AltWeeklies Wire
Calm After the Storm?new
Mental health aid is the first of a few cutoffs facing Katrina evacuees.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Naomi Zeveloff |
01-23-2007 |
Disasters
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Insurance 'Bait and Switch'new
Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood vows to go after insurance companies who denied coverage to victims of Hurricane Katrina.
Jackson Free Press |
Adam Lynch |
01-05-2007 |
Disasters
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Bad Deeds Unpunishednew
A digest of corruption in the aftermath of Katrina, and Gov. Haley Barbour's ties to the big money-makers.
Jackson Free Press |
Brian Johnson |
01-05-2007 |
Disasters
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My White Privilegenew
I got sent to a ritzy hospital with no patients while poor New Orleans was left to die.
NOW Magazine |
Naomi Klein |
12-18-2006 |
Disasters
The Dispossessednew
The flames that destroyed the Mizpah Hotel took 12 people's lives with them -- this is one man's terrifying tale of survival.
Reno News & Review |
D. Brian Burghart |
11-16-2006 |
Disasters
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The Ripnew
When does an evacuee cease to be a guest and become a pain?
Dallas Observer |
Jim Schutze |
09-12-2006 |
Disasters
Bloodwaternew
Global warming hits home.
Jackson Free Press |
Adam Lynch |
09-06-2006 |
Disasters
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Weeping With the Enemynew
Phyllis Rodriguez lost her son at the World Trade Center -- and then she found the mother of Zacarias Moussaoui.
The Village Voice |
Bernice Yeung |
09-06-2006 |
Disasters
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What Would Happen?
New reports from USC and UCLA both argue that, whatever the local impacts, the national economy would not be severely strained, and would not suffer a recession if terrorists attacked the ports.
Random Lengths News |
Paul Rosenberg |
09-01-2006 |
Disasters
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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
