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Blasphemy About New Orleans: A God With Whom I Am Not Familiar This is an open letter to the man sitting behind me at La Paz today, in Nashville, at lunchtime, with the Brooks Brothers shirt:
You don't know me. But I know you....
Posted: Sat, Sep 10, 2005 6:36pm PDT
Mayor Nagin speaks out In a brief but wide-ranging interview, the mayor reflected on the tragedies of the past two weeks, acknowledging that he may have made some mistakes but said that he hopes others in positions of authority – including President George W. Bush and Gov. Kathleen Blanco -- are scrutinized as closely as he and his staff have been.
“I’m not pointing any fingers at anyone,” Nagin said. “But I was in the fire. I was down there. Where were they? I’m confident the truth is gonna come out. But I want e...
Posted: Sat, Sep 10, 2005 3:22pm PDT
Red Cross seeking 40,000 new volunteers Officials at the American Red Cross, which is in the midst of its largest and longest-lasting relief operation in its history, said Saturday that they are seeking 40,000 new volunteers from around the country to help with the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina....
Posted: Sat, Sep 10, 2005 3:16pm PDT
First Hand Accounts From New Orleans On "This American Life" "This American Life" has interviewed many different people who tried to get out of New Orleans and it's one of the most revealing accounts as to what happened and perhaps why. If you think the problem was just poverty take a listen and its revealing how much race played in the response and how racism was perhaps one of the major reasons for the response....
Posted: Sat, Sep 10, 2005 12:46pm PDT
Iraq hurt Katrina response, general says The deployment of thousands of National Guard troops from Mississippi and Louisiana in Iraq when Hurricane Katrina struck hindered those states' initial storm response, military and civilian officials said Friday....
Posted: Sat, Sep 10, 2005 10:51am PDT
ACORN's Report from the Frontlines of the Hurricane ACORN, the nation's largest activist organization of low-income families, is headquartered in New Orleans. The accompanying report gives fresh insight into what's happening to displacees and how ACORN is organizing to gain victims immediate assistance....
Posted: Sat, Sep 10, 2005 8:42am PDT
Republicans still plan to cut Medicaid, food stamps and other benefits Republicans are going ahead with long-standing plans to trim Medicaid, food stamps and other benefits, even though party moderates are balking at cutting programs that aid the poor while hundreds of thousands are homeless from Hurricane Katrina....
Posted: Fri, Sep 9, 2005 10:02pm PDT
Changes In Bankruptcy Laws To Deal Second Blow To Victims Of Hurricane A bad law just keeps getting worse.
The devastating aftermath of Hurricane Katrina is exposing more shortcomings in the federal bankruptcy law that's scheduled to take effect Oct. 17.
The so-called Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act is the love letter that Congress wrote to the credit card industry this spring. It's been widely decried by corporate and personal bankruptcy attorneys alike for making the process more convoluted, expensive and difficult for consumers, ...
Posted: Fri, Sep 9, 2005 10:00pm PDT
FEMA to halt debit cards, use bank deposit The federal government's relief agency said Friday it will discontinue its program to distribute debit cards worth up to $2,000 to hurricane victims, two days after hastily announcing the novel plan to provide quick relief....
Posted: Fri, Sep 9, 2005 9:01pm PDT
Bay Area Activist Relief Caravan to Louisiana Several street medics and other activists from the Bay Area are about to embark on a relief caravan to Louisiana....
Posted: Fri, Sep 9, 2005 7:23pm PDT
The Surreal Scene of Dome City 
On September 9, myself and two other west coast IMCistas arrived in Houston, Texas to help provide independent media coverage from Houston and other communities. Our first stop was the Astrodome and surrounding buildings. There are about 10,000 people now living in these buildings, which are now being called "Dome City."...
Posted: Fri, Sep 9, 2005 7:23pm PDT
KATRINA TELLS THE TALE: Racism and Classism in Capitalist America Katrina has turned out to be the worst disaster in the recorded history of this nation. What’s most egregious is that it was predicted years earlier in books on climate change and the growing global warming crisis, as well as from local officials of the region who knew of the dangers and tried to get Federal assistance....
Posted: Fri, Sep 9, 2005 5:29pm PDT
Sept 9 - Call-In Day - Save Domestic Programs! Toll Free 1-800-426-8073
Call your representatives and senators. Social security has kept tens of millions of seniors from poverty for over seven decades. Privatizing social security would enrich finaciers and endanger seniors and the disabled....
Posted: Fri, Sep 9, 2005 11:03am PDT
Forced evacuations we'd like to see 
There may be no more ridiculous pairing of words than "voluntary evacuation." Letting people know they can leave if they want to leave does nothing more than remind them that they live in a free country. But looking back at the events leading up to Hurricane Katrina, it's clear that the phrase "mandatory evacuation" doesn't mean anything either. At least not in New Orleans....
Posted: Fri, Sep 9, 2005 7:14am PDT
FEMA Kicked out Local Staff Eric Barrow, an investigator for Orleans Parish Coroner's Office, said that FEMA told the local staff to leave saying that "they'd take care of it." Barrow, after spending nine days doing hurricane relief, is now at the Red Cross Shelter in Tucson, Arizona. He says he's leaving as soon as possible so he can get back and start working....
Posted: Fri, Sep 9, 2005 6:58am PDT
Brown: "Fema workers should be sent in after another 48-hour wait" The Guardian reports FEMA head Michael Brown waited 5 hours after Katrina hit, then ordered a further 48 hour delay. Tasked to "convey a positive image" about the government's response to the disaster....
Posted: Fri, Sep 9, 2005 6:57am PDT
Bush rejects responsibility in Hurricane Katrina disaster The Bush administration’s response to the social disaster unfolding in Louisiana and Mississippi is to deny any responsibility for the horrifying conditions facing more than one million people. White House officials, from Bush on down, have rejected all criticism of the federal government’s failure to prepare before Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf coast or respond adequately afterwards....
Posted: Fri, Sep 9, 2005 6:54am PDT
Flood survivors expelled by force Police backed by troops have begun to use force to remove people from their homes in the city of New Orleans....
Posted: Fri, Sep 9, 2005 6:33am PDT
Ex-Secretary of State Powell slams storm effort WASHINGTON (Reuters) -
Colin Powell, the former U.S. secretary of state seen as a potential leader for Hurricane Katrina recovery efforts, has joined the chorus of Americans criticizing the disaster response at all levels of government....
Posted: Fri, Sep 9, 2005 6:30am PDT
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