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It is impossible for me, as it is for most Americans, to watch the horror and suffering from Hurricane Katrina and not feel physically sore, pained, bereft, empty, heart-broken. And angry....

HOUSTON (Reuters) - Thousands of refugees lined up under the hot sun for payments from the American Red Cross on Thursday in a confused atmosphere that prompted officials to close off access to the Astrodome complex at one point....

Despite the sadness in our hearts over the death of Joseph Maldonado in the Chad youth prison last week, we write to you with news of our successful “No More Lost Lives” event, and three important action steps you can take today to make a real difference for families of incarcerated youth across the country. -- Lenore....

CHALMETTE, Louisana (AP) -- The cars were swallowed, the homes shattered and the people left clinging for life. Survivors waited for help, but it seemed like so little, so late....

While international donations have been pouring in for victims of hurricane Katrina, the Bush administration has been somewhat reluctant to accept offers from countries like Cuba and Venezuela. We speak with Phyllis Bennis of the Institute for Policy Studies about international donations and how essential resources have been stretched thin by the war in Iraq. International donations have been pouring in for victims of hurricane Katrina. Countries across the political and economic spectrum hav...

As Republican leaders announced a joint House-Senate inquiry into failures surrounding the response to Hurricane Katrina, we take a look at why FEMA failed with Salon.com staff writer Farhad Manjoo who writes, "Ideologically opposed to a strong federal role in disaster relief and obsessed with terrorism, the Bush administration let a once-admired agency fall apart." In Washington, Republican leaders on Wednesday announced a joint House-Senate inquiry into failures surrounding the re...

While the US Gestapo, FEMA, illegally attempts to thwart photography of the dead of New Orleans, photos are being taken and published around the world of the genocide perpetrated by the US Government, with malice aforethought....

On Wednesday, September 7 the A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition organized a National Day of Emergency Action in support of the people of New Orleans. Actions took place in Washington DC, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Seattle. In San Francisco at Powell and Market about 100 people demonstrated to express their outrage at the meager response of the Bush administration to the catastrophe....

Authorities in a suburban parish began retrieving the bodies of more than 30 people from a nursing home Wednesday, while New Orleans police prepared to start forcing the evacuation of up to 15,000 remaining residents....