Blake Skylar
LATEST ARTICLES BY Blake Skylar
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U.S.
New Orleans diary: Seafood, hospitality, an appeal for help
July 20, 2011Katrina was the first in what would become a series of tragedies for the Big Easy, the next being the 2010 BP oil spill.
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Labor
Six years after Katrina, unions determined to rebuild their communities
July 15, 2011NEW ORLEANS - As a reporter in this city, you can't help but hear the stories about Hurricane Katrina - even six years after the disaster.
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Labor
Union Summer interns work to save endangered shipyard
July 14, 2011"We're a pretty good team," says Sarah Mandel, one of a group of young interns working here to stop the Avondale shipyard from closing.
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U.S.
Huge Phoenix dust storm tied to climate change
July 8, 2011The giant dust cloud rolled over the city of Phoenix on July 5.
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World
France bans fracking
July 1, 2011The French parliament voted to ban fracking - a worrisome technique used to extract gas from rock deposits.
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U.S.
MySpace sale is a tale of caution
July 1, 2011In an era where Facebook and Twitter dominate the scene, MySpace, which saw its peak in popularity in 2006, has been rendered irrelevant.
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Opinion
Heavy Metal’s progressive journey
June 30, 2011
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World
China’s green power plan
June 30, 2011The energy's always greener on the other side...of the world, that is. Particularly, in China.
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