About 400 marchers join 'Occupy New Orleans' protest
by Brendan McCarthy - Times-Picayune (excerpt)

A sea of dissatisfaction swept through downtown New Orleans shortly after noon Thursday. Hundreds of people, young and old, black and white, marched with signs held high and slogans spewing. It was a disjointed group: upbeat, angry, courteous, displeased, but united in unhappiness with the current economic and political climate. If there was a singular message shared among the masses, it centered on a simple idea: The status quo has got to go. The "Occupy NOLA" protest and march was one of dozens of social actions held recently across the country, offshoots of a larger ongoing demonstration on Wall Street in New York City.