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Eyes in My Eyes

Terry Marotta | Posted 07.12.2008 | Living

Read More: Boston, New Orleans, Dialects, National Society of Newspaper Columnists, Katrina, Accents, Diversity, Regional Dialects, Living News
Terry Marotta

I had a lesson in diversity last week in New Orleans, where I found myself so completely out of my element that when a couple of young women kept calling me "Ma'am" I took their tone for sarcastic.

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FEMA's Trailers: The Cheapest, The Most Toxic

Harry Shearer | Posted 07.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: New Orleans, Fema Trailers, Fema, Fema Formaldehyde, Berkeley, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Katrina Mismanagement, Katrina, Formaldehyde Fumes, Politics News
Harry Shearer

Another shoe dropped in the FEMA trailer scandal this week, with the publication of a report pinpointing why so many New Orleanians inhaled such high levels of formaldehyde fumes for so long.

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Floods: Update, New Orleans Examining Levee Seepage

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 07.07.2008 | Green

Read More: Floods, Katrina, New Orleans, Levees, 17th Street Canal, Vice President Dick Cheney, Army Corps of Engineers, Green News
Georgianne Nienaber

Corps engineers in New Orleans maintain that the seepage is not cause for alarm.

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Still Counting Katrina's Dead

Stacy Parker Aab | Posted 07.03.2008 | Politics

Read More: Hurricane Katrina Deceased Victims List, Katrina Dead, Louisiana, Katrina Diaspora, John Mutter, Katrina, Katrina Victims, Hurricane Katrina, Mississippi, Politics News
Stacy Parker Aab

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

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 07.01.2008 | Green

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

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 06.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Floods, Iowa Flooding, Midwest Floods, FEMA Hurricane Katrina, Katrina, Midwest Flood Damage, Hurricane Katrina, Midwest Flooding, Politics News
Georgianne Nienaber

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 06.25.2008 | Green

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

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 06.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Wisconsin, Cindy McCain, Iowa, Katrina, Floods, George W Bush, Barack Obama, Indiana, Michelle Obama, Heiress, Ranch, Politics News
Paul Abrams

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 06.24.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Simon & Garfunkel, Classic Rock, Songs, Music Education, War With Iran, George W. Bush, Suppressing Dissent, Kent State University, Bob Dylan, Iraq War, Iran, Politics, Grunge, Folk, Vietnam War, Protest, Katrina, Jackson Browne, Joni Mitchell, Crosby Stills Nash and Young, Peter Paul, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

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 06.23.2008 | Home

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Beverly Davis

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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FEMA Says Will Use Toxic Trailers Again

Grist | Posted 06.12.2008 | Green

Read More: Katrina, Fema, Formaldehyde, Green News

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 06.07.2008 | Politics

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

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 06.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Holocaust, John Hagee, John Hagee McCain, Katrina, Breaking Politics News, Obama Jeremiah Wright, Jeremiah Wright, Barack Obama, Politics News
Robert J. Elisberg

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 05.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Web 2.0, Natural Disasters, Beijing, Mobile Phones, Katrina, Earthquake, China Earthquake, China, Politics News
Rebecca Fannin

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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Serving the People vs. Clinging to Power

Philip Slater | Posted 05.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: Republican Administration, Disaster Relief, China, Burma, Sichuan Quake, Myanmar Junta, Hurricane Katrina, Katrina, China Earthquake, Katrina Relief, Bush Katrina, Politics News
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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Unearthed: News of the Week the Mainstream Media Forgot to Report

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Brendan DeMelle | Posted 05.05.2008 | Media

Read More: Katrina Trailers, Salmon, Don Siegelman Case, American Flag Lapel Pin, Military Analysts, Siegelman and Rove, Don Siegelman, Network Military Analysts, Buffalo, Exxon Mobil, Katrina, Pentagon Military Analysts, Yellowstone Buffalo, Global Warming, Obama Flag Lapel, Media News
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Brendan DeMelle

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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Katrina Evacuees Could Impact Texas Primary Outcome

Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

Read More: Texas Primary, New Orleans, Tavis Smiley, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Katrina, Barack Obama Texas Primary, Hillary Clinton Texas Primary, Home News
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 Covered Up Cancer Risks To Katrina Victims

Salon | Sheila Kaplan | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Katrina, Hurricane Katrina, Fema Trailers, Fema, FEMA Hurricane Katrina, Politics News

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 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Poverty, Pakistan, Missing Words, Legacy, Bush, September 11, Change, Al Qaida, Bin Laden, Freedom, Katrina, Sotu, Bhutto, President Bush, State of the Union, Politics News

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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New Orleans Protestors Vow To Keep Fighting

Associated Press | Cain Burdeau | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: New Orleans, Katrina Housing, New Orleans Protest, Katrina, Pubic Housing, Hurricane Katrina, Housing and Urban Development, Katrina Relief, Hud, Politics News

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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Film Industry Keeps Big Easy Afloat

MarketWatch | Russ Britt | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Katrina, Katrina Movies, Louisiana, Movies Louisiana, Filmmaking in Louisiana, Post-Katrina Louisiana, Other LA, Business News

Call it "the other LA." In addition to sharing the same abbreviation as the film industry's capital, the state of Louisiana is capturing more of the ...

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Edwards Redirects Investments To Aid Katrina Victims Facing Foreclosure

Wall Street Journal | Christopher Cooper | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

Read More: Katrina, John Edwards, Foreclosure, Hurricane Katrina, Subprime Mortgages, Home News

Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards, whose personal investments have been linked to foreclosure suits filed against three dozen victims of ...

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