Street Team '08: prollins
 
 
 
   
 
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Election Day

Some running photos and commentary from election day in Orleans Parish and beyond.

Lined up at 6a in the 7th Ward of New Orleans


 

 

Short lines at Holy Angels school, Upper Ninth Ward, New Orleans. About 9a.

No wait in the Lower Ninth Ward, either, at the Martin Luther King Jr. school, about 9:30a.

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The Last Days of Something Or Another

When it comes to the last days of, well, anything, the big old machines of media begin churning up reams of paper in an attempt to come to grips or at least present the illusion of thinking about what is about to happen. And these days, the big idea filling all those papers is The New Liberal Era...

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Farewell from Louisiana
Reviewing a year of Street Team coverage from Louisiana.
Tags: politics   election   Choose Or Lose   Louisiana   New Orleans   Street Team...
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by  prollins on november 12, 2008
 
   
 
Girard
No line to vote at midday at Girard Playground in Metairie, LA, outside of New Orleans
Tags: election   Choose Or Lose   Louisiana   New Orleans   Street Team 08
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by  prollins on november 04, 2008
 
   
 
Quiet in Metairie
No lines around midday in Jefferson Parish, outside of New Orleans
Tags: election   Choose Or Lose   Louisiana   New Orleans   Street Team 08
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by  prollins on november 04, 2008
 
   
 
All quiet
All quiet at the Holy Name of Jesus school in Uptown New Orleans. The polling place was deserted at about 10a.
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by  prollins on november 04, 2008
 
   
 
Lower 9th Ward voters
Voting at MLK school in the Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, about 9:30a
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by  prollins on november 04, 2008
 
   
 
Short lines in the Lower Ninth, too
Voters at their polling place at the Martin Luther King, Jr. school in the Lower 9th Ward, about 9:30a.
Tags: election   Choose Or Lose   Louisiana   New Orleans   Street Team 08
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by  prollins on november 04, 2008
 
   
 
Short lines in the Upper Ninth
Voters outside of Holy Angels school in the Upper Ninth Ward, New Orleans, about 9a.
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by  prollins on november 04, 2008
 
   
 
Lined up (2)
Voting line outside St. Leo the Great School, 7th Ward, New Orleans, 6:15a
Tags: politics   election   voting   Election Day   Choose Or Lose   Louisiana   New...
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by  prollins on november 04, 2008
 
   
 
Lined up
Voting line outside St. Leo the Great School, 7th Ward, New Orleans, 6:15a
Tags: election   voting   Election Day   Choose Or Lose   Louisiana   New Orleans...
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by  prollins on november 04, 2008
 
   
 
Was There Fraud at the New Orleans Affordable Homeownership Cor...
Shady dealings at NOAH cause many to question whether vulnerable homeowners were used by government contractors.
Tags: politics   Choose Or Lose   Louisiana   Fraud   New Orleans   Hurricane Katrina...
Views 24
by  prollins on october 07, 2008
 
   
 
A Tale of Two DNC Delegates
Two young DNC delegates - one for Clinton and one for Obama - talk about politics and the conventions.
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by  prollins on august 26, 2008
 
   
 
The New Orleans Oil Spill Derails McCain's Plans
A recent oil spill in the Mississippi River near New Orleans has forced John McCain to cancel a speech on - you guessed it - drilling for more oil.
Tags: politics   election   Energy   oil   Choose Or Lose   Louisiana   New Orleans...
Views 31
by  prollins on july 24, 2008
 
   
 
The Coming Wave: Voter Registration in Louisiana
As voter registration drives ramp up across the country, local officials in Louisiana are overwhelmed by the numbers of new registrants.
Tags: politics   election   voting   Choose Or Lose   Louisiana   Voter Registration...
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by  prollins on july 14, 2008
 
   
 
Real Voodoo
Dropping in on a real voodoo ceremony for St. John's Eve in New Orleans.
Tags: Ceremony   religion   Choose Or Lose   Louisiana   New Orleans   Street Team...
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by  prollins on july 11, 2008
 
   
 
sweatyjindal
T-P front page screenshot of Louisiana governor Bobby Jindal
Tags: election   Choose Or Lose   Louisiana   Street Team 08   Jindal
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by  prollins on july 07, 2008
 
   
 
A Counterintuitive Post-Primary Special
Its been said that the long primary has been damaging to the Democratic Party's prospects this fall. But maybe all the talk has been wrong...
Tags: politics   election   primary   Barack Obama   Hillary Clinton   Choose Or...
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by  prollins on june 08, 2008
 
   
 
Creating A Voice For Renters Online (in a Weekend)
Drue Hardegree and Sally Stevens are two of the founders of Fair Rent Advocacy, responding to the outcry over high rents in New Orleans by establishing an online...
Tags: activism   Choose Or Lose   Internet   Louisiana   New Orleans   Forum   RENT...
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by  prollins on june 02, 2008
 
   
 
Public Housing in New Orleans, pt. II
Jeffrey Hills, former resident of the Iberville housing development, speaks about life in Iberville and why redevelopment advocates have it wrong.
Tags: politics   Choose Or Lose   Louisiana   New Orleans   Street Team 08   public...
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by  prollins on may 05, 2008
 
   
 
The Justice Tour in New Orleans
Tom Morello's Justice Tour comes to New Orleans for a day of activism.
Tags: activism   Choose Or Lose   Louisiana   New Orleans   Street Team 08   Tom...
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by  prollins on april 29, 2008
 
   
 
A Future for Free Municipal Wi-Fi
What the collapse of Earthlink's Muni Wi-Fi program in cities like New Orleans, Philadelphia, and Anaheim means for the future of free municipal wi-fi.
Tags: politics   Choose Or Lose   Louisiana   New Orleans   Technology   philadelphia...
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by  prollins on april 07, 2008
 
 
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Street Team '08
Get the latest on local politics and the presidential elections from MTV's band of 51 state-based youth journalists.
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This is a PRIVATE group for the Choose or Lose Street Team '08 REPORTERS ONLY for behind-the-scenes strategizing. PLEASE DO NOT REQUEST MEMBERSHIP, we are all already...
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