1. Remembering Chico Mendes

Date: December 22, 2003 Fifteen years ago today, Brazilian rubber tapper and labor organizer Chico Mendes was assassinated in western Brazil by wealthy cattle ranchers. The murder of Chico Mendes disrupted the battle his Rubber Tappers’...

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2. Bruce Spizer

Date: December 9, 2003 Bruce Spizer is a life-long resident of New Orleans, and the author of four critically-acclaimed on the recordings of the Beatles, the most recent of which, The Beatles on Apple Records, came out earlier this year. Bruce...

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3. Rick Barton

Date:  December 4, 2003   Rick Barton is a long-time professor of English, and current Interim Vice-Chancellor and Provost, at the University of New Orleans. He is also an award-winning...

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4. Louisiana Artist: Doyle Gertjejansen

Date:  December 3, 2003 Abstract painter and educator Doyle Gertjejansen grew up in Minnesota. He earned a Bachelors Degree in Art from Mankato State University, and an M.F.A. in Painting and Art History from the University of...

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5. Ashley Kahn

Date:  November 28, 2003 Ashley Kahn has covered a lot of territory in the music business: he has worked for Jazzfest in New Orleans, written for Cashbox in New York, and managed tours for Britney Spears. Lately, Kahn has enjoyed...

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