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After the Delugenew
A New Orleans writer's collected columns document everyday life post-Katrina.
Chicago Reader |
Michael Tisserand |
10-23-2006 |
Nonfiction
So Let's Be Fairnew
In the Katrina blame game, media shouldn't get a pass.
Illinois Times |
R.L. Nave |
09-01-2006 |
Commentary
Making a Killing on Disasternew
The Bush administration abdicates its duty to protect citizens by handing megabucks relief contracts to friends in big business.
NOW Magazine |
Naomi Klein |
09-01-2006 |
Disasters
Katrina by the Numbersnew
We excerpt from the most comprehensive study of the Gulf Coast after hurricanes Katrina and Rita last year, produced by the Institute for Southern Studies in Durham.
Are We Next?new
The devastation of Hurricane Katrina was an indelible sign of things to come -- so why are we looking the other way?
Katrina Nownew
Hurricane Katrina has transformed New Orleans from an icon of jazz and American history into a symbol of cultural and bureaucratic dysfunction.
New York Press |
David Mills |
08-31-2006 |
Disasters
Mississippi Bluesnew
Ever wonder what became of all the tax dollars and personal donations you sent to the Gulf Coast over the past year in the wake of Hurricane Katrina?
Boston Phoenix |
Nina MacLaughlin |
08-28-2006 |
Disasters
Gimme Shelternew
How well did Birmingham's Katrina relief efforts measure up?
Birmingham Weekly |
Kyle Whitmire |
08-28-2006 |
Disasters
Blown Hopesnew
We revisit the Lower 9th Ward, a year after Katrina.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Kia Gregory |
08-28-2006 |
Disasters
A Year After Landfallnew
The good news is that the French Quarter, Bourbon Street, Canal Street and the Convention Center districts appear clean, shiny and almost new -- the rest of the city looks as though Katrina landed last week.
Birmingham Weekly |
Dr. Lisa Pickett |
08-28-2006 |
Disasters
