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Drew Hawkins

Drew Hawkins is a writer from South Louisiana.

A collage of repression at pro-Palestine protests at Tulane in Spring 2024
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

The Tulane Book Festival, sponsored by friends of Netanyahu

by Drew Hawkins and Delaney Nolan September 26, 2024September 27, 2024

The answer as to why Isaacson, a well-heeled and well-connected 72-year-old professor,  would take it upon himself to use force against his own university's student for speaking out against the genocide may lie, like so many others, in the money.

The headquarters of New Orleans Musicians Assistance Foundation, the nonprofit that operates the Musicians' Clinic. Every month, the Foundation pays Bethany Bultman and her husband Johann $4,094 in rent for its use of the building for its offices. Photo by Trenity Thomas for Scalawag.
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

Plantation Politics: The New Orleans Musicians' Clinic's crisis of credibility

by Drew Hawkins June 1, 2023September 27, 2023
Posted inRACE & PLACE

New Orleans has a trash problem. Thanks to climate change, your city probably will, too.

by Drew Hawkins December 3, 2021September 27, 2023
Posted inRACE & PLACE

In Louisiana's petrochemical corridor, COVID-19 spreads like cancer

by Drew Hawkins December 18, 2020December 18, 2020

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