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New Orleans Hit By Another "Hurricane of Racism, Greed and Corruption" - Community Activist Malik Rahim Thursday, August 30, 2007 :
On the second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, Democracy Now! broadcasts live from the Lower Ninth Ward in New Orleans. We take a look at the state of New Orleans two years after the storm with two local activists: Malik Rahim, cofounder of the Common Ground Collective and Alice Craft-Kerney of the Lower Ninth Ward Health Clinic....
Posted: Thu, Aug 30, 2007 8:10am PDT
"The Red Cross Has Basically Stolen Money From Victims in New Orleans" - People's Hurricane Relief Fund Blasts Katrina Aid Pr Thursday, August 30, 2007 : A five-day International Tribunal on Hurricanes Katrina and Rita opened last night in New Orleans. The tribunal is bringing together hurricane survivors, international delegations, expert witnesses, a team of human rights and civil rights prosecutors, and a panel of US-based and international judges....
Posted: Thu, Aug 30, 2007 8:10am PDT
Bush visits New Orleans on Katrina anniversary: returning to the scene of the crime Thursday, August 30, 2007 :Working class residents of New Orleans responded with anger and protests to the visit paid by George W. Bush Wednesday on the second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, a tragedy which led to the loss of more than 1,800 lives and massive devastation in the region. Bush administration neglect and indifference contributed to the deaths and mass suffering and continues to be responsible for the plight of countless thousands of present or former New Orleans and Gulf Coast...
Posted: Thu, Aug 30, 2007 7:42am PDT
US census report shows falling earnings, rise in uninsured Thursday, August 30, 2007 :New census data released this week shows that American workers continued to see an erosion of their living standards in 2006, even as the US economy entered its the fifth year of job growth following the recession of 2001. The new census report, “Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States,” gives a glimpse of the economic suffering felt by tens of millions of working people in the US....
Posted: Thu, Aug 30, 2007 6:46am PDT
Nation’s Second Largest Mall Owner Drains Hundreds Of Millions Of Dollars From Local Communities And Schools Across US Wednesday, August 29, 2007 : As Nation’s Children Return to the Classroom, Study Details More Than $200 Million in Public Giveaways and Tax Savings Washington, D.C.—The nation’s second largest mall owner, General Growth Properties (GGP), has pursued what appears to be a systematic business strategy that has drained hundreds of millions of dollars from local communities and schools across the United States....
Posted: Thu, Aug 30, 2007 6:34am PDT
The Path to Destruction: Two Years After Katrina, Cleanup and Recovery Far From Complete Wednesday, August 29, 2007 :
Today marks the second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. The storm ravaged the Gulf coast of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama and left over 1,600 people dead. More than 300,000 homes were destroyed and over 770,000 people displaced. It was the most powerful and expensive natural disaster to hit the country and one of the deadliest hurricanes recorded in US history. We speak with Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter, John McQuaid....
Posted: Wed, Aug 29, 2007 8:54am PDT
"The APA Has Long Been a Clan" - Psychologist, Author Mary Pipher Returns APA Award over Interrogation Policy Wednesday, August 29, 2007 :
"I think that the APA has long been a clan," said Mary Pipher, a clinical psychologist and author of Reviving Ophelia" among several other books. She returned her Presidential Citation award from the America Psychological Association in protest over the group's policy on military and CIA interrogations. "The top leadership, the people on the council have been there for decades. It's a very ingrown group of people and I think we probably need some new leadershi...
Posted: Wed, Aug 29, 2007 8:54am PDT
Bush’s Medicare Drug Fails to Cut Costs Wednesday, August 29, 2007 : The first report card on Bush's Medicare prescription drug program is in?and it shows a failing grade for controlling the cost of medication for seniors. Seniors in Medicare's Part D prescription drug program are more likely to pay at least $300 a month for medicines than those on other plans, according to a study published by the journal Health Affairs....
Posted: Wed, Aug 29, 2007 8:23am PDT
Two Years After Katrina: ‘Our National Shame’ Wednesday, August 29, 2007 : Michele Baker and her husband, Alex, survey the damage at their home after Hurricane Katrina. In the two years since Hurricane Katrina came ashore on the Gulf Coast, the Bush administration has failed miserably to deliver on the president's promise to rebuild the area, especially New Orleans. Instead of acting quickly to provide the aid needed to bring the Crescent City back, the administration is using the rebuilding effort to promote its conservative agenda a...
Posted: Wed, Aug 29, 2007 8:22am PDT
Hurricane Katrina two years on Part 1: New Orleans--A city in social and economic distress Wednesday, August 29, 2007 :The following is the first in a series of articles on the second anniversary of the Hurricane Katrina disaster. Future installments will deal with housing conditions, the state of the levee system, profiteering in the Gulf Opportunity Zone and other issues. Two years ago, on August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina made landfall on the US Gulf Coast....
Posted: Wed, Aug 29, 2007 8:15am PDT
Renowned Psychologist, Author Returns APA Award over Interrogation Policy Tuesday, August 28, 2007 :
Renowned psychologist and New York Times bestselling author Mary Pipher decided last week to return her Presidential Citation award from the APA in protest. In a letter to the group's president, she wrote, "I have struggled for many months with this decision and I make it with pain and sorrow...I do not want an award from an organization that sanctions its members' participation in the enhanced interrogations at CIA 'black sites' and at Guantanamo."...
Posted: Tue, Aug 28, 2007 4:45pm PDT
NOW Foundation Releases New Report on Emergency Contraception August 24, 2007 : Today we mark the one year anniversary of the Food and Drug Administration's decision to allow over-the-counter sale of emergency contraception (EC) to women ages 18 and over with the release of a report entitled: "Limited Success: One Year of Access to Emergency Contraception" (PDF)....
Posted: Sat, Aug 25, 2007 11:05am PDT
"What This Rule Change Amounts To Is A Declaration Of War Against the Appalachian People": Opponents of Mountaintop Removal Friday, August 24, 2007 :
The Bush administration is poised to issue regulations today that would legalize and expand the controversial coal mining practice known as mountain top removal. The technique involves blasting off the tops of mountains and dumping the rubble into valleys and streams. We speak with Appalaichan activist Vernon Halton of Coal River Mountain Watch....
Posted: Fri, Aug 24, 2007 7:33am PDT
On 2nd anniversary of Katrina Gulf Coast needs a "New Deal" Friday, August 24, 2007 : Eyewitness account NEW ORLEANS — Two years after his wife was swept away by Hurricane Katrina, Calvin Bernard still comes to sweep the slab and water the flowers where their house once stood in this city’s Lower 9th Ward. It is his way of keeping alive the hope that he can rebuild his life and his community....
Posted: Fri, Aug 24, 2007 7:30am PDT
Workers, students speak out against closure of Los Angeles hospital Wednesday, August 22, 2007 :After more than three years of controversy and downsizing, the closure of Martin Luther King Jr.—Harbor Hospital is a blow to the health care needs of hundreds of thousands of residents in South Central Los Angeles, Watts, Compton and other communities of the working poor of Los Angeles. Following an unfavorable report by the US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (USCMMS), the administrators of Martin Luther King Jr....
Posted: Wed, Aug 22, 2007 7:33am PDT
Gulf Coast Recovery Efforts- Hurricane Katrina Anniversary EVents In a historic move, concerned citizens from across the country are
converging upon New Orleans for the second anniversary of hurricane
Katrina. Celebrities, dignitaries, and people from all walks of life are
donating their time to BE PRESENT and send a clear message to the
government to rebuild the Gulf Coast now. Please note these two
important dates:...
Posted: Tue, Aug 21, 2007 6:10pm PDT
As residents protest lack of aid Peruvian president sends troops into earthquake-ravaged region Tuesday, August 21, 2007 :Peru’s central government has announced the deployment of troops to the cities of Pisco and Ica in the country’s south, citing the need to stop looting in the wake of the massive earthquake that struck last Wednesday evening. Fearing a social explosion, special forces patrols are already in Pisco, where 80 percent of all structures collapsed or have been damaged as a result of the quake....
Posted: Tue, Aug 21, 2007 8:58am PDT
American Psychological Association Rejects Blanket Ban on Participation in Interrogation of U.S. Detainees Monday, August 20, 2007 :
The American Psychological Association (APA) has voted to overwhelmingly reject a measure that would have banned its members from participating in interrogations at Guantanamo Bay and other US detention centers. While not banning psychologists from participating in interrogations, the council approved a resolution prohibiting involvement in interrogations that use at least 14 specified methods, including sleep deprivation, sexual humiliation and mock executions. D...
Posted: Tue, Aug 21, 2007 8:42am PDT
APA Interrogation Task Force Member Dr. Jean Maria Arrigo Exposes Group’s Ties to Military Monday, August 20, 2007 :
Dr. Jean Maria Arrigo was one of three civilian members of an APA task force that concluded psychologists were playing a “valuable and ethical role” in assisting the military. It was later revealed that that six of nine voting members were from the military and intelligence agencies with direct connections to interrogations at Guantanamo and elsewhere. At this weekend’s annual convention Dr. Arrigo exposed the inner workings of the group in an extraordinary speech...
Posted: Tue, Aug 21, 2007 8:41am PDT
Humanitarian Crisis Threatens 8 Million Lives in Iraq "The terrible violence in Iraq has masked the ongoing humanitarian crisis. Malnutrition amongst children has dramatically increased and basic services, ruined by years of war and sanctions, cannot meet the needs of the Iraqi people." Jeremy Hobbs, director of Oxfam International...
Posted: Sat, Aug 18, 2007 10:48am PDT
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