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Four Years Later, Let's End the Human Rights Crisis in KatrinaRitaVille

Jeffrey Buchanan | Posted 09.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: New Orleans, Aclu, Fema, Hurricanes, Gulf Coast Recovery, Gulf Coast Civic Works Act, Naacp, Human Rights Violations, Obama New Orleans, Infrastructure, Human Rights, Louisiana, New Orleans Recovery, Lower Ninth Ward, FEMA Hurricane Katrina, Nancy Pelosi, Hurricane Katrina, Gulf Coast, Politics News
Jeffrey Buchanan

The federal government still has a long fight ahead to make good on promises to rebuild a stronger, safer and more equitable Gulf Coast.

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Thanks to Brad Pitt, One Homecoming, One Reunion in New Orleans

Christina Bellantoni | Posted 08.30.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: New Orleans, Brad Pitt, Louisiana, Washington Times, Brad Pitt's 'Make It Right' Project, Lower Ninth Ward, Bellantoni, Make It Right, Hurricane Katrina, Entertainment News
Christina Bellantoni

This weekend, Robert Green slept in his own home in the Lower 9th Ward for the first time since Hurricane Katrina flattened his neighborhood and killed his mother and infant granddaughter.

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Download A Song, Help Build A Home In New Orleans

Sal Nunziato | Posted 02.05.2009 | Living

Read More: The Meters, New Orleans, Hurricane Katrina, Wynton Marsalis, Dr. John, Brad Pitt's 'Make It Right' Project, Lower Ninth Ward, Living News
Sal Nunziato

100% of "Healing Time" will be donated to the Make It Right Foundation which helps build green, sustainable homes in the Lower 9th Ward of New Orleans- one of cities hardest hit areas.

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New Orleans Faces "The Nation"

Harry Shearer | Posted 01.23.2009 | Media

Read More: New Orleans, Corps of Engineers, The Nation New Orleans, New Orleans Violence, Lower Ninth Ward, Katrina, Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans Shootings, Media News
Harry Shearer

The Nation's investigative piece on the unsolved shootings in Algiers Point in the days after Katrina is a lengthy, painstaking piece of work. And, just like much of the media coverage of the disaster three-plus years ago, it lies.

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Will There Be Justice in New Orleans?

Katrina vanden Heuvel | Posted 01.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: New Orleans, Katrina, New Orleans Shootings, Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans Violence, Lower Ninth Ward, Politics News
Katrina vanden Heuvel

A new investigation exposes for the first time a rash of vigilante shootings in New Orleans, as white residents in the Algiers Point neighborhood formed an ad hoc militia and opened fire on blacks.

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