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Schwarzenegger Puts Reviving His Film Career On Hold, Plus News Outlets Are Baying to Publish a Photo of His Newly-Acknowledged Child

• May 19, 2011 • Comments Off

Posted in American Politics, Celebrities/Royals, Celebrity Children, Chicanos/Latinos, Class, Cultural History, Film, Journalism and Ethics, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Natural Disasters, New Orleans, People of Color, Sexuality, The Kennedys, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Ninth Ward
Tags: "If God is Willing and Da Creek Don't Rise", Apostasy, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bakersfield California, Children, Creative Artists Agency, Drama, Evasion, Gray Davis, HBO, Katrina, Latinos, Lying, Maria Shriver, Marriage, Mildred Baena, Mildred Patricia Baena, New Orleans, Pants, RadarOnline, Spike Lee, Stalkerazzi, Terminator, Terminator (franchise)

Trailers from “Tradition is a Temple,” New 90 Minute Documentary About New Orleans Music

• January 9, 2011 • Comments Off

Posted in African American History, American History, Arts, Class, Cultural History, Documentary, Education, Film, Hurricanes, Love, Music, New Orleans, New Orleans Music, People of Color, Protestant Denominations, Race, The Ninth Ward
Tags: "Tradition is a Temple", African Americans, American Music, Benny Jones, Blacks, Children, Danny Barker, Darren Hoffman, Doc Cheatham, DVDs, Elliot Callier, Fairview Baptist Church Marching Band, Fan Base, Frederick Sheppard, Fusion, Growing Up, Harry Connick Jr., Hurricane Katrina, James Andrews, Jason Marsalis, Jazz, Jazz Musicians, Kermit Ruffins, Kickstarter.com, Kirk Joseph, Lionel Hampton, Louis Armstrong, Love, Lucien Barbarin, New Orleans, New Orleans LA, Onward Brass Band, Preservation Hall Jazz, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Quiet Storm, Shannon Powell, Traditional Jazz

The President at The Fifth of Katrina, Xavier University, New Orleans, August 29, 2010

• August 29, 2010 • Comments Off

Posted in African American History, American History, American Politics, Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Black People, Chicanos/Latinos, Class, Cultural History, Democrats, Education, Homelessness, Hurricanes, Joblessness, Journalism and Ethics, Natural Disasters, New Orleans, Obama Administration, Race, The Economy, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Ninth Ward, Women
Tags: Ben Franklin High School, Broken Levees, Dr. Regina Benjamin, Emergency Plan, FEMA, Floods, Harry Shearer, HBCU, Hurricane Katrina, Hurricane Rita, Levees, New Orleans, New Orleans Housing Authority, New Orleans LA, President Barack Obama, President Obama, Roman Catholic, St. Bernard Project, Stranded, The Big Easy, The Big Uneasy, The Fifth Anniversary, The Gulf Coast, The Musicians' Village, The President, The President of the United States, Xavier University

The Fifth of Katrina – The People

• August 29, 2010 • Comments Off

Posted in African American History, American History, Black People, Class, Cultural History, Documentaries, Documentary, Film, Health, Hurricanes, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Natural Disasters, New Orleans, Race, Spirituality, Stroke, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Ninth Ward, Wisconsin, Women
Tags: "Frontline", "The Nation", "The Old Man and The Storm", "When the Levees Broke", 5027 North Roman Street, AK-47, Algiers Point, Aligiers Point Ferry, Architectural Critics, Architecture, Artistry, Building Artisans, Bushwhacked, Catastrophe, Cheryl Gettridge Steele, Chris Collins, Common Ground, Communities, Cox News, Danny Brumfield, Donnell Herrington, Effort, Gun Nuts, HBO, Henry Glover, Herbert Gettridge, Hurricane Katrina, Interview, Katrina, Killings, Looters, Louisiana, Love, Lydia Gettridge, Madison WI, Marcel Alexander, Mardi Gras, Martial Law, Master, Mental Health, Middle Class Blacks, Milvirtha Hendricks, Milvirtha Knight Hendricks, Mississippi, Nathan Roper, Neighborhoods, New Orleans, New Orleans Police, New Orleans Police Department, NOPD, Order to Shoot to Kill, PBS, Plasterer, Police Shootings, Race War, Racist, Right Wing, Roland Bourgeois, Shoot to Kill, Shootings, Shot, Spike Lee, Survivalist, Sweat, Texas, The FBI, The Lower Ninth Ward, The Road Home Program, Trauma, Truck Stop, Ugly, Ugly Ways, Vigilantes, Vinnie Pervel, Wayne Janak, WDSU, White Vigilantes, Whites, Wisconsin

New Orleans Saints’ Super Bowl Parade Celebration Webcast This Afternoon…and What the Win May Mean to The Ninth Ward

• February 9, 2010 • Comments Off

Posted in American Politics, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Crime, Health, Homelessness, Hurricanes, Joblessness, Mental Health/Psychology, Natural Disasters, New Orleans, Obama Administration, People of Color, Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome, Race, Sports, Television, The Economy, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Ninth Ward, The Super Bowl
Tags: "Make It White", Alla, Astrology, Babylon, Bacchus, Caesar, Carnival, Common Ground Relief, Drew Brees, Endymion, Golf Courses, Governor Bobby Jindal, High Rents, Holy Cross, Homeless, Homelessness, Jordan Flaherty, Krewe de Vieux, Krewes, Left Turn Magazine, LowerNine.org, Mardi Gras, Mardi Gras Krewes, Martin Luther King, Mayor Ray Nagin, Mayor-Elect Mitch Landrieu, Money Magazine, Muses, Neglect, New Orleans LA, NOLA.com, Orpheus, Pro-Business Mayor, Rex, Rick Prose, Speculators, St. Claude Food Store, The French Quarter, The Lower Nine, The New Orleans Saints, The Ninth Ward, The Saints, The Super Bowl, Tom Benson, Tucks, Ying Yang Twins, Young Urban Professionals, Zulu

Rooting for Brett, Rooting for the Saints

• January 24, 2010 • Comments Off

Posted in Celebrities/Royals, Class, Natural Disasters, New Orleans, Sports, Television, The Ninth Ward
Tags: 'Niners, American Cities, American City, Assassinations, Brett Favre, Carnival, City Hall, Delirium, Exile, Forty Niners, Geaux Saints!, George Moscone, Harvey Milk, Hurricane Katrina, Jonestown, Joy, Katrina, Mardi Gras, New Orleans, New Orleans Saints, Prima Donna, Speculators, The Minnesota Vikings, The Ninth Ward, The San Francisco 49ers, The Super Bowl, Vikes, World Championship

President Obama in New Orleans Today

• October 15, 2009 • Comments Off

Posted in American Politics, Black People, Class, Crime, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Gang Violence, Gentrification, Health, History, Hurricanes, Mental Health/Psychology, Murder/Manslaughter, New Orleans, Obama Administration, Race, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Ninth Ward
Tags: Barack Obama, Brad Pitt, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, Brangelina, Hurricane Katrina, Katrina, Malcolm X, New Orleans LA, New Orleans Police Department, NOPD, President Barack Obama, President Obama, The Gulf Coast, The United Nations, U.N. Declaration of Human Rights

Brad Pitt Unveils “Floating House” for New Orleans’ Ninth Ward–and It’s Affordable and Green

• October 8, 2009 • Comments Off

Posted in Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, History, Homelessness, Hurricanes, New Orleans, Race, The Ninth Ward, Wisconsin
Tags: 12 Feet, African Americans, Brad Pitt, Flooding, Green Houses, Green Muze, Green Technology, Hurricane Katrina, Katrina, Levee Breaks, Louisiana, Make It Right, Morphosis, Mother Nature Network, New Orleans, Ninth Ward, Post-Modern, Property, Santa Monica CA, Shotgun House, The FLOAT House, The Make It Right Foundation, Thom Mayne, Wisconsin

Dan Baum’s New Book Chronicles Nine New Orleans Lives

• March 31, 2009 • 2 Comments

Posted in American Politics, Black People, Books, Hurricanes, New Orleans, Nonfiction/Essays, Race, Sexuality, The Ninth Ward, Women
Tags: Carnival, Dan Baum, Food Music Justice, Hurricane Betsy, Hurricane Katrina, Ken McCarthy, New Orleanians, New Orleans Police, Nine Lives: Death and Life in New Orleans, The New Yorker, Transsexuals

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Southern Baptist Leaders Mishandled Sex Abuse Crisis, Report Alleges May 23, 2022
Executives of the nation’s largest Protestant denomination ignored victims, resisted reforms and were concerned with avoiding ‘potential liability,’ the third-party investigation says.
In the Fight Over How to Teach Reading, This Guru Makes a Major Retreat May 22, 2022
Lucy Calkins, a leading literacy expert, has rewritten her curriculum to include a fuller embrace of phonics and the science of reading. Critics may not be appeased.
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Brian Kemp, the incumbent governor, is at the top of the former president’s enemies list. But to many Georgia Republicans, he is ‘one of us.’
Bush Dynasty, Its Influence Fading, Pins Hopes on One Last Stand in Texas May 21, 2022
George P. Bush is running to unseat the incumbent attorney general. His family, once powerful in Texas, has become an albatross as well as an asset.
Two Killed, Dozens Injured in Rare Northern Michigan Tornado May 21, 2022
The deaths were reported in a mobile home park on the outskirts of Gaylord, where crews searched the wreckage on Saturday.
U.S. Military Airlifts Baby Formula From Europe May 23, 2022
A shipment that arrived on Sunday was the first of two intended to address shortages in the United States. Another shipment is set to arrive this week, the White House said.
Has California’s Fire Season Begun? May 23, 2022
Severe drought conditions and unseasonably warm temperatures are already raising the risks of fire.
In Texas, a Proxy Fight Over Democrats’ Stance on Immigration May 23, 2022
A runoff election in heavily Hispanic South Texas is revealing the party’s divisions on border issues.

The Guardian, UK

Médecins Sans Frontières pulls images of teenage rape survivor after outcry May 23, 2022
NGO takes down photos of girl, 16, from DRC from website after critics call them unethical and racist Médecins Sans Frontières has removed photographs of a teenage rape survivor from its website after criticism that the images were unethical and racist.MSF took down two photos of a 16-year-old girl from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) who was gang […]
Number of displaced people passes 100m for the first time, says UN May 22, 2022
‘Staggering milestone’ calls for urgent international action to address underlying causes of conflict, persecution and the climate crisis, says high commissioner for refugeesThe UN refugee agency (UNHCR) has said the global number of forcibly displaced people has passed 100 million for the first time, describing it as a “staggering milestone”.The UN high com […]
UK to announce more monkeypox cases as efforts ramp up to contain outbreak May 22, 2022
Close contacts of those infected with rare disease offered vaccines and told to isolate for up to 21 daysPublic health officials are to announce more UK monkeypox cases on Monday, as efforts ramp up to contain the first multinational outbreak of the virus that has led to cases in at least 14 countries.The unusual outbreak of the rare disease has sparked a wa […]
Britain slashes humanitarian aid by 51% despite global food crisis May 22, 2022
Campaigners say ministers must change course as millions face famine in Africa and the Ukraine war threatens to disrupt global food suppliesMinisters have been accused of choosing the “worst moment in history” to slash the foreign aid budget, as provisional figures showed that UK overseas humanitarian funding was cut by more than half last year.MPs and chari […]
Guinea junta allows former leader Alpha Conde to leave country May 21, 2022
84-year-old who was ousted last year boards plane for Turkey to receive medical treatmentGuinean ex-leader Alpha Conde boarded a plane for Turkey on Saturday after the junta that toppled him authorised his travel abroad for medical treatment, officials said.The 84-year-old Conte, who was ousted last year, has been allowed to travel out of respect for his “di […]
Mozambique confirms first wild poliovirus case in 30 years May 19, 2022
Case in child in Tete province follows detection of similar strain in Malawi in February, officials sayMozambique has identified its first case of wild polio in three decades following the genetic sequencing of a similar strain of the childhood disease in Malawi earlier this year.Dr Matshidiso Moeti, the World Health Organization’s regional director for Afri […]
Canada storms: at least eight dead amid trail of destruction May 23, 2022
Huge clean-up after Ontario and Quebec hit by tornado-like weather, felling trees, uprooting utility poles and cutting power to more than 500,000The death toll from powerful thunderstorms in Canada’s two most populous provinces has risen to at least eight, authorities said on Sunday, as emergency crews continued a massive clean-up to restore power to half a […]
Mexico’s migrant checks on buses and highways ruled racist and illegal May 22, 2022
Landmark ruling follows case of three young Indigenous Mexicans detained and abused on suspicion of being Guatemalan migrantsMexican immigration agents can no longer conduct stop and search operations on buses and highways after the country’s supreme court ruled that such checks are racist, discriminatory and therefore unconstitutional.The landmark ruling, h […]

The BBC

Ukraine war: Russian soldier Vadim Shishimarin jailed for life over war crime May 23, 2022
The tank commander admitted killing an unarmed civilian at the first war crimes trial since the invasion.
Biden vows to defend Taiwan in apparent US policy shift May 23, 2022
The US leader warned China against invading the island, likening such a move to Russia's war in Ukraine.
North Korea's Kim Jong-un is seen at state funeral not wearing a mask May 23, 2022
The North Korean leader attends the funeral of a top military official as the country faces a Covid outbreak.
Iran vows revenge after Revolutionary Guards colonel is assassinated May 23, 2022
Sayad Khodai was shot outside his home - the latest high-level figure to be killed in Iran.
French street artist Miss. Tic dies aged 66 May 23, 2022
She is seen as one of the founders of stencil art, famous for her graffiti of female figures in Paris.
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe says Iran made her confess as condition of release May 23, 2022
Iran made a last-minute release demand at the airport with a UK official present, the former prisoner says.
Ukraine war: Russian assault on key Donbas city intensifies May 23, 2022
Moscow has been accused of a "scorched earth" policy in its efforts to capture Severodonetsk.
Delhi rain: Thunderstorm brings relief from heatwave May 23, 2022
The thunderstorm led to flight delays and disrupted power supply in parts of India's capital.