FOR THE RECORD

July 2021

FOR THE RECORD

On June 8, the City Council held a meeting regarding the emergency rental assistance program, which launched February 15 and was cut off in late May, received over 12,000...

Marisa Clogher

July 2021

Court is in Session—and Under Observation

Following a year of mass death and mass unemployment, the city is settling back into its own normalcy—where evictions breed profit and crime is in the limelight. While the adage...

Marisa Clogher

A black and white illustration of a needle and a fentanyl test strip. They are facing towards each other and intersect at the bottom. On the fentanyl test strip there is a tiny smiley face. Illustration by Sadie Wiese.

June 2021

FOR THE RECORD

On May 6, the City Council voted to decriminalize fentanyl test strips, a measure that will allow people who use drugs to test their supply, offering crucial information for safer...

Marisa Clogher

May 2021

FOR THE RECORD

On April 8, the City Council voted unanimously in a symbolic gesture opposing the construction of a Formosa plastics plant in St. James Parish. A coalition called Stop Formosa...

Marisa Clogher

April 2021

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Beck Levy, Holly Devon, Julia Engel, Marisa Clogher, Mary Beth Campbell, Michelle Nicholson, Sabrina Stone, Shirani Jayasuriya, William Archambeault

A black and white illustration of two light-skinned hands twisting a megaphone. The side that sound comes out of is facing down, and the sound waves coming out of it look like sound is getting quieter. Illustration by Sadie Wiese.

March 2021

FOR THE RECORD

On January 21, the City Council was set to vote on the appointment of Dana Henry to the New Orleans Public Library (NOPL) Board. This action was deferred to February 4 after an...

Marisa Clogher

A black and white illustration of SOPHIE, with the moon behind her. Her eyes are white and her hair is curly with wisps of it falling in her face. There’s a black circle surrounding her, with a gray moon above her head. Illustration by Kallie Tiffau.

March 2021

SOPHIE’S IMMATERIAL WORLD

“Always the same and never the same / Day by day, life after life” It was summer and excruciatingly hot. Santos was hosting a Tutti Frutti event: a queer dance party, “an...

Marisa Clogher

A black and white illustration of a coffee pot trying to put out engulfing flames. The flames take up most of the frame, and in the middle is a small coffee pot that’s slowly dripping coffee on them, as the flames close in around it. Illustration by Sadie Wiese.

February 2021

FOR THE RECORD

On December 17 the City Council reviewed Folgers’ request for Industrial Tax Exemption Program (ITEP) relief, a tax exemption that would have granted the Folgers corporation...

Marisa Clogher

February 2021

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Danielle Dietze, Julia Engel, Marisa Clogher, Mary Beth Campbell, Morgan Dowdy, Shirani Jayasuriya, William Archambeault

A black and white illustration of a black typewriter with white pages flowing out from it toward origami structures nearby. The pieces of paper are flying to create these structures. To the left of the typewriter is a medical tent and behind the medical tent is what looks like an apartment building. Behind the apartment building are more structures that are less developed. Illustration by Sadie Wiese.

January 2021

FOR THE RECORD

How public are public meetings? They’re not well publicized, sometimes scheduled without much notice, and agendas change quickly. In New Orleans, 17% of people can only...

Marisa Clogher

January 2021

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Brandon Lattimore, Danielle Dietze, Holly Devon, Julia Engel, Marisa Clogher, Mary Beth Campbell, Sabrina Stone, Shirani Jayasuriya, William Archambeault

November 2020

The Show Goes On: AG Picks for the 2020 New Orleans Film Festival

In the grand tradition of Southern persistence, The New Orleans Film Festival presses on for its 31st year. Due to COVID-19, the festival will be held primarily online as well as...

Brandon Lattimore, Derek, Julia Engel, Marisa Clogher, Sarah Durn, Victoria Conway, William Archambeault