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Edwards in NH: “The poison fruit of corruption”

October 31, 2007 By mbair

Edwards delivered his new remarks in an old fashioned New England Town Hall packed with at least 400 people maybe more and another 60 or so kids from nearby Phillips Exeter Academy sat upstairs in the balcony. We were all in a happy mood … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: 2008-elections, 9-11, democrats, health-care, hurricane-katrina, iran, iraq, john-edwards, new-hampshire, new-orleans, president, primaries, universal-health-care

NOLA: Forget Me Not, Meet Pearl and Margie

October 29, 2007 By mbair

First up is Pearl. Video: Pearl (5:57) My name is Pearl Cantrelle and I'm from New Orleans, Louisiana... I would like to say that the people of New Orleans are a strong group of people. We're always working and coming together as a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: hurricane-katrina, louisiana, new-orleans

NOLA Speaks: Meet Jennifer and Eva

October 11, 2007 By mbair

New Orleans East was one of the hardest hit areas in the city. It's home to a diverse population which includes people of moderate means, very high end properties and a large and robust Vietnamese American community in the Versailles … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: hurricane-katrina, louisiana, new-orleans

Time to revoke DOMA – in Manchester today with John Edwards

September 8, 2007 By AmberPaw

Further, Edwards stated that any civil union or gay marriage should receive, and is entitled to receive all the "1100" protections that married couples receive under federal law. He did go on to say that while he fully supports civil … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: civil-unions, defense-of-marriage-act, doma, equal-protection, equal-rights, gay-marriage, iraq, new-orleans

NOLA Speaks: Take a ride through the Ninth Ward with Eddie Mims

April 20, 2007 By mbair

Previous vlogs in this series can be viewed here: NOLA Speaks - The TeaserNOLA Speaks - Meet Ed and Hillery Moise (like lou-ise)NOLA Speaks - Meet John Barquet and Tessa too.NOLA Speaks - Meet Kojak DavisNOLA Speaks - Meet Katie and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: eddie-mims, fats-domino, hurricane-katrina, louisiana, new-orleans, ninth-ward

Vlog NOLA Speaks: Meet Katie and Kathryn

April 17, 2007 By mbair

They are alive and struggling to bring themselves back from the absolute worst thing that any one of us can face in our own lives. They got wiped out.Each of these vlogs tries to focus on one aspect of life in the city or one issue … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: hotel-st.-marie, hurricane-katrina, kathryn-danner, katie-adams, louisiana, new-orleans, olivier-house-hotel, video, video-blogging

Friday Cat Blogging from NOLA

March 30, 2007 By mbair

Okay so this clip is really not in the spirit of Friday Cat Blogging, but meet Kojak Davis. He's a small business owner in the Marigny in NOLA. I interviewed him for my NOLA Speaks series. He gave me the greatest interview and touched on so … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: citizen-journalism, friday-cat-blogging, hurricane-katrina, kojak-davis, louisiana, new-orleans

How can we focus Congress on New Orleans and Gulf Coast

February 3, 2007 By bobvm

Last March I traveled to New Orelans with eleven other folks from the Concord area UCC churches to spend a week helping residents of New Orleans gut their homes so they could begin rebuilding.  Despite the devastation it was a positive … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: congress, katrina, new-orleans

MA Residents Can Help Save Affordable Housing in New Orleans

January 31, 2007 By minorjive

Because you either live in the 4th Congressional District of MA or know others who do, you can help stop the demolition of public housing in New Orleans. What 4th District Residents Can Do Call US Representative Barney Frank to let him know … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: katrina, national, new-orleans, poverty, public-housing, racism

Guerrilla Vlogger: Booted at YouTube, the agony…

December 28, 2006 By mbair

Update: I'll be vlogging the Edwards gig back in Portsmouth tomorrow so look for my vlog on the Town Hall event here in the next couple of days if you can't get up to see it. And as far as reposting, I won't be doing that here at BMG, this … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: 2008-elections, darfur, democrats, health-care, hurricane-katrina, john-edwards, new-hampshire, new-orleans, one-america, poverty, single-payer-health-insurance, unions, universal-health-care

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