Stories by Jordan Flaherty
Jordan Flaherty is a union organizer and an editor of Left Turn Magazine.
Despite sunny media reports about post-Katrina rebuilding, the facts on the ground reveal a stark portrait of a city transformed.
Posted on Aug 29, 2008
At Louisiana's notorious Angola Prison, which sits on a former slave plantation, prisoners are doing more than surviving. They are organizing.
Posted on Jun 12, 2008
On the ground at the Jena protest on Sept. 20, one got the sense that Jena could be the beginning of a larger movement for racial justice.
Posted on Sep 21, 2007
The city is an international symbol of neglect and racism. But the federal government isn't the only one to blame.
Posted on Jan 18, 2007
A New Orleans resident says that a year after Hurricane Katrina tore through the Gulf Coast, not much has changed.
Posted on Aug 29, 2006
As post-Katrina New Orleans becomes a battleground over private vs. public schools, students organize to be a part of the debate.
Posted on Aug 9, 2006
Black and Latino community organizers in New Orleans respond to a recent study that documents a huge decline in the workers’ rights and conditions in the city.
Posted on Jul 13, 2006
Guantanamo on the Mississippi: a look at the New Orleans Parish Prison before, during and after Katrina.
Posted on Apr 25, 2006
The 1,400 working-class households in this housing project are returning to find their homes destroyed not only by Katrina, but by thieves.
Posted on Jan 12, 2006
Police misconduct in the 'Big Easy' has reached a frightening fever pitch. In the last year, seven young black men have been killed by police, and none of the officers have been punished.
Posted on Oct 17, 2005
What if the massive effort poured into patrolling this city -- and chasing everyone out -- went into beginning the rebuilding process?
Posted on Sep 14, 2005
Long before Katrina, this city was hit by a hurricane -- of poverty, racism, disinvestment, deindustrialization and corruption. The damage from that storm alone will take billions to repair.
Posted on Sep 3, 2005
