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| An abandoned car litters the road near the wreck of a house in the Gentilly neighborhood. |
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| More homes in the Gentilly area. |
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| One of many shuttered schools in the city. Operation of the education system has been turned over to a private company. |
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| The levee in the Lower Ninth Ward, now repaired. When the levee broke, flooding destroyed some 3,000 homes in the surrounding neighborhood. |
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| In the Lower Ninth Ward, a resident\'s poignant plea for help. |
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| Steve Stallone, president of the International Labor Communications Association, and Howard Kling, an ILCA board member, exit one of the few remaining structures in the Lower Ninth Ward. They visited the area in preparation for this week\'s conference by labor journalists. |
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| Some of the remaining homes are posted with signs "Don\'t Bulldoze!" and requests for financial assistance. |
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| A makeshift memorial of photos, Mardi Gras beads and other mementos is all that is left in one home in the Lower Ninth Ward. |
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| While the Lower Ninth Ward has become a dramatic symbol of the devastation that still remains in New Orleans, many other neighborhoods are equally -- if not more so -- in crisis. Blocks and blocks of housing and businesses in New Orleans East remain much as they were the day after the hurricane. Weeds grow in the lot of a shuttered hospital (above). Access to health care continues to be a major problem. |
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| Across the street from the hospital, much of a major shopping mall has been bulldozed. Such work is dangerous as toxic chemicals spread across the area during the flooding remain in the soil. |
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| The city\'s famous French Quarter escaped much of the physical damage of the hurricane, but local businesses say they are still suffering financially as tourists are slow to return. |
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| As the city struggles to recover, unions are among the organizations working to help. The Gulf Coast Construction Career Center, opened after the hurricane, helps young people prepare for careers in the Building Trades. The center\'s staff includes veteran electrician Thomas Bookman (above). |
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| At a home under repair in the Lower Ninth Ward, a sign calls attention to the connection between the struggle in New Orleans and the issues facing working people everywhere. |
Photos by Barb Kucera, Workday Minnesota editor
See full New Orleans coverage from the ILCA convention at www.neworleanslabormedia.org
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| An abandoned car litters the road near the wreck of a house in the Gentilly neighborhood. |
|
| More homes in the Gentilly area. |
|
| One of many shuttered schools in the city. Operation of the education system has been turned over to a private company. |
|
| The levee in the Lower Ninth Ward, now repaired. When the levee broke, flooding destroyed some 3,000 homes in the surrounding neighborhood. |
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| In the Lower Ninth Ward, a resident\’s poignant plea for help. |
|
| Steve Stallone, president of the International Labor Communications Association, and Howard Kling, an ILCA board member, exit one of the few remaining structures in the Lower Ninth Ward. They visited the area in preparation for this week\’s conference by labor journalists. |
|
| Some of the remaining homes are posted with signs "Don\’t Bulldoze!" and requests for financial assistance. |
|
| A makeshift memorial of photos, Mardi Gras beads and other mementos is all that is left in one home in the Lower Ninth Ward. |
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| While the Lower Ninth Ward has become a dramatic symbol of the devastation that still remains in New Orleans, many other neighborhoods are equally — if not more so — in crisis. Blocks and blocks of housing and businesses in New Orleans East remain much as they were the day after the hurricane. Weeds grow in the lot of a shuttered hospital (above). Access to health care continues to be a major problem. |
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| Across the street from the hospital, much of a major shopping mall has been bulldozed. Such work is dangerous as toxic chemicals spread across the area during the flooding remain in the soil. |
|
| The city\’s famous French Quarter escaped much of the physical damage of the hurricane, but local businesses say they are still suffering financially as tourists are slow to return. |
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| As the city struggles to recover, unions are among the organizations working to help. The Gulf Coast Construction Career Center, opened after the hurricane, helps young people prepare for careers in the Building Trades. The center\’s staff includes veteran electrician Thomas Bookman (above). |
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| At a home under repair in the Lower Ninth Ward, a sign calls attention to the connection between the struggle in New Orleans and the issues facing working people everywhere. |
Photos by Barb Kucera, Workday Minnesota editor
See full New Orleans coverage from the ILCA convention at www.neworleanslabormedia.org