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Mississippi youth celebrate Asian culture, raise money for fishing communities
An annual Asian heritage festival, hosted by Mississippi youth, is now extending into an ongoing effort to support fishing families impacted by the BP oil disaster. read more
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Gulf Coast youth head to D.C. to call for action from Congress, the President
New Orleans, LA - More than 100 youth and community members from the Gulf Coast are on their way to Washington D.C. today to bring a unified messaged to Congress and the President: the BP oil...
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Power Shift; Where Youth Fight for Our Future
This weekend, the Woodstock of the environmental movement is on full display, not in a remote farm in New York, but deep in the heart of the nation's Capitol.read more
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My father, the whistleblower
My dad used to work at one of the chemical plants in the Point Comfort/Port Lavaca area in Texas, about a two and a half hour drive southwest from Houston. The plant produces plastics and PVC pellets...
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Playground tells story of forgotten New Orleans neighborhood
The Norwood Thompson playground is a gathering place for all ages in Gert Town. It is a place of fellowship for residents of this New Orleans neighborhood, and provides a break for working mothers to...
View ArticleToxic chemicals made by ExxonMobil attack children’s health
(Houston, TX) Today, public health groups blasted ExxonMobil Chemical Company for blocking new restrictions on toxic chemicals that damage children’s health and pollute local communities. Outside...
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New Orleans Is No Education 'Miracle'
By Linda Tran, via Justice Roars. An article recently posted on the Education Week website offers an imporead more
View ArticleAdvocates urge NOLA City Council to reject citywide curfew for youth
Yesterday, a group of advocates sent the following open letter to the New Orleans City Council, regarding a proposed citywide curfew that would make it illegal for youth under the age of 16 to be...
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Consent Decree between NOPD and DOJ includes Unprecedented Victory for LGBT...
By Wesley Ware, BreakOUT! The Consent Decree between the New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) released last week is the furthest the Department of Justice has ever...
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