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Rebuilding New Orleans

New Orleans: What's Been Done, What's on the To-Do List

Harry Shearer | Posted 10.15.2009 | Politics

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Harry Shearer

In New Orleans, there have been notable steps forward in arts, education and entrepreneurship since Katrina. The bad news is that the "temporary" pumps installed for future floods do not, and cannot work.

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GDP an Inaccurate Measure of Stark Disparities in United States, Fails to Show Whole Picture in Louisiana

Sarah Burd-Sharps | Posted 11.18.2009 | Politics

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Sarah Burd-Sharps

Recovery funds must be directed not just to rebuild the physical infrastructure of Louisiana, but also to construct a new infrastructure of opportunity to serve the next generation of Gulf coast residents.

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Playing the Inside Game -- A Cautionary Tale

Harry Shearer | Posted 09.23.2009 | Politics

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Harry Shearer

New Orleans is watching a second consecutive president trash his promises to "rebuild it better." Obama won't even do the obligatory photo-op in the city on Saturday's anniversary. It's more of the same.

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Brad Pitt's Foundation Seeks Stimulus Funds

Ted Johnson | Posted 08.23.2009 | Living

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Ted Johnson

Brad Pitt's Make It Right Foundation is among a consortium applying for federal stimulus money that could expand his effort to rebuild homes in New Orleans.

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Brad Pitt's Hunky House Designs (Photos)

treehugger.com | Posted 08.06.2009 | Green

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Brad Pitt's "Make It Right" Foundation has released a new set of duplex designs for New Orleans, by yet another round of big name architects from arou...

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Miami to Memphis -- My Top Ten Insights

Paul Hogarth | Posted 04.02.2009 | Style

Read More: New Orleans, Mississippi Delta, Hurricane Katrina, Mardi Gras, Everglades, Rebuilding New Orleans, Florida Everglades, Key West, Style News
Paul Hogarth

10. Graceland is Less Opulent than Expected: The King of Rock 'n' Roll's famous home was surprisingly quite modest.

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Healthier, Wealthier and Wiser: The Case for Creating Green Schools Now

Matt Petersen | Posted 03.08.2009 | Green

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Matt Petersen

As the Congress deliberates the largest stimulus package in history, there is no single better investment that we can make than to help maximize the potential learning and productivity of our children.

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Fixing The Responder, Ignoring the Cause?

Harry Shearer | Posted 12.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: New Orleans, Fema, Obama, US Army Corps of Engineers, Barack Obama, Infrastructure, Obama FEMA, Army Corps of Engineers, Rebuilding New Orleans, Politics News
Harry Shearer

FEMA was the poster child for federal incompetence, according to the consensus media narrative of the New Orleans flooding disaster. But the true poster child was and is the US Army Corps of Engineers.

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Gustav Raises The Question (Again): Is New Orleans Worth It?

AP | LARA JAKES JORDAN | Posted 10.03.2008 | Green

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WASHINGTON — Those who love New Orleans say Hurricane Gustav is proof that the billions of dollars spent to protect the city and bring it back t...

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Katrina's "Nigga," Three Years Later

Leonce Gaiter | Posted 09.24.2008 | Home

Read More: Hurricane Katrina, Hurricane Katrina Anniversary, New Orleans Recovery, Rebuilding New Orleans, Home News
Leonce Gaiter

It's more than obvious: large portions of New Orleans will never be rebuilt. As my mom put it, "You're nothing if you're poor and black. You're on your own." Three years after Katrina, that reality hasn't changed.

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New Orleans and China -- Not So Different

Harry Shearer | Posted 06.11.2008 | Politics

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Harry Shearer

In each, nature had a part, but man-made engineering failures created catastrophic results. And in each, the response has been the same.

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Oops! Just a Little Leak

Harry Shearer | Posted 04.25.2008 | Politics

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Harry Shearer

Yesterday, the Times-Picayune carried a very restrained story about a potentially inflammatory subject: the Corps of Engineers has discovered a persistent leak in the 17th St. Canal floodwall.

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