Features

By Fred Kasten

New Orleans – Acclaimed filmmaker Luisa Dantas talks about her new documentary delving into the challenges, setbacks and triumphs of life after Katrina - "Land of Opportunity" - which premieres in New Orleans Saturday evening, August 14, 2010...

For more information about "Land of Opportunity" - and its sneak preview screening at Warren Easton High School Saturday evening, August 14, 2010 - please click here .

New Orleans, LA – WWNO's Paul Maassen interviews Julian Thomas.

By Eve Abrams

New Orleans, LA – Chief demographer Allison Plyer spoke with WWNO's Paul Maassen about the GNOCDC's index, describing how the data was collected and what citizens can expect to find in it's results.

New Orleans, LA – Public Radio and Television Host Tavis Smiley has a national PBS special on New Orleans looking at the city 5 years after Katrina. It premiers 7-21-10 7pm locally on WYES. WWNO's Paul Maassen spoke with Tavis about the show.

By Eileen Fleming

New Orleans, La. – Mayor Landrieu has skipped the tradition of delivering the annual address after a year on the job. As Landrieu took the oath of office in early May, he was learning about a deficit he now says is $67 million dollars. And BP's oil spill was just beginning to unfold into the largest one in American history. He was just a few minutes into his speech at Xavier University when he talked about the disaster in the Gulf.

By Zoe Sullivan

New Orleans – In late June, the oil disaster claimed two more lives, one of them a suicide. This heightened awareness of the psychological effects of the disaster. Zoe Sullivan has more.

By Angela Taylor

New Orleans – This, a week after U.S. District Court Judge Martin Feldman ruled against the federally imposed ban. And while the nation's decision makers continue to rabble over the moratorium's effects, Louisianans continue to weigh its longterm consequences. WWNO's Angela Taylor reports.

New Orleans, LA – Thousands who fish for a living face the loss of their livelihoods because of the ongoing oil disaster. Many of these fishers are Vietnamese, who face an added hurdle to obtaining compensation and work from BP because of inadequate interpreting services. Zoe Sullivan has the story for WWNO

New Orleans, LA – Thousands who fish for a living face the loss of their livelihoods because of the ongoing oil disaster. Many of these fishers are Vietnamese, who face an added hurdle to obtaining compensation and work from BP because of inadequate interpreting services. Zoe Sullivan has the story for WWNO