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Help Rebuild John McDonogh High School in New Orleans

HuffPost | Jonathan Daniel Harris | Posted 11.20.2009 | Impact

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Obama to New Orleans: Drop Dead?

Harry Shearer | Posted 06.18.2009 | Politics

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Harry Shearer

The farther we get into this administration, the clearer it becomes that New Orleans is now enjoying its second consecutive federal administration with a do-nothing approach to helping the city.

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Rents Up In New Orleans While $846M Sits Unclaimed

AP | JOHN MORENO GONZALES | Posted 12.26.2008 | Business

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NEW ORLEANS — The four-unit shotgun house that Sandra Marshall bought after decades of double shifts has sat untouched since the flooding of Hur...

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Children's Defense Fund Founder: McCain Will Leave Millions Of Children Uninsured

Diane Tucker | Posted 10.25.2008 | Home

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Diane Tucker

"Sen. McCain has no specific plan for children. We keep a Congressional scorecard... Senator McCain received the lowest score of anyone in the Senate in 2007."

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Charity May Begin at Home, But It's Moving Online

Arianna Huffington | Posted 08.02.2008 | Living

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Arianna Huffington

America's economic downturn presents a daunting double-edged challenge to charitable organizations. Hard times mean that more people than ever will be in need of help -- and that fewer people will be in a position to help.

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Serving the People vs. Clinging to Power

Philip Slater | Posted 05.22.2008 | Politics

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Philip Slater

It's useful to compare the way China handled its national disaster with the way the Burmese handled the cyclone, and the way our Republican administration handled Katrina.

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New Orleans Protestors Vow To Keep Fighting

Associated Press | Cain Burdeau | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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After violent clashes with police at City Hall, protesters vowed that the fight over a plan to demolish 218 public housing buildings for the poor was ...

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