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When the Levees Broke: Spike Lee's Sonogram of an American Stillbirth

Barry Michael Cooper | Posted 10.03.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: James Dobson, Spike Lee, John McCain, Hurricane Katrina, Hurricane Gustav, New Orleans, Katrina, Gustav, Entertainment News

If John McCain is smart, a viewing of When The Levees Broke might put his Straight Talk Express back on the right track. It might even find its way into his acceptance speech on Thursday night.

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Framing Sarah Palin

Chris Weigant | Posted 10.02.2008 | Politics

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Democrats should stay away from the baby stories. They must resist the urge to comment at all on it. Let the media do the muckraking.

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The Rovian Politics of Choosing Sarah Palin

Paul Loeb | Posted 10.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: Political Spin, Mccain, Karl Rove, Cynicism, Sarah Palin, Sarah Palin Vice President, Sarah Palin Reaction, Gustav, Katrina, Hurricane Katrina, Hurrican Gustav, Global Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Global Warming, Politics News

Karl Rove's minions may be smiling at the brazen gamesmanship of this pick: but if Americans fall for it, they should know all too well what to expect.

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The Katrina Myth

Raymond Leon Roker | Posted 10.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: New Orleans, Katrina, Natural Disasters, Hurricane Katrina, Extreme Weather, Gustav, Hurricane Gustav, Politics News

Katrina was a natural disaster. (False) New Orleans is located in the wrong place and should be relocated. (False) New Orleans is entirely below sea level. (False)

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The Department of Labor: A Damage Assessment

Rep. George Miller | Posted 10.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: Labor, Elaine Chao, Workers, Labor Day, Wages, Mining, Labor Department, Katrina, President Bush, Worker Safety, Politics News

Our nation's workers, battered by unfair global competition, stagnant wages, declining benefits, and poor employer compliance with labor laws, deserve a Department of Labor that lives up to its name.

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Gustav and Oil Price Hysteria

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 10.02.2008 | Business

Read More: Energy, Iea, Katrina, Department of Energy, Gustav, Strategic Petroleum Reserve, Oil, Hurricane Gustav, Hurricane Gustav Oil, Business News

Why is it that our media hardly ever gets it right and lets the oil industry and the speculators run roughshod over our pocketbooks?

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Gustav Postpones RNC...And Ends Reagan Revolution

Marc Cooper | Posted 10.01.2008 | Home

Read More: John McCain, Mccain, Katrina, Obama, Marc Cooper, RNC Convention, Gustav, Palin, Home News

When the post-mortems are written on the now diseased McCain campaign and -- more generally -- on the demise of the Reagan Era, the three top contributing factors of death will be listed as Katrina, Sarah, and Gustav.

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Gustav and Wild Turkey: New Orleans Hurricane Update by My Friend Jim Gabour

Vivian Norris de Montaigu | Posted 09.30.2008 | Living

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"It has been three years and a day since Katrina violated this city. We are not yet safe, and the world has tired of our story."

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New Orleans: Nobody Asked, Why Not Sooner?

Harry Shearer | Posted 09.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: New Orleans, Gustav, Army Corps of Engineers, Hurricanes, Louisiana, Hurricane Gustav, Katrina, Hurricane Katrina, Politics News

Is money the reason New Orleans has to wait three more years before even the semblance of protection is in place? What's the city supposed to do in the meantime?

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Friday Talking Points [45] -- Lessons Democrats Should Learn From Obama's Speech

Chris Weigant | Posted 09.29.2008 | Politics

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I know that just about the entire blogosphere is talking about John McCain's pick of Sarah Palin (who?) for his running mate, but I, for one, refuse t...

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Remembering Katrina (VIDEO)

Yahoo News | Posted 09.29.2008 | Home

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It has been three years since Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans. More than 1,600 people were killed, and countless more suffered while stranded...

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Gustav Threatens Gulf Coast On Anniversary Of Katrina

AP | JOHN MORENO GONZALES | Posted 09.29.2008 | Home

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NEW ORLEANS — On the same day that residents marked the three-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina's wrath, another storm strengthened into a h...

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Leave No Katrina Victims Behind

Pierce O'Donnell | Posted 09.29.2008 | Politics

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Today is the third anniversary of the worst man-made disaster in American history and not a penny of compensation has been paid to the victims; nor has a single Army Corps official been disciplined, demoted or dismissed.

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WALL-E, Katrina and the Art of Vicki Niolet

Kimberly Brooks | Posted 09.29.2008 | Living

Read More: Katrina, New Orleans, Hurricane Katrina, Wall-E, Gulf Coast, Vicki Niolet, Gustavo, Living News

As we approach the anniversary of Katrina, I celebrate the gift of artists who lovingly reclaim pieces of a cities long torn asunder.

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New Orleans repeating deadly levee mistakes

AP | CAIN BURDEAU | Posted 09.23.2008 | Politics

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NEW ORLEANS — Signs are emerging that history is repeating itself in the Big Easy, still healing from Katrina: People have forgotten a lesson fr...

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Troubling the Water

Danny Glover | Posted 09.22.2008 | Entertainment

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Today's launch of the film Trouble the Water opens up a meaningful space to examine critical issues that have remained unaddressed since Katrina three years ago to this Sunday.

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All Those Federal Funds: Why the New Orleans Recovery is Slow

Harry Shearer | Posted 09.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: New Orleans, George W. Bush, Katrina, Hurricane Katrina, Harry Shearer on New Orleans, Politics News

For those who keep asking a variant of "why, with all the federal billions sent down there, is New Orlean's recovery so slow?", an authoritative answer is now available.

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Mr. Bill: "Oh No, Fix the Coast you Broke, Shell Oil!"

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 09.21.2008 | Green

Read More: New Orleans, Gulf Restoration, Public Relations, Message, Oil, Katrina, Wetlands, Green Living, Media, Mr. Bill, Shell Oil, Green News

Meanwhile: Conspiracy Rumors Swirl Around Photo Op An ominous email came in to the sluggo.com listserv, and writers for independent media knew it...

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What Obama and McCain Won't Tell You

Richard Walden | Posted 09.21.2008 | Living

Read More: Charity, Relief, Tsunami, Economy, Katrina, Obama, Mccain, Healthcare, Bush, Richard Walden, The Giving Life, Living News

Political contributions are discretionary but come from the same pool of funds which are the lifeblood charities and other nonprofits depend upon to provide vital services to our communities.

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Will Someone Please Make Obama Watch the McCain Version of the Katrina DVD?

Marty Kaplan | Posted 09.19.2008 | Politics

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The last Democratic presidential candidate who failed to engage, who abjured ruthlessness because it wasn't consistent with the noble kind of politics he wanted America to practice, was Michael Dukakis.

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John McCain as a Hood Ornament

Bella DePaulo | Posted 09.19.2008 | Politics

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The New York Times has William Kristol on its opinion page, and the Wall Street Journal now has Thomas Frank. What Kristol writes could be called scho...

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Hurricane Katrina, Three Years Later

Rep. Steve Israel | Posted 08.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: Long Island, Fema, New York, Hurricane Katrina, Katrina, FEMA Hurricane Katrina, Politics News

Three years after Hurricane Katrina washed homes from their foundations, ended lives and scattered families, the progress is, at best, erratic.

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Louisiana's "Road Home"--the Goalposts Keep Moving

Harry Shearer | Posted 08.03.2008 | Politics

Read More: New Orleans, Federal Aid to Katrina Victims, New Orleans Housing, Katrina, Fema, Times-Picayune, Politics News

For those outside New Orleans who ask, "what happened to all the Federal money down there?", a guide appears in the Times-Picayune explaining the labyrinth homeowners have had to navigate to get their Road Home grant.

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Naomi Klein: "Disaster Capitalism" Still On The Rise

Portfolio.com | Lloyd Grove | Posted 08.01.2008 | Business

Read More: Shock Doctrine, Economic Shock Therapy, Katrina, Disaster Capitalism, Capitalism, Naomi Klein, Business News

Marauding multinationals and their enablers in the U.S. government have a worthy adversary in Naomi Klein, a Canadian social critic whose books punctu...

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Facts and Lies about Lowering Oil Prices

Alan Rosenblatt | Posted 07.30.2008 | Green

Big Oil makes more money when prices go up and that money is nicely spread among its allies in Congress. Trusting these guys is like trusting your neighborhood pusher.

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