Katrina

Still Counting Katrina's Dead

Stacy Parker Aab | Posted 06.25.2008 | Politics

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While the "full impact" of Katrina is not quantifiable, the more we know about the circumstances of individual deaths, the better prepared we will be to prevent similar disasters in the future.

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New Orleans Now

Suzette Standring | Posted 06.24.2008 | Living

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New Orleans is like a newly grime-free Sistine Chapel. It's hard to believe its near-death experience was only three years ago.

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The Floods: Army Corps Says PR Firms Transform "Babblers" into "Spokespersons"

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 06.23.2008 | Green

Read More: New Orleans, USACE; Army Corpss of Engineering, Public Relations, Iowa, Katrina, Floods, Media Spin, Levees, Green News

The Army Corps has known for some time that the levee systems needed restructuring. It appears that rather than improving them, they chose to hire PR firms to help with crisis communications.

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The Floods: New Orleans, God, and Nature Can No Longer be Blamed

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 06.20.2008 | Politics

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What happened in New Orleans, and what is happening today in the heartland, is the result of a massive infrastructure failure and the siphoning of tax resources into the war economy.

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On the Ground: Disaster Flood Engineering

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 06.17.2008 | Green

Read More: Katrina, Floods, Mary Landrieu, US Army Corps of Engineers, Naomi Klein, Tom Harkin, Iowa, Green News

With the epic dimensions of this flood and the scope of infrastructure failures, how can the Army Corps of Engineers say to the devastated people that they had better get busy and "top the levees?"

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"Elite" Obama on the Front Lines--McCain AWOL

Paul Abrams | Posted 06.16.2008 | Politics

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Obama is on the front lines of the flood, helping residents clean up and start over. Where is McCain in this effort? Is he pitching in to help? Or is he off to another party at the Bush "ranch" in his wife's jet?

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The Saga Of The Protest Song

Mike Ragogna | Posted 06.16.2008 | Entertainment

I figured maybe "Fortunate Son"'s rebellious tone had gotten his attention. But it was something more... my nephew was asking questions about its political lyrics and theme.

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Obama vs McCain: Digging-In or "Standing Ready"

Beverly Davis | Posted 06.16.2008 | Home

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This weekend Barack Obama ditched his suit, picked up a shovel and started filling sandbags in the Midwest flood zone. John McCain sent a press release from a private fundraiser in Riverside, California.

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"Candy Bombers," Obama and the End of Wal-Mart Nation (Mississippi Flood Update)

Bennet Kelley | Posted 06.08.2008 | Politics

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The can-do nation that soared from the depths of the depression to the moon has withered to a Wal-Mart nation that believes we can maintain our leadership and economic standing on the cheap.

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6 Other Things that Aren't "Change We Can Believe In"

Seth Grahame-Smith | Posted 06.05.2008 | Politics

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McCain's "green speech" was one of the funniest half-hours of television since Arrested Development was canceled, and had all the energy and eloquence of Frankenstein on barbiturates.

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FEMA Says Will Use Toxic Trailers Again

Grist | Posted 06.04.2008 | Green

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The Federal Emergency Management Agency has promised it will never again use formaldehyde-tainted trailers to house victims of a natural disaster -- u...

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Active Illness in Children due to Passive Politics: Is This Another Tuskegee Experiment?

Robin Wilson | Posted 05.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: Fema, Formaldehyde Cancer, Katrina, Carcinogens, Fema Trailers, Cancer, Formaldehyde, Politics News

The trailers FEMA sent to Katrina refugees were taxpayer-funded carcinogen containers -- with air quality so poor that the agency was issued an order to stop using them due to the high levels of formaldehyde.

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When Endorsements Go All to Hell

Robert J. Elisberg | Posted 05.27.2008 | Politics

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It doesn't matter what national religious leaders John Hagge or Rod Parsley, or even Jeremiah Wright believe. What matters is what the person actually running for office believes, says and does.

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Disaster Reponse in a Web 2.0 World

Rebecca Fannin | Posted 05.20.2008 | Politics

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Being in China one week after a massive earthquake reminds me of how advanced China is becoming -- and how the country's swift response has lessons for the U.S. and its poor handling of Katrina.

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In New Orleans, the Road Home Adds a New Bump

Harry Shearer | Posted 05.14.2008 | Politics

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When people outside New Orleans ask, "what happened to all the federal money?", the question is echoed by those in the city. Here's one answer.

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Serving the People vs. Clinging to Power

Philip Slater | Posted 05.14.2008 | Politics

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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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Obama and Wisdom and Clinton

Norman MacAfee | Posted 05.12.2008 | Politics

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I have been meaning to write about whom I support in the Democratic primary. In January I backed all three main candidates. Basically, it was a case o...

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How John McCain Can Rescue the Republican Party

Tom Matzzie | Posted 05.12.2008 | Politics

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McCain has a credible brand with the public, who see him as a maverick and a reformer. He may be able to use his own popularity to infuse the Republicans with new life and a new narrative -- the "Change Republican."

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Mother's Day Musings, 2008

Justin Frank | Posted 05.11.2008 | Home

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Each of us, even identical twins, has his own unique mother. So the relationship each child in a family has to his mother is different from that of e...

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Greening Hollywood: Bioneers Host Ed Begley, Jr.

Paige Donner | Posted 05.02.2008 | Living

Ed Begley, Jr., resident Rockstar of the Hollywood Green Movement, spoke at last Tuesday's Venice Beach Bioneers meeting held at the Electric Lodge.

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What would Jesus do ... ?

David Horton | Posted 04.29.2008 | Politics

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When the subprime crisis began in America and people began to lose their homes, I was stunned by the reactions to any suggestion that the government m...

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Unearthed: News of the Week the Mainstream Media Forgot to Report

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Brendan DeMelle | Posted 04.27.2008 | Media

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Alabama Governor Don Siegelman, fresh out of jail, talked to us about his Karl Rove-induced prosecution. He now has clear proof that his 2002 election was stolen by the GOP.

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Friday Talking Points [29] -- Pennsylvania Fallout

Chris Weigant | Posted 04.25.2008 | Politics

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It was a telling sign that neither Democratic candidate saw fit to visit Punxsutawney before the Pennsylvania primary. Nobody wanted the press to rem...

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The Upside Down Banker: Banks Like Goldman Sachs in the US Are Listening to Muhammad Yunus

Vivian Norris de Montaigu | Posted 04.19.2008 | Business

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Banks in France, especially ones which began as "village banks" like Muhammed Yunus' own Grameen, have mutualist roots to begin with and are deeply linked to their communities well-being.

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Snapshot: Mississippi High Water -- South Louisiana April 2008

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 04.16.2008 | Living

Read More: New Orleans, Louisiana, Flood, Nature, Morgan City, Katrina, Government Funding, Congress, Hurricane Katrina, Levees, Army Corps of Engineers, Mississippi, Stephensville, Carrollton, Living News

Water stalks southern Louisiana like a panther seeking its prey. Hurricane Katrina was the kill, but the water never relents -- always moving, sometimes retreating, forever flowing.

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