Jeffrey Buchanan

Faith and fishing: two central parts of Louisiana's vibrant coastal culture. Every April, going back generations, you can see them intersect in a celebration of bayou life at the annual Blessing of the Fleet in Chauvin, La. Families welcome the opening of the year's first shrimp season by coming...

This will be the first year that Congressional Leadership and the President of the United States do not travel to the Gulf Coast to honor the anniversary of our nation’s largest disaster. Hurricane Katrina caused over 1,800 deaths, more than $150 billion in damages and displaced over one million...

Despite President Barack Obama's decision to allow residents living in FEMA Trailers to remain in their trailers while the federal government partners with residents to find permanent housing, the Biloxi City Council is preparing to take action to kick these hurricane survivors out of their city. The Biloxi...

Ever want to meet Oprah Winfrey? Hop in the pool for a swimming lesson from Michael Phelps? Get fashion advice from Project Runway's Tim Gunn over lunch at Bryant Park? Learn the arts of comedy and paper sales from Steve Carell on the set of The Office? Hone your blogging...

Almost three years after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita and the breakdown of Louisiana's federally constructed levee system, the media, Congress, the White House, our Presidential candidates and even, surprisingly, the progressive community have for the most part moved on.

Fewer and fewer national media organizations regularly cover...

AP reported on Friday that President Bush intended to head back to the Gulf Coast this week and visit with survivors on the second anniversary Hurricane Katrina and the man-made disaster that followed. He will see what little progress has been made in some areas two years after his...

Louisiana ACORN is organizing a protest creating a "Human Levee" of New Orleans residents, to be joined by supporter from the RFK Center for Human Rights, including noted human rights advocate and daughter of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, Kerry Kennedy, members of the United Teachers of New Orleans...

This week, America's most watched pop culture phenomenon tried to make confronting poverty sexy.

American Idol made a valiant effort to use the influence of America's highest rated program and a cast of entertainment stars to turn water cooler discussions from Sanjaya's hairdo to poverty in America and "giving...

When I opened Time Magazine last week I was preparing myself for another hit job from neoconservative in chief, Bill Kristol. The way his column unremorsefully wipes the face of anyone who commits the sin of disagreeing with the conservative agenda or worst, the president, in the mud can be...

The video above is testimony by Stephen Bradberry, 2005 winner of the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award, as part of a U.S. House of Representatives Housing Subcommittee field hearing in New Orleans chaired by...

Each February children of all backgrounds across the United States study some of our most powerful human rights movements and the role of student activism. During Black History Month, students read about young people of all races marching for voting right with Dr. King in Selma. They see photos of...

On Human Rights Day the world celebrates the work of former first lady Eleanor Roosevelt and others to craft the UN's Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948. The document defines the international community's commitments to human rights as "the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world."...

This Monday Robert F. Kennedy would have celebrated his 81st birthday. While he may have left this world before his work was done, his life and words continue to intrigue and inspire new generations in this country and around the world.

I had the pleasure of meeting one shining...

Buried amidst video montages of a still devastated Lower Ninth Ward and sound bytes from the pundits and politicians who have come to New Orleans for Hurricane Katrina's one year anniversary, the biggest story will continue to be who is not in the city. Sadly our nation's greatest tragedy continues...

By Stephen Bradberry, Head Organizer of ACORN New Orleans and recipient of the 2005 Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award, and Jeffrey Buchanan

The one year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, August 29th, 2006, should be a day to remember our commitments to our fellow Americans and our collective losses. It...

While many current Democrats count Robert F. Kennedy as a hero, most would benefit from studying the courageous words he delivered forty years ago this month. In a speech to students at University of Cape Town in South Africa, exactly two years to the date before his untimely death,...