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Locked Outside the Gates: Tasers, Pepper Spray, and Arrests in the Struggle for Affordable Housing in New Orleans\r\n 12/28/2007 \r\n\r\n\r\nby Bill Quigley\r\n\r\nIn a remarkable symbol of the injustices of…

Locked Outside the…

HUD Sends New Orleans Bulldozers and $400,000 Apartments for the Holidays\r\n\r\nBy Bill Quigley\r\n\r\nDecember 10, 2007 \r\n\r\nOn the 12th day before Christmas, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development…

HUD Sends New…

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…

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…

HUD to New Orleans Poor: \"Go F(ind) Yourself (Housing)!\"\r\n By Bill Quigley.\r\n t r u t h o u t | Report\r\n\r\n Sunday 18 June 2006\r\n\r\n The US Department of Housing and Urban Development has…

HUD to New Orleans…

The Reprise of Shame\r\n\r\nBy Dr. Andre M. Perry, Contributing Columnist\r\nDecember 24, 2007 talkback\r\n\r\nWe can all agree that housing choices for the poor should change. The historic, unanimous vote from New…

The Reprise of Shame

Get Rid of the Project?\r\nBy Dr. Andre Perry, Contributing Columnist
February 6, 2006 \r\n\r\nThe Housing Authority of New Orleans is unlocking many public housing developments for former residents after weeks…

Get Rid of the…

Anonymous comment card written in response to an exhibit by artist Maxx Sizeler at 2426 Bradish Place on May 19, 2007.\r\n\r\nComplete text on comment card: \"I don\'t want people to lose their homes, but I wish PROJECTS…

Housing Projects Are…

Charcoal portrait of Common Ground volunteer from private liberal arts college. Text begins: \"I came down to Common Ground because I wanted to be involved firsthand in a genuine struggle for social justice.\" Describes…

Portrait & Narrative…