We are looking at rentals in the area since my current landlord is selling. I can see why people are struggling to find housing. Since 2021, rent has increased over $1000 a month locally. The lease applications are EXTREMELY thorough. We are being priced out of survival SO FAST,

Two years ago Johnny Buth moved from Boston to Louisiana to become a shrimper. He never expected prices to drop so severely he'd be forced to live in his boat. wwno.org/podcast/sea-ch… Major thanks to Economic Hardship Reporting Project for supporting this project.

Self liberating people were referred to as maroons. The word "maroon" comes from the Taino word "simaran," meaning a stray arrow. In the 1770s, there was a large maroon community in the swamps south of New Orleans. 1873 print courtesy of the Library of Congress.

“In Vietnamese culture, water and home are so linked that they share a word. The Vietnamese word for water is nước. But nước also means homeland.” wwno.org/podcast/sea-ch…

In this EHRP-supported episode of New Orleans Public Radio’s podcast Sea Change, Anya Groner speaks with Louisiana’s Vietnamese American shrimping community about the climate crisis: What does it mean to live with water in a place where everything about water is changing? wwno.org/podcast/sea-ch…

"The only moral thing Palestinian civilians can do apparently is to die. The only legal thing the rest of us can do is to watch them die. And be silent. If not, we risk our scholarships, grants, lecture fees & livelihoods." - Arundhati Roy

Louisiana wouldn’t expand the child tax credit, ban lunch shaming, almost denied Summer EBT, haven’t made all school lunches free, wouldn’t require air and heat on school buses, but THIS is what we do. The #lalege majority is not interested in helping our kids excel.

“Water is so dangerous — monsoons, floods. But it's also life-giving.” Tune in to Sea Change on Louisiana Considered to hear how Coastal Louisiana’s Vietnamese community is reimagining their relationship with water in a place where water is constantly changing.

“Water is so dangerous — monsoons, floods. But it's also life-giving.” Tune in to Sea Change on Louisiana Considered to hear how Coastal Louisiana’s Vietnamese community is reimagining their relationship with water in a place where water is constantly changing.

Coming up on Louisiana Considered: - How Louisiana’s coastal Vietnamese communities are reimagining their relationship with water - Alana Schreiber reports on a historic baseball game played last night on the field that launched Willie Mays’ career buff.ly/4csW03G

From March to December 2022, researchers found "an excess of 216 infant deaths" associated with Texas's abortion ban, leading to "trauma to families" and increased medical costs Infant mortality rate rose 8% in wake of Texas abortion ban, study shows apnews.com/article/aborti…

Can we replace The Giving Tree with this tree, please?

At the Economic Hardship Reporting Project, we're dedicated to telling stories about labor justice, worker-led movements, and first-hand experiences of being working poor. For your #LaborDay reading, here's some of what we've published in 2024 with our brilliant contributors. 🧵

"Surely, this is a new refinement in cruelty, which, while it has no advantage to atone for it, thus aggravates distress, and adds fresh horrors even to the wretchedness of slavery." --Olaudah Equiano, 1789.

📅 SAVE THE DATE: Join us for an artist talk with @AnyaGroner & Jazmin Miller, creators of the powerful exhibit "Extractivism." Explore the story of Jonesland, a 66-acre plot along the Mississippi River with a rich history. 📍 Antioch Baptist Church 🎟️ FREE

Jazmin and I will be giving an artist talk at the Whitney Plantation on Saturday at 2. Come see us and hear about an extraordinary family and their survival on 66 acres along the Mississippi River.

As we've seen this last week, all bets are off. I wouldn't be surprised if Vegas or Phoenix get hit with unprecedented floods this autumn that they are absolutely in no way prepared for. That's why I refer to it as climate chaos or collapse, because that's exactly what it is.