The midterm elections are less than a week away, and polls are suggesting major wins for Democrats. Democratic Senate candidate Jamie Davis is gaining ground against Trump-endorsed candidate Julia Letlow, whose campaign recently put out an attack ad against Davis.
Editorial director and columnist for the Times Picayune/The Advocate, Stephanie Grace, joins us for more.
A new study found that marine life in the Gulf dropped 60% after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster. And it hasn’t come close to recovering.
Tracey Sutton, the study's lead author and a marine ecosystems professor at Nova Southeastern University, says he hopes the study also raises awareness of how little we know about aquatic environments deep in the Gulf.
Morning Edition Producer and New Orleans reporter Mel Bridges spoke with Professor Sutton about what we know about what’s down there — and what we don’t.
There was a time in Western Culture when death was as much a part of life as birth. But the 19th and 20th centuries pushed death from a public event to something often hidden and private. With it came a shift from “acceptance of the inevitability” to fear.
Change is afoot as the New Orleans group Wake is helping people cope with dying and death. Their event, The Hereafter, will focus on memento mori, the experience of remembering death to live life more fully.
Liz Dunnebacke, Wake’s executive director, tells us more about providing sustainable deathcare.
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