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, ...
New York Times | CAMPBELL ROBERTSON | Posted 09.30.2009 | Home
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 ...
Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 09.29.2009 | Living
These are the two tales of New Orleans recovery four years after Hurricane Katrina hit Mississippi and New Orleans levees imploded. What has been done and what is still undone.
AP | PHILIP ELLIOTT | Posted 09.29.2009 | Politics
OAK BLUFFS, Mass. — President Barack Obama marked the fourth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina on Saturday by pledging to make sure that turf war...
Greg Palast | Posted 09.28.2009 | Politics
Ivor van Heerden is the professor who warned the levees of New Orleans were ready to blow -- months and years before Katrina did the job. For being right, he was rewarded with ... getting fired.
ProPublica | Sheri Fink | Posted 09.27.2009 | Home
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...
Harry Shearer | Posted 09.23.2009 | Politics
New Orleans is watching a second consecutive president trash his promises to "rebuild it better." Obama won't even do the obligatory photo-op in the city on Saturday's anniversary. It's more of the same.
Bennet Kelley | Posted 02.02.2009 | Politics
The one word Americans use most to describe President Bush is "incompetent." While no compliment, the word fails to convey the condemnation warranted by the last eight years.
AP | PHILIP ELLIOTT | Posted 09.30.2008 | Politics
BOARDMAN, Ohio — Barack Obama expressed hope Saturday that the lessons learned from Hurricane Katrina three years ago would help to protect the ...
Yahoo News | Posted 09.29.2008 | Home
It has been three years since Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans. More than 1,600 people were killed, and countless more suffered while stranded...
CNN Political Ticker | Martina Stewart | Posted 09.30.2009 | Politics