Katrina

What if You Gave a Revolution and CNN Didn't Come?

Rev. Debra Haffner | Posted 04.14.2008 | Living

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Rev. Debra Haffner

This weekend, more than 10,000 women gathered in New Orleans to transform the Superdome into what creator Eve Ensler named "SuperLove."

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Victory in Iraq! Oil Over $100 Barrel and 35 International Oil Companies Vying To Bid On Iraqi Oil Projects

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 04.14.2008 | Business

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Raymond J. Learsy

Only three years ago even OPEC was talking with embarrassment about oil prices exceeding $50 a barrel as our descent into the hell of Iraq continued unabated.

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Photographing the Ninth Ward

John L. Rosenthal | Posted 04.08.2008 | Politics

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John L. Rosenthal

2008-04-09-rosenthalpull.jpgPhotographs not only remember, they register surprise. And what surprised me most about the Ninth Ward were the left-over particulars of a multi-layered human geography.

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"But There Was a Catch"

Harry Shearer | Posted 04.08.2008 | Politics

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Harry Shearer

New Orleanians seeking to return home have been punished by the failure of the market and every level of government, after almost three years, to deal with the flood's decimation of the rental housing stock in the city.

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Government Floods City, Then Poisons Survivors

Harry Shearer | Posted 04.03.2008 | Media

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Harry Shearer

That would be the tabloid, but not entirely inaccurate, version of the New Orleans story to date.

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Green For All (For Martin Luther King): The New Color Of The New Civil Rights Movement

Katie Halper | Posted 04.02.2008 | Politics

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Katie Halper

Although often presented as "single issues" poverty, racism, and environmental degradation are interlinked, as low-income people suffer disproportionately from cancer, asthma and other respiratory ailments.

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Buried Lede Department: Why No Presidential Candidate Says Anything of Substance About the Disaster in New Orleans

Harry Shearer | Posted 03.27.2008 | Politics

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Harry Shearer

Maybe, someday, some enterprising reporter will ask the remaining candidates why they didn't show much of an interest in working with Bush's point man for the recovery.

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Taxpayers: Pay Up, Suckers!

Allison Kilkenny | Posted 03.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: Government, Taxes, Clean Drinking Water, Corporations, Blackwater, George W. Bush, Deregulation, Katrina, Regulation, Bear Stearns, Privitization, Politics News
Allison Kilkenny

Taxpayers are the victims of an elite group of corrupt carpetbaggers, politicians and executives, who prey on their good nature and willingness to invest in their community.

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Those Hidden Costs

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | Posted 03.26.2008 | Politics

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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Because of the nature of the problems experienced by black Americans, Americans have to pay for issues that they didn't cause and shouldn't have to fix. But nonetheless we are stuck with the tab.

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The New Orleans Affordable Housing Crisis Worsens, Thanks to the Credit Crunch

Harry Shearer | Posted 03.24.2008 | Politics

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Harry Shearer

Developers of affordable housing are having a difficult time getting their projects financed, and that means evacuees get to stay where they got dumped almost three years ago.

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Katrina's Forgotten Teens: Can Film Foster Change?

Annie Waldman | Posted 03.18.2008 | Entertainment

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Annie Waldman

A year and a half after the storm, my cousin Daniel, a New Orleans high school teacher, told me that about twenty percent of his students were on their own, without parents. Daniel's story inspired me to explore this overlooked phenomenon with my short documentary, So The Wind Won't Blow It All Away.

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A.D.: New Orleans After the Deluge

Josh Neufeld | Posted 03.13.2008 | Entertainment

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Josh Neufeld

A.D.: New Orleans After the Deluge, my true story webcomic of six people who survived Hurricane Katrina, rolls into its tenth chapter.

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Nero Called: He Wants His Sense of Appropriate Timing Back

Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 03.11.2008 | Entertainment

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Karen Dalton-Beninato

A good rule of thumb is, if you're the guy who appointed an Arabian horse expert to run the country's emergency management system, you are the last one who gets to pen Hurricane Katrina lyrics.

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My Friend Audrey

Stan Goff | Posted 03.10.2008 | Living

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Stan Goff

Audrey Mantey is a teacher and an artist; but she is something else, too. She is a military veteran; and it was in that role that she came to the Veterans and Survivors March for Peace and Justice.

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More Freedom Fries with Your New Orleans Outrage, Senator?

Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 03.09.2008 | Politics

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Karen Dalton-Beninato

Senator David Vitter still begs to differ that racism comes into play when it comes to the lack of public housing.

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Katrina Evacuees Could Impact Texas Primary Outcome

Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 03.01.2008 | Home

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Karen Dalton-Beninato

When Hillary Clinton skipped visiting Louisiana just before the primaries, she sent Bill to New Orleans instead. After losing the state, Clinton at...

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FEMA Trailers -- Test Them Yourself, Then Go Screw Yourself

Harry Shearer | Posted 02.28.2008 | Politics

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Harry Shearer

A volunteer for the local Sierra Club was testing in New Orleans, as soon as she heard reports of symptoms from the toxic gas, and the Feds -- guess what? -- ignored her reports.

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Free at Last: Second Liners Released From Charges

Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 02.21.2008 | Entertainment

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Karen Dalton-Beninato

How many New Orleans musicians have died of heartbreak before they had a chance to move back?

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The Corps Just Keeps The Hits Comin'

Harry Shearer | Posted 02.14.2008 | Politics

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Harry Shearer

Lost in all of the major-league screw-ups is one crucial fact: the Corps of Engineers did not have large sandbags pre-stationed as the hurricane approached.

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The Importance of Sunday's NBA All-Star Game

Willis Reed | Posted 02.13.2008 | Entertainment

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Willis Reed

Sunday evening, everyone around the world will see that New Orleans is up and running and that it's a great place to visit. And for someone who calls Louisiana home, I couldn't be more proud.

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To Republicans: Conservatism Has Failed. Deal With It

Hale "Bonddad" Stewart | Posted 02.09.2008 | Business

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Hale

Every "true conservative" Republican candidate has failed. The reason? Conservative polities don't work. You guys are trying to sell a typewriter in a word processor world.

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A.D.: New Orleans After the Deluge

Josh Neufeld | Posted 02.06.2008 | Entertainment

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Josh Neufeld

A.D. tells the story of Katrina and its aftermath from the perspective of actual people still dealing with the storm each and every day.

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Happy Trent Lott Appreciation Day! But One Day a Year is Not Enough!

Katie Halper | Posted 02.06.2008 | Politics

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Katie Halper

I'm starting the Trent Lott Porch Reconstruction Fund. And we won't stop until that wrap-around Victorian porch is standing once again. Because a man's second home's porch is his castle.

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FEMA Covered Up Cancer Risks To Katrina Victims

Salon | Sheila Kaplan | Posted 01.29.2008 | Politics

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Last summer, the Federal Emergency Management Agency was publicly shamed when lawmakers revealed the agency, to avoid lawsuits, put off testing traile...

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Sam Stein

Bush SOTU: Bin Laden Mentioned Once, Pakistan Twice

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 01.28.2008 | Politics

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Sometimes, during a speech, what is left unsaid is more telling than the words uttered. This was certainly true during Monday night's State of the Uni...

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