Before the Affordable Care Act (ACA), schoolteacher Alaina Comeaux viewed age 25 as a death sentence.
That’s the age when she would be ousted from her parents’ insurance and forced to try and find insurance on the private market to cover her treatments for Crohn’s disease and ankylosing spondylitis. One treatment she receives as many as eight times a year costs $21,000 – per session.…
A day of protest in New Orleans began with a mock funeral at the Mississippi River and ended with dozens of protesters linking arms at Duncan Plaza. On Jan. 20, as Donald Trump was sworn in as the 45th President, hundreds of New Orleanians marched in the streets, offering satire in the morning and a massive call to organize against threats to marginalized communities in the afternoon.…
Tonight, Mayor MItch Landrieu responded to the inauguration of President Donald Trump with a statement that seemed to take issue with Trump’s “America First” message during his inaugural speech.
“Like he did on the campaign trail, President Trump painted a picture of poverty and crime in our ‘inner cities.’ Unfortunately, I am concerned he paints cities with too broad of a brush.…
Past eras come into focus gradually with the passage of time. Long dismissed unfairly as the frivolous “Me Decade” by cultural observers of every stripe, the 1970s recently have been recognized as the inspiration – if not the source – for much of today’s popular culture, especially as regards film and music.…
Carnival is upon us – ready or not – as is the continuation of the holiday binge that began around Halloween.…
“This is what democracy looks like.”
That old chant, part of a call-and-response familiar to generations of activists, took on new resonance Saturday as thousands of people took to the streets of the French Quarter and CBD in a protest that was part of worldwide demonstrations against freshly inaugurated President Donald Trump.…
Noon SATURDAY: Danny Barker Parade and Festival
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(route details for both parades below the jump!)
On New Year’s Day 2014, the man called Swami Sankarananda – who will be visiting New Orleans Jan. 4-15 – began a nine-month, almost 3,000-mile trek across the United States, carrying nothing but necessities in a 25-pound backpack: a sleeping bag, razor, toiletries, socks, camera, mobile phone, headlamp and 1-liter water bottle. Wearing the orange dhoti of a Hindu monk, he resolved to “walk in prayer unceasing for all to know peace.” In an exception to this simplicity, he posted daily on Facebook, sharing personal interactions and observations.
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