May 2017 HIDDEN LOUISIANA: THE SOCIALIST JEWISH COMMUNE OF SICILY ISLAND In the summer of 1881, a letter from Louisiana appeared in Ha-Melitz, a Hebrew newspaper printed in the Russian Empire: “Tomorrow on the 21st of August, I and the rest of the... Breonne DeDecker
December 2016 FIGHT FOR HOUSING Affordable housing developers and advocates are feeling anxious about the incoming president. The federal government plays a massive role in the creation and preservation of... Breonne DeDecker
September 2016 FIVE DAY NOTICE: OBSERVATIONS FROM EVICTION COURT Tanica’s been living in a motel on Airline Highway since her eviction one week ago. It’s a rainy Saturday afternoon and her 3-yearold daughter is sitting on the bed,... Breonne DeDecker
June 2016 Hidden Louisiana: Louisiana Treasure Museum All I really knew about the Louisiana Treasures Museum in Tangipahoa Parish was that it was filled with old glass bottles and pictures of dead cops. I eyed a century-old... Breonne DeDecker
March 2016 Hidden Louisiana: The Republic of West Florida When a group of white anti-government militants occupied the Malheur Wildlife Refuge in Western Oregon in January of 2016, they claimed to be acting under a divine message from... Breonne DeDecker
January 2016 Hidden Louisiana: It’s Britney, Bitch “Are you here to see Kentwood’s World War II collection, or Britney Spears?” The elderly woman behind the desk at the Kentwood Museum already knew the answer. I was there to... Breonne DeDecker
December 2015 Top 5 Condo Developments New Orleans is in the middle of a housing crisis. Home prices and rents are skyrocketing in many neighborhoods. For my 2015 year in review, I decided to spotlight some exciting... Breonne DeDecker
November 2015 Hidden Louisiana: The German Coast The southwestern rim of Lake Pontchartrain, commonly referred to as the German Coast, is a composite of landscapes both real and imagined, their details spread across plat maps,... Breonne DeDecker, Darin Acosta
October 2015 Hidden Louisiana: Rum & Coke Coastal Louisiana’s intricate mazes of marshes and bayous have long been safe havens for bandits. Perhaps the most known is the pirate Jean Lafitte, a much celebrated local... Breonne DeDecker
October 2015 Histories of Southern Revolt: An Interview with the authors of Dixie Be Damned Dixie be Damned is a history book about the South unlike any I have ever encountered, challenging the narrative that the South is a passive, politically conservative region. The... Breonne DeDecker
September 2015 Hidden Louisana: Trinkets and Truth Louisiana’s Civil War Museum at Confederate Memorial Hall is the oldest operating museum in Louisiana. Originally opened in 1891 as the Confederate Memorial Hall, the museum... Breonne DeDecker
August 2015 Photos: Breonne DeDecker “(These images were taken in the fall of 2005) Everything was the color of mud by daylight. A riverine stench hung in the air. Waterlines seemed etched into every house,... Breonne DeDecker
