Women’s Health Services Take a Hit in Attack on Planned Parenthood

Kasia Anderson / Truthdig Sep 2, 2015 Planned Parenthood has been enduring a reinvigorated assault from the right of late, and once again, because all the services of the women's health organization are being filed under the heading of "abortion," the whole "women's health" aspect is overshadowed. Guess who loses? Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Resisting Neoliberalism in Post-Katrina New Orleans

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Aug 30, 2015 Authorities “demolished all of the city’s remaining traditional public housing … converted almost the entire public school system into charters, eliminated the teachers’ collective bargaining agreement” and oversaw “the permanent closure … of the public hospital dedicated to serving the poor,” writes Jay Arena in the magazine Jacobin. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

What Happened After Brad Pitt and a Group of Star Architects Went to Rebuild New Orleans

Roisin Davis / Truthdig Aug 29, 2015 In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, movie star Brad Pitt -- perhaps the city’s most famous resident -- established his Make It Right Foundation to rebuild the Lower Ninth Ward, one of New Orleans' poorest and hardest-hit neighborhoods. Attached to the project was a group of star architects including Frank Gehry, Thom Mayne and Shigeru Ban. Ten years after the storm, what have they achieved? Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

10 Years After Katrina, New Orleans Is ‘Gentrification’s Ground Zero’

Roisin Davis / Truthdig Aug 28, 2015 In the 10 years since Hurricane Katrina, many of New Orleans' low-income black residents have been displaced, with gentrification entailing a dramatic transformation of the city's class structure and cultural identity. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

VIDEO: President Obama on Hurricane Katrina Anniversary: ‘New Orleans Is Coming Back’

Kasia Anderson / Truthdig Aug 28, 2015 Those hoping for a nuanced takedown of the response to the epic catastrophe that washed away much of what the city once was will have to look elsewhere for that sort of thing. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Hurricane Katrina, 10 Years Later: Recovery Efforts Gauged Differently According to Race

Kasia Anderson / Truthdig Aug 27, 2015 Just as the immediate aftereffects of Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans residents in different ways—depending on race, class and other factors—the story of the city's recovery a decade later varies, depending on who tells it. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Federal Judge Martin Feldman Says Gay Marriage Is the Gateway Drug to Incest and Polygamy

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Sep 4, 2014 A U.S. district judge in New Orleans on Wednesday decided to buck the trend and stick it to same-sex couples. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Louisiana’s Incarceration Is a Private Business

Donald Kaufman / Truthdig Jan 5, 2014 Louisiana has assailed its residents to a level unequal to any other state, entering the new year with another signature No. 1 ranking in lockups. It has created a system more efficient and despondent than state run prisons or regular privatization. The costs are low, profits high and human life is a commodity that allows the market to keep growing.Louisiana has created a system more efficient and despondent than state run prisons or regular privatization. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

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Surveillance Video Captures New Orleans Parade Shooting

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig May 13, 2013 Nineteen people, including two children, were wounded after gunmen opened fire on the crowd at a neighborhood Mother's Day parade. Authorities believe a possible suspect can be seen in newly released surveillance video. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Katrina ‘Could Soon Happen Every Other Year’

By Alex Kirby, Climate News Network Mar 19, 2013 With temperatures predicted to rise by at least 2°C this century, storms like the one that drowned New Orleans in 2005 could occur in the Atlantic once every two years. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Truthdigger of the Week: Zack Kopplin

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Dec 23, 2012 Reason has a new friend: 19-year-old Zack Kopplin played a crucial role in getting the Orleans Parish School Board to ban creationism from its campuses. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )