New Orleans

A performance troop marches during the 2008 Voodoo Experience at City Park on October 25, 2008 in New Orleans. (Photo by Jeff Gentner/Getty Images North America) New Orleans is a great place to celebrate Halloween.  Not only is the sinking city completely haunted, it is also an annual host to the Voodoo Experience, a multi-day music festival that takes place the weekend before the creepiest day of the year. A dancer dances, front, while Rob Garza, left, and Eric Hilton of Thievery Corporation perform during the 2008 Voodoo Experience at City Park on October 25, 2008 in New Orleans. (Photo by Jeff Gentner/Getty Images ... Read Full Story

A recent photo spread in W Magazine entitled ‘ Come Down to Nawlins ‘, and photographed by Bruce Webber, got me thinking about the situation in New Orleans since Katrina, an issue I have always been interested in, something I am extremely passionate about. Here’s my chosen photo from the spread: Now unless you have been living under a rock, you know about the disaster that was hurricane Katrina, the effect it had along the gulf coast of the North America, the hundreds and hundreds of people who died (reportedly less than a thousand, but I believe more), and the thousands who lost their ... Read Full Story

“I will resist congress’s attempt to federalize medicine!” - President G.W. Bush, seen on tonight’s CBS News It’s no surprise that the lead local story is Louisiana residents having the highest rate of cancer in the U.S. Katrina wiped out 7 of the region’s 16 hospitals, and over one-third of its healthcare workers , particularly doctors and nurses. The few clinics that sprang up after the storm are having difficulty finding the money to continue two years later and have no hope of keeping up with the demand for medical care. Louisianans seem to have resigned any hope of finding relief from Washington, and ... Read Full Story

According to Hip Hop Elements, VL Mike, a former member of the Chopper City Boyz group, was shot and killed on Sunday (April 20) in New Orleans. According to local paper The Times-Picayune, the rapper (real name: Michael Allen) was exiting his vehicle at around 1 p.m., when an unknown assailant approached and opened fire. The gunman then escaped on foot, and Allen later rushed to University Hospital where he died shortly after. VL Mike was just 32 years old. There was six other slayings in the city over the last few days. The rapper was the seventh. Fans of the rapper left several ... Read Full Story

The folks at Lazlo's Basement have begun the Wikizine New Orleans . The following article is reprinted from www.lazlosbasement.com/blog. Please help us by contributing often. Laizzes le bon temps roulet! For those of you who haven’t taken notice, we’re broadcasting live from down in the international metropolis of the Big Easy. As the home of Mardi Gras and the Saints slowly puts the pieces of its life back together, not unlike the owners of this blog, we continue to experience the fallout of one of the most destructive forces this nation has ever seen. As people in other parts of the country demand that ... Read Full Story