New Orleans
Tribune Katrina editorial shows contempt for democracy
August 18, 2015New Orleanians are all too familiar with having the important aspects of their lives ripped from their control, but they will they retake control of their schools.
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New Orleans union teachers to take case to U.S. Supreme Court
November 7, 2014The 7,500 union teachers and staff, fired after the state took over the schools following Hurricane Katrina, are taking their case to the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Nine years after Katrina, school workers still fighting for justice
September 4, 2014It's taken nine years, but some 7,000 former New Orleans school workers may be headed for a multimillion-dollar win of back wages and penalties this fall.
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Today in labor history: New Orleans slave uprising
January 8, 2013The revolt consisted of somewhere between 300-500 people.
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Jungleland? New Orleans community activist rejects NY Times depiction of Ninth Ward
May 14, 2012"Contrary to the NY Times, residents of this community are not reconciled to life in the wilderness and we don't live in a forgotten wasteland."
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