AltWeeklies Wire
Hurricane Losses Trigger Massive Layoffs at Goodwillnew
South Florida's number one provider of jobs to the disabled has had to lay off about 800 people in Miami-Dade County.
Miami New Times |
Forrest Norman |
11-07-2005 |
Disasters
Bellsouth Looting Competitors?new
As hurricane victims in Biloxi, Miss., move to reassemble their lives, phone corporation Bellsouth moves in to dominate the area by bullying customers.
Jackson Free Press |
Adam Lynch |
11-03-2005 |
Disasters
Tags: disasters
Hurricane Voyeurismnew
Wilma brought frustration, accidents, romance, anger, substance abuse and reflection.
Miami New Times |
Francisco Alvarado, Mariah Blake, Jean Carey, Rob Jordan, Diana Kachalova, Kirk Nielsen, Forrest Norman and Emily Witt |
11-01-2005 |
Disasters
Submerged: An Evacuee's Journal: Ground Zero
Evacuees of New Orleans are drawn to the 17th Street levee breach the way New Yorkers were drawn to Ground Zero. It is a place to contemplate in anger that much of the devastation of their city need not have happened. Ninth in a multi-part series
Association of Alternative Newsmedia |
Michael Tisserand |
10-31-2005 |
Disasters
Submerged: An Evacuee's Journal: Calculated Risks
Environmental activists in St. Bernard Parish are doing their own tests for contamination after Hurricane Katrina. Eighth in a multi-part series
Association of Alternative Newsmedia |
Michael Tisserand |
10-24-2005 |
Disasters
Tags: Hurricane Katrina, Submerged
Going South to Save Companion Animalsnew
Our president and most media reports say life is improving along Mississippi's Gulf Coast since Katrina struck. They should ask the people who have to live there. An animal rescue mission reveals the human chaos still churning in the hurricane zone.
Tags: FEMA, katrina hurricane
Illinois State Workers Stepped Up to Help After Katrinanew
Floyd Schleyhahn was one of 39 state workers sent to Bogalusa, La., 70 miles north of New Orleans. Schleyhahn came back with a detailed journal, and a
long-distance friendship with a young family that had endured loss after
loss.
Illinois Times |
Bruce Rushton |
10-21-2005 |
Disasters
The Super Floodnew
Massive mudflows one day will pour off the 14,411-foot volcano called Mount Rainier, bury Seattle's south suburbs, and reach as far as the city itself. It's happened many times before. This time, of course, hundreds of thousands of people will die.
Seattle Weekly |
Frank Parchman |
10-20-2005 |
Disasters
Tags: disasters
With a Little Help From My Friendsnew
Six weeks after Katrina, the tiny town of Waveland is getting by with help from some hippies and a rock band—not the federal or state government.
Jackson Free Press |
Eileen Loh Harrist |
10-20-2005 |
Disasters
Tags: disasters
Yes, You Should Be Afraid of Avian Flunew
As avian flu threatens to kill millions, President Bush bets our lives on the free market.
Boston Phoenix |
David S. Bernstein |
10-20-2005 |
Disasters
Tags: disasters
Submerged: An Evacuee's Journal: Sugarcane Academy
A one-room schoolhouse for evacuees' children will reopen in New Orleans next month, signaling families' desire to return to the damaged city. Seventh in a multi-part series
Association of Alternative Newsmedia |
Michael Tisserand |
10-17-2005 |
Disasters
Caught in the Stormnew
Hurricane evacuees to Colorado Springs were subjected to criminal record checks, and two were arrested for minor misdeeds.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Michael de Yoanna |
10-14-2005 |
Disasters
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Submerged: An Evacuee's Journal: Normal
For the poor of New Orleans, suffering trauma was normal -- even before the hurricane. The new New Orleans is called upon to do better for them. Sixth in a multi-part series
Association of Alternative Newsmedia |
Michael Tisserand |
10-10-2005 |
Disasters
A Flood of Emotionsnew
For African-Americans across America, Hurricane Katrina left scars that will last a lifetime.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Kia Gregory |
10-05-2005 |
Disasters
Submerged: An Evacuee's Journal: Toxic Art
No one wants New Orleans' music to end, but what will sustain the cultural life of the city now that neighborhoods where the artists lived are in ruins? Fifth in a multi-part series
Association of Alternative Newsmedia |
Michael Tisserand |
10-03-2005 |
Disasters
