedmann on writing in NOLA Aug 20
Bloomberg: Katrina pork for Barbour cronies Aug 20
WSJ: James Lee Burke on writing the truth Aug 19
NYT: 1 Billion buys squat for NOLA Aug 19
AP: Crime continues to rise in city Aug 16
TP: Sheriff Lee says leukemia is back Aug 16
NPR: One family is finally coming home Aug 15
Misc: Lisa Marie Presley sings for NOLA Aug 15
NYT: A city councilman's fall from grace Aug 14
Globe: Burke's neglected city Aug 14
PressSt: 'Revacuation' signings later this month Aug 13
NYT: Red Cross aid program draws fire Aug 13
TomPaine: Pelosi's challenge Aug 13
Fortune: The "ferociously self-sufficient" Vietnamese Aug 13
Misc: Pro-levees, anti-war site expands Aug 13
LAT: And now FEMA is in the used trailer business Aug 12
AP: Sorry we tore your house down by mistake... Aug 12
WaPo: Hurricane test for levees Aug 12
AP: Police hunt Shavers' murderer ... again Aug 10
Misc: Putting Gulf Coast restoration on '08 agenda Aug 09
AP: NOLA still growing Aug 09
TP: Water system teeters on brink Aug 09
Indep: The people vs FEMA Aug 08
CM: Update on NOLA authors Aug 08
Bookslut: Review of Revacuation Aug 07
CSM: Struggle against crime continues in NOLA Aug 07
SMITH: A picture is worth a thousand words Aug 06
SMITH: Celebrating painter Clementime Hunter Aug 06
HP: Connecting Minneapolis to New Orleans Aug 06
NatGeo: 'A perilous future' Aug 06
AP: Musicians' Village Aug 07
AP: Trapped in a FEMA trailer Aug 05
NYT: The Katrina effect on NOLA musicians Aug 05
AP: Insurers don't have to pay for flood damage Aug 03
Time: Time Inc. returns to New Orleans Aug 03
CM: More from James Lee Burke Aug 02
Misc: Four in 10 had trouble accessing health care Aug 02
NPR: Heart Like Water author talks about riding out the storm Aug 01
NPR: James Lee Burke on "post-Katrina lit" Aug 01
TP: Hospitals bleeding red ink Aug 01

July 2007

AP: Homeowners rush to meet Road Home cutoff Jul 31
TP: One pastor's grim list Jul 29
USA: Tracking down witnesses Jul 26
TP: Cop who beat teacher found not guilty Jul 25
Misc: Whirly Bones Variety Spectacular this Saturday Jul 25
AP: Doctor cleared in Katrina hospital deaths Jul 24
NYT: Health-care crisis slows recovery Jul 24
AP: FEMA ice goes down the drain Jul 24
SFG: FEMA lawyers ethically challenged Jul 22
MSNBC: From the department of better late than never Jul 22
AP: Not In my backyard Jul 19
MSNBC: FEMA sucks even more..... Jul 19
SM: Ellis Marsalis III at the Smithsonian Jul 18
AP: Waiting to get paid by FEMA Jul 18
AP: Vittner = Hypocrite Jul 17
GU: Katrina debris going overseas Jul 17
NG: Should New Orleans rebuild? Jul 17
LAT: Taco wars in Jefferson Parish Jul 16
MI: James Lee Burke's "Katrina" novel Jul 15
AP: Back to wall, Jordan shakes up staff Jul 15
Edge: 'The doming of America' Jul 13
GG: Dining for life Jul 12
NY: How hard it is when you can't get home Jul 12
TH: "FEMA: Still F'd Up" Jul 12
AP: Sleep troubles for Vitter? Jul 12
TP: Eddie Jordan on the ropes? Jul 11
WaPo: Levee study makes clear there is plenty of blame to go around Jul 11
NPR: Life is all about the waiting Jul 11
MJ: Mike Tidwell on the next Katrina Jul 10
CSM: Some folks in Mississippi are getting desperate Jul 10
HP: A little attention please! Jul 10
AP: Julian Bond calls Bush on NOLA neglect Jul 08
AP: Artist turns Lower 9th Ward home into art Jul 08
Time: White-collar flight Jul 07
Excuse Me, but New Orleans is not Newtok, Alaska Jul 05
Hartford: Safe in ivory tower, prof declares NOLA dead Jul 05
USA: Nick Cage riffs on NOLA for comic Jul 04
HP: An Orphan clings to hope Jul 04
LAWeekly: A little less litter, please Jul 03
Harper's: "In the Year of the Storm" Jul 02
TP: Murphy Oil says "Trust us....." Jul 02
NYT: Rebuilding by themselves Jul 02
Digital: Shopping at the XXX Botanica Jul 02
TP: Case dropped against accused killer of Dinerral Shavers Jul 01
AP: Reduction in asbestos monitoring post-Katrina Jul 01
Misc: NOLA looks better Jul 01

June 2007

LAT: A judge on a mission Jun 28
DeBarr: 'The rest of the nation should be terrified' Jun 27
PZB: Poppy Z. Brite is hopping mad Jun 26
CSM: Private dollars lead recovery Jun 26
WND: Lower Ninth Ward Health Clinic and other beacons Jun 26
AP: Teens take up smoking after hurricane Jun 25
USA: Lingering effects of broken levees Jun 22
Misc: Jesus ... Bush's Mardi Gras party Jun 22
WaPo: If only I had 100 grand Jun 21
AP: Some more corruption for your consideration... Jun 20
AP: COE releases report on NOLA flood risks Jun 20
Misc: Dispersing the Democratic vote Jun 20
Misc: 'Ruby Slippers Cookbook' wins award Jun 20
KF: Welcome to New Orleans... Jun 19
HP: Get to the point Mr. Edwards Jun 19
NPR: Lafayette needs a poet Jun 18
AP: From the department of weird but true....... Jun 18
Smith: Chapter 4 of A.D.: New Orleans After the Deluge is up Jun 18
BRAdv: Woman sues over FEMA trailer Jun 17
Reuters: Jonathan Demme is just getting started Jun 17
Misc: Following the Mississippi Jun 15
Huffington: 'Direct flight, Paris to New Orleans' Jun 14
Critical: 'God may yet smile on us' Jun 14
AP: Okay, this is just stupid... Jun 13
WaPo: Am I the only one who didn't know about this? Jun 13
Critical: Jason Berry on post-Katrina NOLA Jun 14
NPR: Hurricane survival training Jun 12
CNN: Katrina dead still waiting to rest in peace Jun 12
HP: Harry Shearer says make sure you get the whole truth on the FEMA trailers Jun 12
AP: Mississippi sues State Farm Jun 12
NYT: Some NOLA residents buying 'evacuation homes' Jun 12
Eden: An American city Jun 11
Nolafugees: Inman contorts self for beer execs Jun 11
NY: John Boutte reviewed in NY Jun 10
WaPo: Former LA residents gather to party and pine for home Jun 10
HP: Take that State Farm Jun 10
Pumps: Corps investigation a 'bombshell' Jun 09
NPR: How Jefferson's indictment will hurt New Orleans recovery Jun 07
NPR: Move the river or lose Louisiana Jun 07
Misc: Dave Rochibeaux in post Katrina New Orleans Jun 07
AP: Obama warns of "quiet riot" Jun 06
AP: Threat of Climate Change on world's monuments Jun 06
Dis: On Robert Polidori's flood pictures Jun 05
CM: Brad Benischek on writing in NOLA Jun 05
NPR: The state of music in NOLA Jun 04
AP: French Market to open soon... Jun 04
AP: Lee wins Peabody Jun 04
HA: CDC says suck it up to those in FEMA trailers Jun 03
MSNBC: How long can Katrina continue to kill? Jun 03
AP: Some John Lennon magic for New Orleans May 31
NYT: How tough is this pile of dirt? May 31

May 2007

Reuters: Katrina's small targets still suffering May 31
Misc: Press Street launches graphic novel 'Revacuation' May 31
AP: New Orleans to hire PR firm May 30
ST: Andrei Codrescu filming the Mississippi May 29
PZB: The fate of Rickey & G-man May 29
Chronicle: Demme's portraits on Smiley show May 29
TP: Making pets part of storm plans May 28
NPR: Changes to Gulf Coast economy since Katrina May 28
VOA: Illness still plagues Gulf Coast May 28
WAPO: Lousiana giving money to wrong people May 23
LDA: Government shows little concern for FEMA trailers May 23
AP: Lawyers say Foti wants it both ways in nursing home case May 23
NG: Experts question levee repairs (updated article) May 21
NPR: Damage tours May 22
AP: And here's Regis & Kelly......... May 21
AP: Grand jury subpoenas Allstate May 21
LOE: What life is like now in NOLA May 21
CBS: Congress asks about formaldehyde in FEMA trailers May 21
AP: COE plans to dam the "Mr. Go" May 20
Globe: Cultural voices fill void left by politicians May 20
Misc: 'K-Ville' drama to air on Fox May 18
New Yorker: The only bar in the Lower Nine May 18
HP: Finally looking for "the story" May 17
Misc: Big-box retailers in NOLA's future? May 16
SM: Third chapter of 'After the Deluge' is up May 17
TGM: Greenola becomes a reality May 16
AP: NOLA neighborhood saves itself May 15
HA: Univ Hawai'i study released May 15
NYT: 'We have failed spectacularly' May 16
NPR: A conversaton with Sam Charters May 13
Reuters: Mr. Pitt's grand environmental vision May 13
WaPo: Here come the lawsuits May 13
Misc: Bayou Bugaloo wants you May 13
WaPo: Katrina hits blacks twice as hard May 11
NatGeo: Ten signs of trouble along the levees May 11
Guardian: Bishop Tutu on our 'fatal complacency' May 09
Misc: Get paid to help rebuild New Orleans May 07
TMN: Photographer Wyatt Gallery interviewed about Katrina images May 06
AP: Buy-out program going broke May 06
PI: New chief takes over soon for Recovery School District May 06
Kos: Signs of hope and grief May 05
Bloom: Study shows bacteria contamination in NOLA lakes & canals May 03
MyDD: All storm, all the time May 03
WaPo: Questions about all that foreign aid money May 02
LAT: Doctors sue state of Louisiana May 02
WaPo: New plan to let the Mississippi River run loose May 02

April 2007

LAT: NOLA short on doctors Apr 30
MSNBC: Return of the Oaks Apr 30
CityBiz: Restaurants back to pre-Katrina level Apr 30
Nolafugees: Your unofficial Jazz Fest guide Apr 30
E&P: Jazz funeral for Ed Bradley Apr 30
AP: Rev. Jesse Jackson and marching for the 9th Ward Apr 29
Mysterious New Orleans by Destiny, 6th Grade Apr 29
WaPo: Laughing while NOLA drowned Apr 29
AP: Hooray for Jazz Fest! Apr 27
CritMass: Thoughts on book reviews Apr 26
Hollywood: New Orleans' loss is Shreveport's gain Apr 26
LAT: And still, FEMA sucks Apr 25
B.Com: Missing that news cycle Apr 25
USA: There is no mental health system in New Orleans Apr 25
USA: Foster kids reeling from Katrina effect Apr 24
Levees: Get the real story Apr 24
PDN: Nagin says NOLA is cleaner than Philly Apr 24
AP: Homeland slams FEMA in audit Apr 24
CNN: Pirates descend on the city Apr 22
MSNBC: Welcome back to the Carmellia Grill Apr 22
NYT: Still searching for Buddy Bolden (this time in the movies) Apr 22
AP: Criminal defendants (still) have no representation Apr 19
KF: 'Dogs I've Met & The People They Found' Apr 19
NYT: New levee board gets tough Apr 19
NPR: Rep. Maxine Waters on NOLA Apr 17
WaPo: FEMA is SO FREAKING STUPID!!!!!! Apr 18
TP: Green low-income housing is on the way Apr 18
TD: Surprise findings from coastal studies Apr 18
GU: Katrina victims still 'poor' Apr 18
AP: COE needs to accept global warming Apr 15
TP: Breaux won't geaux Apr 13
AP: Emails reveal State Farm's nefarious plans Apr 12
AP: Harrah's profits coming mostly from locals Apr 11
NYT: Blakely disses the buffoons Apr 11
WaPo: A look at Musicians' Village Apr 11
Gambit: Nagin in context Apr 10
WaPo: Howard University students rock! Apr 09
USA: That's a lot of freaking Benjamins Apr 09
NYT: Cockfighting: should it stay or should it go? Apr 09
NPR: Theolonius Monk is moving to NOLA Apr 09
LOE: People helping people Apr 09
LAT: Addicts abandoned in NOLA Apr 09
Misc: Mid-City retail development survey Apr 07
Reuters: Agreement met on parade security fees Apr 05
AP: Spike wins a Peabody Apr 05
AP: The ever-reaching arms of Katrina fraud Apr 05
NPR: Judge slams the NOLA justice system Apr 04
AP: Constitution does not seem ot protect the right to intrastate travel Apr 04
CNN: Google rediscovers Hurricane Katrina Apr 04
Misc: Burger King campaign targets local charities Apr 03
DMN: Tip well, please Apr 02
TN: Free Gary Tyler Apr 03
CNN: This is one broke system Apr 03
CNN: I don't think so, Google Maps Apr 03

March 2007

AP: Thank you Hyogo Apr 03
TN: St Bernard's struggles with racism charge Apr 03
NYT: It's all about the housing Apr 03
NPR: Why cleaning up worries shrimpers Apr 03
CSM: Homeless numbers up in NOLA; shelter beds down Apr 03
CSI: Monthly report cards Apr 03
NPR: Honking horns in Ghana echoes NOLA jazz funeral Apr 03
NYT: Presidential candidates want New Orleans to host debate Mar 27
Misc: Time for Tennessee Mar 27
AP: Another reason why I'm a U2 fan Mar 27
USA: USA Today picks up the dumping story Mar 27
Misc: New Orleans Musicians Relief Fund blog moves Mar 26
JT: The new Wynton Marsalis CD reviewed Mar 27
TP: Chris DeBarr on St Joseph's Day Mar 27
TP: Dumping and dumping and dumping Mar 27
AP: NOLA is packin' Mar 23
Misc: Comic art show this weekend Mar 22
WaPo: Pretty hurricane movie Mar 23
WaPo: 'Team Louisiana' report says Corps to blame Mar 23
USA: Demolition slows a bit Mar 23
Celluloid: 'Flakes' a little flaky post-Katrina Mar 21
WaPo: Post editors are not impressed by Mayor Nagin Mar 21
NPR: Why some neighborhoods are coming back and others still languish Mar 21
NYT: Blanco will not seek 2nd term Mar 21
Misc: Duke v. Edwards again Mar 20
Misc: Making a list Mar 20
WaPo: Reconsidering the impact of John Howard Griffith and 'Black Like Me' Mar 20
WaPo: Oh Sweet Jesus — he didn't say that, did he?! Mar 20
WaPo: Is it art or part of a Stephen King novel? Mar 20
WaPo: George Winston and 12 minutes of marching with the saints Mar 16
CM: 'Louisiana in Words' due out this weekend Mar 16
AP: Blanco is pissed Mar 16
SG: On leaving New Orleans behind Mar 16
Fugees: 'The safety of numbers' Mar 14
MSNBC: Katrina fatigue Mar 14
AP: From the department of business as usual Mar 14
NYT: Shipyard strike triggered by Katrina price hikes Mar 13
WENN: Fats is back Mar 13
WaPo: New Orleans as a Spring Break punchline Mar 14
AP: Katrina debris in Lake Borgne Mar 14
Misc: Common Ground to join march on Pentagon Mar 12
Indep: The betrayal of New Orleans Mar 12
WaPo: Hurricane FEMA Mar 12
Reuters: Disney hits the Crescent City Mar 12
AD: Beautiful bungalow in New Orleans Mar 12
Tom: Experimenting with NOLA kids Mar 07
Smith: Chapter 1 of A.D. is up for reading Mar 06
NYT: Audit finds misuse of funds Mar 05
Eugene Robinson on the miracle of accountability Mar 05
David Creed Rogers, Rest In Peace Mar 05
HP: Newt Gingrich says you're stupid Mar 04
TP: That sound you hear is the clock ticking on the Louisiana coast Mar 04
WaPo: Shut up rich guys Mar 04
AP: From the department of WTF? Mar 04
PBS: New Orleans files $77 billion claim against Army Corps Mar 02
AP: Big firms hoard Katrina cleanup cash Mar 02
Misc: Neighborhood cleanup needs volunteers Mar 01
WaPo: Time for some shouting Mar 02
WaPo: Powell says, "Be realistic ..." Mar 02

February 2007

Misc: Update on Bronx cheer for Bush Feb 28
Misc: Give Bush a Bronx cheer Feb 28
Nolafugees: 'Best Internet magazine alive' Feb 28
NPR: Focus on news that matters for Lent Feb 28
AP: Mardi Gras money rolls in Feb 28
AP: NBA All Star Game still on track for New Orleans next year Feb 28
Free: Good news for Lafayette on Internet, cable TV, phone use Feb 27
Business: The wealthiest city of the Caribbean Feb 27
NYT: Rebuilding in Broadmoor Feb 27
Misc: A glimpse at the Katrina Memorial Feb 26
Beyond: NY elites only telling half the story Feb 26
Misc: Jazz funeral for Helen Hill Feb 23
NYT: A glimmer of hope on Delery Street Feb 23
NYT: Honoring Lafcadio Hearn Feb 22
NYT: Questioning HUD's vision Feb 22
WaPo: Under the Bridge shows NOLA's struggle Feb 22
HP: Ladies and gentlemen, these are your volunteers Feb 22
HP: In the rest of the country it was Tuesday Feb 22
AP: Visions of Fat Tuesday Feb 22
LAT: Raise the floor Feb 22
Reuters: Crime turning New Orleans into Big Uneasy Feb 22
Critical: Ken Foster on Mardi Gras, dogs, literature Feb 19
NPR: Greasing the poles in the French Quarter Feb 18
AP: Jefferson gets homeland security seat Feb 19
WaPo: Great meals, no reservations required Feb 19
LAT: The life and death of Mandell Duplessis Feb 17
AP: Spike, Soledad arm kids with camera Feb 15
Misc: 'An American City: New Orleans, Helen Hill and Me' Feb 15
CSM: Mississippi gets a makeover Feb 14
AP: State Farm bails on Mississippi Feb 14
TP: Tornado rips through New Orleans Feb 14
NYT: Times editorial rips into the feds over recovery rules Feb 14
SG: Farewell to NOLA author Sara Gran Feb 14
PZB: Something to look forward to Feb 14
NYT: PBS is sappy on NOLA Feb 14
AP: Blanco wants to reopen housing projects Feb 14
TAM: New Orleans site for unprecedented school reform Feb 14
CR: A call for book donations to kids in trouble Feb 11
PBS: American Experience is all New Orleans Monday night Feb 12
AP: Army Corps of Engineers sued by residents Feb 10
AP: Should we stay or should we go? Feb 08
Nolafugees: Pre-order 'Year Zero' today Feb 08
NPR: New Orleans as a college classroom Feb 07
PAFS: William Faulkner-William Widsom Creative Writing Competition now open for entries Feb 08
Blogging: Oy, such a home! Feb 07
TP: Charges finally filed in post-Katrina cop shooting Feb 07
TP: Congress rips slow housing recovery in Louisiana Feb 07
AP: From one university to another Feb 07
NBC: Why the comeback is so damn slow Feb 07
AP: FEMA wants a refund Feb 07
AP: Let's go all 9/11 Comission on their ass Feb 07
WaPo: Road to nowhere Feb 07
TP: Triple-header book event Feb 05
NYT: Dysfunction is leading to murder Feb 05
AP: FEMA on the ball in Florida Feb 05
PI: New Orleans vs the 'burbs Feb 05
AP: Court OKs lawsuits against Army Corps Feb 03
TP: Chris Rose dead 2 self Feb 02
AP: No death penalty if cops are guilty Feb 02
USA: Yet another round in the State Farm case Feb 01
Democracy: Feds, city step up attack on housing activists Feb 01

January 2007

WaPo: Business leaders determined to learn from Katrina Feb 01
CT: Sen Obama sounds off on Katrina recovery (or lack thereof) Feb 01
Reuters: New 10-year rebuild plan Feb 01
WaPo: Senate studies New Orleans rebuilding Jan 30
Amazon: Harry Connick Jr, two different ways Jan 30
SubPress: New release from NOLA author Poppy Z. Brite Jan 30
ES&T: Arsenic in Katrina wood debris Jan 30
USA: Is the Gulf Coast not part of our Union? Jan 30
CNN: State Farm settlement rejected by judge Jan 30
AP: 'Dead Man Walking' nun calls public housing plan a 'sin' Jan 28
AP: Say hello to New Orleans Jan 27
Hello: Oo la la! Angelina and Brad's pad Jan 26
PR: Jazz Fest lineup announced Jan 26
HP: Lebanon yes, New Orleans no Jan 26
MSNBC: Teachers wanted Jan 25
CNN: Get ready for the birdwatchers Jan 25
HP: Dropped off the map Jan 25
Multiple responses to the State of the Union Address regarding New Orleans Jan 25
Democratic response to State of the Union mentions New Orleans Jan 24
WaPo: President Bush's comments for New Orleans during State of the Union Jan 23
Reuters: Blanco seeks probe based on Brown's remarks Jan 24
TP: HUD, HANO ask courts to clear out St. Bernard protesters Jan 23
NYT: Jindall announces bid for governor Jan 23
WaPo: Sen. Webb thinks more money should go to NOLA Jan 23
BET: One Night Only looks at New Orleans high schoolers Jan 22
LA Times: Activists, artists may save the day Jan 22
PZB: Because really, it isn't just about football Jan 21
CNN: Michael Brown says politics affected Katrina response Jan 22
NYT: Future NOLA may be half its past size Jan 22
WaPo: Ninth Ward native getting into hot water in Washington Jan 22
PJ: That's a lot of trash Jan 22
NYT: Gates Foundation is kicking charity butt Jan 18
Vanishing Wetlands exhibit at US Botanic Gardens Jan 18
Misc: Seeing Katrina from the Astrodome Jan 17
Sun-Times: So you think it's just a game Jan 17
WaPo: Noah — they're kidding, right? Jan 17
Newsday: Die bacteria, die, die! Jan 17
Reuters: Hooray for Hollywood Jan 17
USA: Stressed out NOLA Jan 16
AP: Residents protest plan to raze public housing Jan 16
Reuters: Will it be black or white? Jan 16
Think: Did New York Times get the march wrong? Jan 15
NPR: Richard Ford on the Saints Jan 14
MSNBC: Lieberman backs down on Katrina Jan 14
PZB: Keeping the Saints in perspective Jan 14
AP: Zagat finds much to praise in NOLA restaurant scene Jan 12
A round-up of major news coverage Jan 11
KF: Anderson is joining the march Jan 10
WaPo: Checkpoints to combat crime Jan 10
WaPo: Urban planners say 9th Ward can be rebuild Jan 10
This just in...... Jan 10
AP: Arrested cops allowed to go back to work Jan 09
WaPo: A spike in killings Jan 08
NPR: A funeral for Dinerral Shavers Jan 08
Gaining some perspective Jan 08
KF: Saying enough is enough Jan 08
WaPo: Five in fourteen hours Jan 05
Wet Bank Guide: A word about our sponsor Jan 04
NPR: Louisiana's oldest cabbie Jan 04
USA: And of course, let's get you when you're down Jan 03
Misc: NOLA Christmas CD for Habitat for Humanity Jan 03
HP: New for 2007 - leadership for New Orleans Jan 02
WaPo: It's not the sink, it's the slide Jan 02
WaPo: Sugar Bowl shows differences Jan 02
AP: Grand jury indicts cops for post-Katrina murders Jan 01
Advocate: Remembering the city as it was Jan 01
AP: Houston mayor points to NOLA evacuaees Jan 01
LAT: Levee study faulted by experts Jan 01
Reuters: The end of Plaquemines Parish? Jan 01

December 2006

HP: The "natural disaster meme" and John Edwards Dec 29
HP: A "ticking time bomb" forgotten in the Xmas rush Dec 29
WaPo: From NOLA, a new presidential contender Dec 28
PZB: NOLA author announces final public appearance Dec 28
IHT: "A heritage of suspicion and misery" Dec 28
USA: $1 billion wasted and counting Dec 26
TP: Cops face charges for animal shootings Dec 26
Dogmatika: Best books from PZB, Sara Gran & more Dec 28
Reuters: Even the wealthy are suffering Dec 25
Misc: NOLA walks like an Egyptian Dec 25
NPR: Jason Berry keeps the faith Dec 25
WaPo: It's a "ticking time bomb" Dec 21
USA: Silent night Dec 28
NYT: America's open wound Dec 28
LAT: Master of post-disaster Dec 28
OA: When Katrina is just one more step in a crashing life Dec 20
Facing: Letter blasts NGOs for false promises Dec 20
SG: Suddenly chainless Dec 19
NYT: St Charles rides again Dec 19
NYT: Scientists dismayed by Corps plan Dec 19
DR: How Katrina came to Iowa Dec 18
Slate: A Confederacy of Dunces on the Big Screen? Dec 18
Misc: Buddy Bolden meets Police Academy Dec 18
Reuters: NOLA's literary heritage another casualty of Katrina? Dec 18
AP: Army Corps says shipping channel should be closed Dec 17
WWL: Black & Gold for the holidays Dec 17
AP: Pinnacle to expand gambling in southern Louisiana Dec 15
WaPo: This one is just too sweet to pass up Dec 14
BC: When do we decide there are no longer Katrina victims? Dec 14
WaPo: Consider this an official call to "Get off your ass" Dec 14
PR: Tony Soprano actor Gandolfini to be King Bacchus Dec 14
TO: For the love of God — how long must we repeat this same damn message? Dec 14
Ray: Darrell's dilemma Dec 13
Misc.: For the rest of us Dec 13
Reuters: Musicians can swing sledgehammers too Dec 13
WSJ: Who dat? Dec 13
LAT: More on the slow wheels of justice Dec 12
NYT: Katrina's baby boom Dec 12
WaPo: Right man, right time Dec 11
YouTube: "Let's Impeach the President" Dec 11
HP: Jefferson returns to Congress — any ideas on what this means? Dec 11
HP: Don't forget the NOLA failure in the midst of the Iraqi failure Dec 10
PZB: Who can afford to live in New Orleans Dec 10
USA: Nagin calls the feds on their failures Dec 07
WaPo: Public housing coming down Dec 07
TMN: Mississippi ain't all right Dec 07
USA: A different (and positive) view Dec 06
WaPo: Oh Sweet Jesus.... Dec 05
WaPo: The question is, will the Corps of Engineers do the right thing now? Dec 05
WaPo: Buy some treats for the Gulf Coast Dec 05
Nola.com: Thanks for Timothea Dec 05
NTY: Marsalis gets political on upcoming album Dec 04
San Jose: NOLA looks to its Saints for salvation Dec 04
PM: All that lost music.... Dec 04
HP: Author John McQuaid responds to Newt Gringrich's lost city worries Dec 04
Ray: Donate to the Holiday Decor and Toy Drive Dec 04
WaPo: Capote shines again in NOLA Dec 03
WaPo: Reason #10,000 why FEMA sucks Dec 03
HP: Gee Newt - a little behind the times aren't you? Dec 03
Misc: Happy Holidailies Dec 01

November 2006

Misc: The Ritz is ready for your business Nov 30
NYT: Road Home Program raises concerns Nov 30
DFP: This might make me believe in Santa Claus again Nov 30
NPR: Neighborhood Story Project gets the "All Things Considered" treatment Nov 29
NYT: A call for deconstruction Nov 29
WaPo: Thanks FEMA, for sending Kafka to the Gulf Coast Nov 29
Bark: NOLA pets treading water Nov 28
Amazon: Decorate like a Creole Nov 28
PZB: Let GQ know that Creoles are real Nov 28
Democracy: 100-plus Algiers families face eviction Nov 28
Misc: A good cause, a good book Nov 28
AP: AWOL soldier guts houses in New Orleans Nov 27
NYT: Second lines threatened by violence, cop fees Nov 27
PopSci: Hurricane-style nails Nov 27
HF: New Orleans Musicians Relief Fund Nov 26
NYT: Frugal Traveler goes back to NOLA Nov 26
APR: Most expensive lunches ever Nov 26
Advocate: Hip Hop Caucus holds "Stop the Violence" rally Nov 24
Misc: More fake news from New Orleans Nov 24
AP: Fair Grounds draw record crowd for Thanksgiving Nov 24
Celluloid: In defense of Denzel and Deja Vu Nov 22
PR: The Ritz is back Nov 22
NYT: Denzel might have struck out this time Nov 21
WaPo: Ungrateful and unmarried? Nov 21
Reuters: How to keep you sanity in NOLA Nov 21
AP: Thanksgiving with the ponies Nov 21
USA: Resilience Nov 21
NOMA returns to regular hours Nov 20
NG: Newer Orleans Nov 20
NYT: Rusty wheels of justice Nov 20
NYT: When public housing worked well Nov 19
WaPo: ACLU files lawsuit over parade fees Nov 19
Reuters: At last Nov 21
AP: Football eases family's transition Nov 16
WaPo: What to do with derelict homes Nov 16
NSP: Neighborhood Story Project announces new release Nov 16
WaPo: Set your tivos Nov 15
Terra: Weather disasters could cost a trillion a year in the future Nov 15
LAT: FEMA homes ruined while in storage Nov 15
The "No One Disses NOLA" edition Nov 14
NPR: Health care system still struggling Nov 13
MSNBC: Looking for happy holidays on the Gulf Coast Nov 13
AP: FEMA official sits in dunk tank for charity Nov 13
HP.com: New Orleans may be first of many Nov 13
NYT: NOLA welcomes the touring ex-presidents Nov 12
NYT: Updike on Katrina photos at the Met Nov 12
DM: Over the line of good taste Nov 12
Misc: The NOLA Craft Mafia is open for business Nov 09
Misc: The status of science at NOLA universites Nov 09
SG: Why this whole election mattered so much Nov 09
AP: No place but jail for some mentally ill Nov 09
WaPo: Katrina dog goes home Nov 08
WaPo: Fight to save the Bluefish Tuna Nov 08
WaPo: Hard times persist for mentally ill Nov 08
Nolafugees: Gamblers worry about fate of online poker Nov 08
NOCB: Casinos raking in profits Nov 08
NPR: Rebuilding the prisons Nov 07
NPR: Teens in NOLA without parents Nov 07
TP: Jefferson heading for a run-off Nov 07
WaPo: Not your Mama's librarian Nov 05
WaPo: Saints & Bucs Nov 05
PNAS: An academic look at reconstruction Nov 05
C&L: A Ninth Ward denizen pleads with you to vote Nov 04
NPR: ShopNOLA.org brings city's retailers together Nov 03
GQ: Food critic says NOLA shouldn't exist Nov 03
WaPo: No Mr. Chertoff, you don't deserve this Nov 02
NYT: How much more can these kids take? Nov 02
RIA: Make plans for music on Monday Nov 02
AP: Baton Rouge-NOLA rail service proposed Nov 02
Misc: Ken Foster on another reason not to go to Denver Nov 01
TP: Sara Gran on public housing Nov 01
PZB: Why Poppy won't be voting for Jefferson Nov 01
Reuters: It's all about the cash, baby Oct 31
AP: A concert for NOLA Oct 31
TP: Free Wifi a lost dream Oct 31

October 2006

Misc: Rotary Club kicks in on rebuild effort Oct 30
NYT: IRS playing politics when it comes to back taxes Oct 30
Misc: Social scientists look at race in post-Katrina NOLA Oct 30
AP: Whites pursue insurance claims more aggressively Oct 30
YT: Watch U2 and Green Day video: "The Saints Are Coming" Oct 29
NYT: Cruise ships return to Port of New Orleans Oct 29
WaPo: Hope from a "Katrina Cottage" Oct 29
Set your Tivos Oct 30
NPR: A little bit of Aaron Neville's latest Oct 27
WaPo: But really, he doesn't mean anything by it.... Oct 27
WaPo: NOLA's fascination with a murder tale Oct 27
USA: From the department of old old news Oct 25
LAT: Women of the Storm kick ass Oct 25
NYT: A long overdue look at drilling plans Oct 25
Misc: Sewage in the swamp Oct 24
IT: Big government and the Big Easy Oct 23
TP: Chris Rose's sorrow Oct 23
AP: Eerie silence in the Ninth Ward night Oct 23
NPR: Collecting recipes for the Southern Food and Beverage Museum Oct 22
WaPo: NOLA - claim your (distantly) native son Oct 22
WaPo: Without an indictment, Jefferson is still the candidate to beat Oct 22
ABC: Murderer was war vet Oct 20
HP: FEMA sucks, well so does HUD Oct 19
Hexing a Hurricane - the movie Oct 19
USA: Rebuilders applying for grants Oct 19
An Asian American educator in NOLA reflects on Katrina Oct 18
AP: Murder, suicide and voodoo...of course Oct 18
The Notorious Madame X on display Oct 18
NPR: A new definition of "trailer park communit