After Katrina, neoliberals replaced New Orleans' schools with charters, which...
After Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans was shock doctrined through a massive, neoliberal transformation, the centerpiece of which was a replacement of the public school system with a system entirely...
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Report: BP dispersants are making people sick
Things could be going from really bad to even worse around the Gulf of Mexico, for residents and for BP. An investigation by Al Jazeera reveals that the dispersants BP is using to treat the spill are...
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Giant Diesel loco throws a piston
This 2010 message-board post allegedly details the mayhem wrought when CN locomotive 2699 ("a 212 ton, 6 axle machine powered by a 4400 hp V16 4 stroke Diesel") threw a piston while passing through...
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Louisiana congressman-elect dies from COVID-19 at age 41
Congressman-elect Luke Letlow (R-LA), who won a special election to represent Louisiana's 5th District just three weeks ago, died on Tuesday evening from COVID-19 complications. He was...
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Report: BP dispersants are making people sick
Things could be going from really bad to even worse around the Gulf of Mexico, for residents and for BP. An investigation by Al Jazeera reveals that the dispersants BP is using to treat the spill are...
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Giant Diesel loco throws a piston
This 2010 message-board post allegedly details the mayhem wrought when CN locomotive 2699 ("a 212 ton, 6 axle machine powered by a 4400 hp V16 4 stroke Diesel") threw a piston while passing through...
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The ancient mounds of Louisiana
Hundreds of ancient mounds are scattered all over Louisiana. The mounds hold clues—in the forms of artifacts like projectile points, pottery, axes, grinding stones, fired earth objects, and more—about...
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Louisiana man fired after urinating in water supply, caught on camera
Fifty-seven-year-old Michael Mastin of Baton Rouge was recorded on security video relieving himself in a large tank at the Donaldsonville water plant, an action that is strongly discouraged by the...
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Sam's Club "Louisiana" t-shirt gets it terribly wrong
Mountainous Louisiana? Sam's Club T-shirt raises eyebrows https://t.co/3Kkb8G3HNi— NOLA.com (@NOLAnews) April 17, 2023 NOLA.com recently tweeted this photo of a t-shirt being sold at some Sam's Clubs...
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Hertz faces backlash after rejecting Puerto Rican driver's license, calls...
Puerto Rican Humberto Marchand, eager to hit the road on his preplanned trip, faced an unexpected hurdle at a Hertz counter in New Orleans, Louisiana. Despite being a U.S. territory, the Hertz employee...
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Aggressive, carnivorous, air-breathing, land-walking invasive fish spotted in...
Meet the northern snakehead, a horrifying fish that is an invasive species and can breathe out of water and walk on land—and it's just been spotted in Louisiana for the first time. This fish truly is...
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LSU fans win the College World Series Jell-O shot challenge with 68,888 shots
I don't follow sports at all, but I'm from Louisiana, and my Facebook feed has been absolutely jammed packed with friends and family posting about LSU being in, and then winning, the 2023 College World...
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Welcome to Louisiana. Can you pronounce words such as "Natchitoches" and...
I love asking friends who are not from the American South to try to pronounce words that are common in Louisiana—it's hilarious hearing folks trying to pronounce "boudin," or "Natchitoches," or...
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Try your luck with "The Worst Day of Your Life" fortune telling machine at...
Last year I introduced you to one of my favorite cryptids, Darrel the Dogigator, a delightful half-dog and half-gator creature who lives at the Mystery House (or UCM—"You See 'Em" Museum) in Abita...
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Gay doctor says he's leaving Louisiana to get away from new anti-LGBTQ laws
Jake Kleinmahon, a medical doctor in Louisiana, says he's leaving the state to avoid its new anti-LGBTQ laws. In June, state lawmakers passed three bills targeting LGBTQ people. Gov. John Bel Edwards,...
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Spice up your Waze with the "Chalmette HeyBrah" voice pack
If you're tired of all of the voices on your Waze driving navigation app, here's a new one that will bring you levity to your daily commute—it was recorded by Shane Ansardi, who lives in Chalmette,...
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Anti-LGTBQ legislation chases a much-needed physician and his family out of...
When Jake Kleinmahon decided to move back to Louisiana to start his pediatric cardiology practice, he saw an opportunity to help people. As one of the few people qualified to do pediatric heart...
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Louisiana GOP endorses candidate accused of whipping child and other...
The GOP proves once again that its moralistic outrage is just for show, this time in Louisiana with the endorsement of John Raymond, a candidate who has been charged with "criminal cruelty" to...
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MAGA-brained Louisiana Rep. says Covid met him at "death's door" but is not...
Only in the mad, mad world of MAGAland does language make less sense than if one were to simply grunt. Take Congressman Clay Higgins (LA), for example, who, in nearly the same breath, says Covid is...
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Celebrate "Louisiana's werewolf" at Rougarou Fest!
Get yourself down to Houma, Louisiana October 20-22 for the Rougarou Fest, a family-friendly extravaganza celebrating the elusive cryptid known as the Rougarou. The Rougarou Fest website explains that...
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