Author: blksista

Don’t think that the outrage over the beating of a retired elementary school teacher taught the New Orleans Police anything. Three days ago, on December 27, police shot a mental patient, Anthony Hayes, 38, with a history...

I originally wrote this as a comment about Arlen Spector a few days ago.  I’ve posted it today on Kos as a diary, and now it’s a real diary here. I don’t hear stories about this at all. Say you lived on...

There’s both good news and bad news in NOLA, and for NOLA exiles and survivors.  Here are a few snippets. Another body was found this morning under debris in East New Orleans.  Initial reports say that the body...

Cross-posted on Kos. From USA Today via Yahoo News: The Gulf Coast in general and New Orleans in particular have at times felt abandoned by the American government. But they haven’t been abandoned by Americans, who have...

I came across this holiday photo gallery from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution of scenes in New Orleans during the holiday season. And this is not limited to the French Quarter. While the city looks forlorn and empty, there are...