Month: May 2020
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A Toxic Existence
By Sophie Brams The Agriculture Street landfill was closed in the late 1950s. In 1981, a neighborhood was built on top of it. In 1994, it was declared a superfund site by the Environmental Protection Agency. In the 1990s the fight for relocation began. And yet, the neighborhood, Gordon Plaza, still stands despite high levels…
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Ring In The Racism: Tulane Under Fire For Plantation Bell Campus Staple
By Hayley Meisel On Thursday, February 27th, Tulane University blasted students an email notifying them of a startling discovery. The Victory Bell, a cherished staple of Tulane’s campus, had been discovered to have once served as a plantation bell. Signed by President Mike Fitts and Doug Hertz of the Tulane Board, the email states that…
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New Orleans, A Neglectful Home for its Money-Makers: How The City’s Hostility Towards its Dancers is Running Them out of Business
By: Crawford Peyton Around 8:30 pm most nights, Mar* fondly remembers how she would be backstage with her coworkers preparing herself for the nightshift as a dancer at one of Bourbon Street’s more popular strip clubs; that was before her place of employment announced its indefinite closure, leaving her and her friends with few options. …
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