As summer dawns in the northern hemisphere, cities near the southern coast of the U.S. wonder what is in store for them this year as the tropical storm season is already underway.
In New Orleans it is a dark dawn for many as government and commercial interests work to destroy the public infrastructure of the city. Teachers are being fired, the criminal court system is not functioning, the public health system is lacking, and -- incredibly -- useable public housing is being destroyed. And it is all unnecessary.
Last evening I heard part of a radio interview with Bill Quigley, professor at Loyola University and also head of the Law Clinic and the Gillis Long Poverty Law Center at Loyola. I was horrified to learn what is actually happening in New Orleans. Big money interests supported by racially-biased whites are working to tamp down the numbers of African-Americans who are able to return to the city. This is unconscionable.
I invite you to listen and learn.
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/06/20/142210
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