Delaney Nolan

New Orleans

Writing @guardian, @ajenglish, @bbc, @theintercept, @motherjones, @sierra_magazine, @oxfordamerican, etc. Debut novel HAPPY BAD out next fall (Astra, 2025)

Articles

BREAKING: Mahmoud Khalil Can Be Deported, Immigration Judge Rules

1 week ago | zeteo.com | Delaney Nolan

JENA, Louisiana – An immigration judge in Louisiana ruled on Friday that Palestinian student protest leader Mahmoud Khalil can be deported on the basis of a letter from Secretary of State Marco Rubio that says he has personally determined Khalil poses “adverse foreign policy consequences” to the US.
Oil spill response languishes as Louisiana reorganizes its oversight agencies

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Delaney Nolan

A propane-fueled torch sits amid oil and burnt marsh vegetation April 1, 2025, on Weeks Island in coastal Iberia Parish. Evidence of an oil leak – and unsuccessful efforts to clean it – remained visible a month after the incident. (Delaney Nolan for Louisiana Illuminator)WEEKS ISLAND – A month after an oil spill in coastal Iberia Parish, the little island at the edge of Vermilion Bay looks bleak. Footsteps churn up oil mixed with mud and ash.
Judge gives Trump administration deadline to justify Mahmoud Khalil’s deportation

2 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Delaney Nolan

An immigration judge ruled on Tuesday that the Trump administration has until 5pm on Wednesday to present evidence as to why Mahmoud Khalil, the Palestinian activist and Columbia University graduate, should be deported. She said that if the evidence does not support deportation she may rule on Friday on his release from immigration detention. Khalil, a green card holder and leader in the pro-Palestinian protests at Columbia University last year, was detained on 8 March.
The perilous links between Ukraine’s energy future and Louisiana

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Delaney Nolan

Dr. Olena Yazvuk, director of Horenko Outpatient Clinic in Ukraine, says her hospital's shift to solar energy has been a huge benefit. (Photo by Delaney Nolan)HOSTOMEL, Ukraine – Dr. Olena Yuzvak understands the damage of war like few others. In February 2022, Yuzvak, her husband Oleh, and their son Dima knew that Russian forces had arrived by the sound of explosions. “The full invasion started,” recalled Yuzvak, speaking from a quiet, sunlit room in one of her medical clinics.
Louisiana Governor Flexes Power to Police New Orleans, Defying Local Preferences - Bolts

1 month ago | boltsmag.org | Camille Squires |Delaney Nolan

As millions tuned in to watch the Super Bowl in New Orleans this month, outside the Superdome in the central French Quarter, thousands of law enforcement officers patrolled the streets. The heavy police presence was the result of an emergency declaration by Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry in the wake of the New Year’s Day truck attack that killed 14.
Elimination of federal climate tools, some used to inquire in to Musk’s firms, sparks alarm

1 month ago | theguardian.com | Delaney Nolan

As Donald Trump’s administration continues its purge of federal agencies, environmental justice campaigners are alarmed by the disappearance of federal environmental and climate data tools – some of which have been used to identify pollution concerns about Elon Musk’s companies.
Trump’s LNG Strategy Makes No Sense

2 months ago | sierraclub.org | Delaney Nolan

During President Trump’s inauguration speech, he promised to unlock the “liquid gold” beneath Americans’ feet and ramp up fossil fuel production. Doing so, he suggested, would lower gas prices and lead to cascading American wealth. In his executive order declaring a “national energy emergency,” he directed the Department of Energy to resume processing LNG export authorizations and prioritizing the development of LNG in Alaska.
Louisiana coerced unhoused people into an unheated warehouse - and paid $17.5m for it

2 months ago | theguardian.com | Delaney Nolan

On a pre-dawn morning in January, state police and other agencies directed by the Louisiana governor, Jeff Landry, descended on homeless encampments throughout downtown New Orleans. More than 100 unhoused people were bused – under threat of arrest – to an industrial warehouse miles away, dubbed the “transitional center”.
A rush to normalcy? New Orleans truck attack survivors struggle with trauma

2 months ago | aljazeera.com | Delaney Nolan

New Orleans, Louisiana - It was 3am on New Year's Day, and Tyler Burt, a pedicab driver working in New Orleans's historic French Quarter, decided to take one last fare. He pedalled to Bourbon Street, a busy pedestrian thoroughfare pulsing with music and laughter. It wasn't long before a family of four flagged him down. The two daughters in the group were wearing high heels, and their feet ached from walking.
Infrastructure neglect and poverty lead to parasites in the Mississippi Delta

Jan 1, 2025 | theguardian.com | Delaney Nolan

For years, Marecitta Dorsey’s four children – ages seven to 14 – suffered regular bouts of nausea, vomiting and sore stomachs. Their unexplained symptoms were bad enough to keep them out of school a few days each month. “My eldest would tell me, ‘I feel like my tummy’s burning,’” recalled Dorsey. “Every week I was taking at least one kid to the doctor because of something with their stomach.”She suspected their ailments had something to do with the water.