Community leaders and organizers from Alaska gathered in New Orleans today to tell ecologists about the impact of a previous oil spill on their communities, and to warn the local community about the devastating impact the Gulf oil spill could have on Louisiana.

A University of Minnesota Law School study released last week found that the implementation of the charter school plan in New Orleans public schools has actually perpetuated a separate and unequal system.

For nearly five years, New Orleans residents have had to travel as far as Baton Rouge for medical care, since Hurricane Katrina closed so many of the city’s health care centers. But on Wednesday, a new medical facility was dedicated on South Carrollton Street.

Carrie Fisher, the actress and writer best known as Princess Leia in “Star Wars,” spoke Monday to the American Psychiatric Association’s national convention about her battle with mental illness and addiction.

At 2:30 a.m. I lay awake, restlessly tossing and turning on my narrow mattress. With my diploma in my grasp, it was now time for the big trip to the Big Easy, N’Awlins.