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Liveblogging Obama's Speech with New Orleans Ready for its Closeup

Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 10.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Katrina, New Orleans, Hurricane Katrina, Barack Obama, President Obama, Bobby Jindal, Bobby Jindal Booed, Politics News

CNN and MSNBC are spending much of today focused on the 60,000 abandoned homes, the levees only one third of the way into readiness for a 100-year flood and more than 100,000 former residents not in New Orleans.

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Put Kids on Obama's New Orleans Tour

Mark Shriver | Posted 10.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: New Orleans, Craig Fugate, Natural Disasters, Fema, Disaster Relief, President Obama, Katrina, Hurricane Katrina, Barack Obama, Politics News

Katrina affected everybody in New Orleans, but the long term effects of days in crowded shelters, months of homelessness, and years of changing schools have proved especially destructive to children.

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No On Abortions, Yes On Bill, Says GOP Congressman Cao

Kathleen Wells, J.D. | Posted 10.02.2009 | Politics

"Basically, I do agree with the President that we need some kind of health care reform," says Anh in a Q and A. "Now, what kind of reform are we going to get? That is the question."

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If "We the People" Can't Agree on "Our" President, Is there Any Hope for Us?

Christine Pelosi | Posted 09.30.2009 | Politics

A ratings chase and a revenue chase combine to coarsen the debate. This is our new reality -- and some days it looks so ugly one could reasonably turn away from civic life. But we don't.

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Philippines Notebook: A National Disaster Brings Death and Blame

Virginia M. Moncrieff | Posted 09.28.2009 | World

Read More: Floods, New Orleans, Typhoons, Tropical-Storm-Ketsana, Manila, Poverty, Mikey Arroyo, Gloria Arroyo, National Disasters, Ketsana, Hurrican Katrina, Tropical Storm Ketsana, Katrina, Asia, Philippines, Ondoy, World News

An overburdened city is an overburdened city and on Saturday, regardless of whether you lived in a shanty town or in a utilities-paying neighborhood, it was time to pay the price.

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Interview: Visionary Entertainer Josh Charles

2morrowknight | Posted 09.25.2009 | Entertainment

"When you write a song, you never know how it will evolve," Charles said. "I've been approached by people who are recovering from cancer and they have shared stories with me of how 'Healing Time' has helped them."

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Life Span Of African-Americans In New Orleans Rivals North Korea's

The Huffington Post | Posted 09.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: New Orleans, Statistics, America, Katrina, Race, American Human Development Project, Louisiana, Life Expectancy Statistics, Hurricane Katrina, Life Expectancy, African-Americans, North Korea, Human Development Project Louisiana, Politics News

The average life span for African-Americans living in New Orleans is nearly as low as average life expectancy in North Korea, according to A Portrait ...

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Most Americans Wish The 9/11 Families Peace Today. And Then There's Glenn Beck.

James Boyce | Posted 09.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: 9/11, Glenn Beck, September 11, Victims, Van Jones, Hurricane Katrina, Katrina, Fox News, 9/11 Families, Astrodome, Politics News

As emotional as 9/11 was for all of us, nothing compares to what families who lost a loved one experienced that day. A fact that is totally lost on Glenn Beck.

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Bad Lieutenant: Telluride Witnesses a Case of Cage Rage

Michael Bialas | Posted 11.09.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: New Orleans, Katrina, Eva Mendes, Movie, Colorado, Xzibit, Val Kilmer, Nicolas Cage, Harvey Keitel, Telluride Film Festival, Entertainment News

Other than the fact that the lead character is a damaged detective, this film bears little resemblance to the Abel Ferrara-directed 1992 NC-17 movie that starred Harvey Keitel.

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Van Jones: The Partisan Politics of Mutually Assured Distraction

Beau Friedlander | Posted 10.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Communism, Nash Equilibruium, Game Theory, Van Jones Resigns, Green Jobs, Aces, Mad, Health Care Reform, Katrina, White House Special Advisor, Jeremiah Wright, 9-11, Van Jones, Mutually Assured Destruction, Climate Bill, Politics News

Van Jones was the best person for the job he just relinquished. He would have helped Republican lawmakers in their districts. He would have created jobs. He would have made a difference.

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Shari Arison: Israel's Richest Woman Says She Can See the Future

The Washington Post | Howard Schneider | Posted 10.16.2009 | World

Read More: Regression Therapy, See Future, Books, Media, Katrina, Future, Business, Essence of Life, Brian Weiss, Clairvoyant, Tel Aviv, Philanthropy, Tsunami, Shari Arison, Regression Therapy and Brian Weiss, Carnival Cruise Lines, Israel, Israel's Richest Woman, World News

The office door has a steel vault veneer, and Shari Arison -- controlling stockholder in Israel's largest bank and its largest construction company, h...

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Carville: I'm "Slightly Miffed" Obama Hasn't Visited New Orleans

CNN Political Ticker | Martina Stewart | Posted 09.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Katrina Anniversary, Katrina, James Carville CNN, James Carville, Obama, Barack Obama, Politics News

A prominent Democrat who is also a Louisiana native said Sunday he was somewhat offended that President Obama has yet to pay a visit to New Orleans, ...

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New Orleans Sees An Opportunity To Improve On Its Past

New York Times | CAMPBELL ROBERTSON | Posted 09.30.2009 | Home

Read More: Katrina Anniversary, Katrina, New Orleans, Home News

Houses still sit empty, residents are still scattered and streets still echo with the sounds of hammers and power saws. But on the fourth anniversary ...

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Obama Marks Katrina Anniversary: "No More Turf Wars"

AP | PHILIP ELLIOTT | Posted 09.29.2009 | Politics

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OAK BLUFFS, Mass. — President Barack Obama marked the fourth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina on Saturday by pledging to make sure that turf war...

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Four years after Katrina, 100 days to Copenhagen

Sharon Hanshaw | Posted 09.28.2009 | Green

Read More: Environment, Katrina, Environmentalism, Environmental Activits, Climate Change, Green News

Let's live up to our responsibilities, America. Let's not wait for the next devastating Hurricane Katrina to come before we act.

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Record Casts New Light On Doctors, Nurses Involved In Katrina Hospital Deaths

ProPublica | Sheri Fink | Posted 09.27.2009 | Home

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The smell of death was overpowering the moment a relief worker cracked open one of the hospital chapel's wooden doors. Inside, more than a dozen bodie...

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An Interview with Raphael Saadiq Plus This Week's New Albums

Mike Ragogna | Posted 09.16.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: New Orleans, Albert King, The Four Tops, Duffy, Raphael Saadiq, Earth Wind & Fire, Motown Records, Whitney Houston, Second Line, Stevie Wonder, Nba, Joss Stone, Funk, Brian Grant, Katrina, Reggae, Dark Side of the Moon, Stax Records, CJ Hilton, Motown, Anthony Hayes, John Legend, Tony! Toni! Toné!, Bob Marley, Louisiana, Stax, Erykah Badu, Mary J. Blige, The Roots, Gospel, Lionel Richie, Amy Winehouse, The Funk Brothers, The Bee Gees, D'Angelo, Jimmy Cliff, Macy Gray, Paul Riser, Young Spodie, Entertainment News, Jack Ashford, Youtube, Pink Floyd, Shia LeBeouf, Snoop Dogg, Smokey Robinson, Seal, Marvin Gaye, Q-Tip, Babyface, Ludacric, Third Eye Blind, Entertainment News

Though his latest album The Way I See It was released last year, Saadiq still is touring pretty much non-stop. He took a quick break from his schedule for this interview.

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The Radical Choice this Katrina Anniversary: Celebrate

Stacy Parker Aab | Posted 09.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: New Orleans, Katrina, New Orleans First Responders., Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans Recovery, New Orleans Police Department, Natural Disasters, Politics News

I've learned that while no one in New Orleans or the diaspora wants to be forgotten, no one wants their lives reduced to mere victimhood either.

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A Death In the Family

Sherman Yellen | Posted 09.09.2009 | Living

Read More: 9/11 Cancer, Katrina, 9/11, Ground Zero Cleanup, Nypd, Colon Cancer, Ground Zero, Living News

After John's cancer appeared and many of his fellow first responders began to die of 9/11 related illnesses, he became an activist. He died yesterday after a three year battle with cancer.

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A Muslim American Hero: A Conversation With Dave Eggers on Zeitoun

Wajahat Ali | Posted 09.07.2009 | Media

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The Syrian American protagonist of Dave Eggers' new book -- despite his heroic efforts in post-Katrina New Orleans -- is arrested and brutally detained for weeks in a hellish, makeshift prison.

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The New Orleans Mental Health Crisis, Exposed

Harry Shearer | Posted 09.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: New Orleans, Hurricane Katrina, Mental Health, Katrina, Washington Times, Politics News

The Washington Times ran an admirable piece about the post-Katrina mental health mess, yet there is a remarkable lapse: a failure to explain why the disaster happened, why the city was inundated.

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A Sustainable New Orleans Rises After Katrina

nytimes.com | KATIE HOWELL of Greenwire | Posted 08.13.2009 | Green

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There is a big push in the Big Easy for dramatically improving energy efficiency in homes and public buildings....

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Is the Corps of Engineers Astro-Turfing Its Critics?

Harry Shearer | Posted 07.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Katrina, New Orleans, US Army Corps of Engineers, Hurricane Katrina, Politics News

In New Orleans, when the subject is the Corps and its federal overseers, hope is something that was left at the starting gate last November.

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Never Should Have Built it There -- New York

Harry Shearer | Posted 07.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: New Orleans, Flood Protection, New York, Katrina, Hurricanes, Hurricane Katrina, Politics News

A new report predicts the dire future that may await New York City if a hurricane generates serious storm surge. The proposed solution? A set of barriers ringing the city to protect it from inundation.

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Exclusive Interview With Geoffrey Nunberg, On The Years Of Talking Dangerously

Chris Weigant | Posted 06.20.2009 | Media

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Epithets like "socialist" and "fascist" enable people on the right to bond with each other and -- though they may not acknowledge it -- to alienate everybody else.

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