molly peterson

When I lived in New Orleans I paid $14 bucks a month for recycling. (Phoenix Recycling gives a discount if you belong to a neighborhood association, and they picked up plenty.) I love Phoenix Recycling. But the City of New Orleans used to recycle, and could again. Now I live in Los Angeles, where the city lets you recycle every darn thing under the sun. It is almost possible if you think hard about it to skip the black bin

According to a press release from Mayor C. Ray Nagin’s office, the Times-Picayune is to blame for grossly misrepresenting the mayor and the chief of police, Warren Riley.

Well, we did it. Eve Troeh and I made a radio documentary about Louisianans’ sense of security in their lives, and we finished it, and it is airing…It aired last weekend on WWNO and WRKF, and will air again on WWNO on Friday. This project was humbling, to say the least. One of my favorite authors is Julian Barnes. And in an interview with a literary website he had this to say about how he works differently in journalism and