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The criminal justice meltdown in New Orleans?\r\n\r\nBy Bill Quigley\r\n\r\nNovember 5, 2007 \r\n\r\n\"We are faced with the daily reality of an imminent collapse of our criminal justice institutions.\"\r\n\r\nNew…

The criminal justice…

HUD demolitions draw noose tighter around New Orleans\r\n\r\nBy Bill Quigley, \r\n\r\nOctober 1, 2007 \r\n\r\nOdessa Lewis is 62 years old. When I saw her two weeks ago, she was crying because she is being evicted.…

HUD demolitions draw…

How to Destroy an African-American City in Thirty Three Steps - Lessons from Katrina\r\n\r\nBy Bill Quigley\r\n\r\nJuly 2, 2007 \r\n\r\nStep One. Delay. If there is one word that sums up the way to destroy an…

How to Destroy an…

Katrina, 10 Months Later\r\nGutting New Orleans \r\n\r\nBy BILL QUIGLEY\r\n\r\nJune 28, 2006\r\n\r\nSaturday I joined some volunteers and helped gut the home of one of my best friends. Two months after she finished…

Gutting New Orleans:…

(In the first installment of this article, which can be found here, Bill Quigley described the massive charter school educational experiment going on in New Orleans. That experiment has divided public school children…

Part II: New…

There is a massive experiment being performed on thousands of primarily African American children in New Orleans. No one asked the permission of the children. No one asked permission of their parents. This experiment…

Fighting for the…

Feeding 18,000 Families Each Month in One Neighborhood in New Orleans - The Right to Return Eighteen Months after Katrina\r\nby Bill Quigley | February 26, 2007 - 3:26pm\r\n\r\nEach morning, Debra South Jones drives 120…

Feeding 18,000…

\"Less Meeting, More Fighting!\" Lessons learned by grassroots Katrina and tsunami social justice activists\r\n\r\n By Bill Quigley\r\n t r u t h o u t | Report\r\n\r\n Thursday 31 May 2007\r\n\r\n\r\n The…

\"Less Meeting, More…

Robin Hood in Reverse: The Corporate Looting of the Gulf Coast\r\nby Bill Quigley | November 14, 2006 - 3:14pm\r\n\r\nRobin Hood stole from the rich and gave to the poor. On the Gulf Coast, the reverse is happening.…

Robin Hood in…

The Public Housing Struggle in New Orleans: A Tale of Two Sisters\r\nGulf Coast Recovery\r\nby Bill Quigley | December 30, 2006 - 3:55pm\r\n\r\nWhy is HUD Using Tens of Millions in Katrina Money to Bulldoze 4,534 Public…

The Public Housing…