News Roundup
Katrina: The Movement
AlterNet, CA
... The Mississippi ACLU, Advancement Project, which helps lead the national legal team of the People's Hurricane Relief Fund, and many others are scouring the law ...
New Orleans’ Displaced Struggle for Housing, Jobs, Neighborhoods
The NewStandard, NY
... to deal with people made homeless by the hurricane," said Carla Javits, president of the anti-homelessness organization Corporation for Supportive Housing. ...
State wants to proceed with Feb. elections in N.O.
By ELLEN TANDY
From a report by News 2's Cassandra Garnas cgarnas@wbrz.com
"Many important events have been cancelled or postponed in south Louisiana recently because of the hurricanes that hit the state in the last two months. Voters in Orleans Parish may have one more thing to add to that list -- the election scheduled for Feb. 4 could be rescheduled as well.
In their efforts to promote participation in the election process, the League of Women Voters is asking for help from other leagues across the nation."
Katrina: Rumors, Lies, and Racist Fantasies
By Slavoj Zizek, In These Times. Posted October 31, 2005.
A look at the frenzy of fantasies and rumors that the media reported as facts while New Orleans flooded.
Crime and Corruption in New Orleans
By Jordan Flaherty, AlterNet
Police misconduct in the 'Big Easy' has reached a frightening fever pitch. In the last year, seven young black men have been killed by police, and none of the officers have been punished.
Evacuees intensify Medicaid burdens
By By Tom Baxter
It's not easy to get a Medicaid card in Louisiana. But when Michelle Freeman, a 28-year-old single mother from the New Orleans suburb of Metairie, learned she was pregnant last February, she qualified for the state-federal program that helps cover the health care costs of the poor and uninsured.
Repopulating New Orleans at Any Cost
By Michelle Chen, New Standard News
Residents and workers are rebuilding the city in the shadow of toxic contamination, even as officials at all levels give mixed messages about the wisdom of returning to the area.
Class, color may guide repopulation of New Orleans
By By Blaine Harden
NEW ORLEANS - Long-standing differences in income, opportunity are shaping the repopulation of New Orleans.
A Better New Orleans is Possible
By Van Jones, AlterNet
Will the reconstruction effort for the city be politics as usual, or can we rebuild it as a model city and beacon for possibility?
Blanco forms panel to steer rebuilding
By By Laura Maggi
A 23-member commission headed by Xavier University President Norman Francis and former CNN and Time magazine executive Walter Isaacson will help guide state government in the process of rebuilding after two devastating hurricanes, Gov. Kathleen Blanco said Monday.
Hurricanes swell jobless ranks
By By Ronette King
Hurricanes Katrina and Rita left more than 281,000 Louisiana residents -- 14 percent of the workers in the state -- without jobs and created a stampede of unemployment filings that threatens to bankrupt the state's unemployment trust fund.
Evacuated Populations — Lessons from Foreign Refugee Crises - New England Journal of Medicine (subscription)
New England Journal of Medicine (subscription), MA - 4 hours ago
... OFDA), part of the US Agency for International Development, has created ... that large gathering places such as the Superdome and the New Orleans Convention Center ...
Proposed Katrina School Vouchers Attacked - The NewStandard
The NewStandard, NY - 10 hours ago
... In a press statement released by the American Civil Liberties Union, the group said, "Supporters of the bills are inappropriately taking advantage of the ...
Briefing Highlights Katrina's Toll on Asian American Communities in the Gulf
By civilrights.org staff
Language difficulties, limited information flow, and immigration consequences are among the challenges faced by the tens of thousands of Asian Americans affected by Hurricane Katrina, according to the advocates, lawmakers, and relief workers who participated in a September 29 briefing on Capitol Hill.
AlterNet, CA
... The Mississippi ACLU, Advancement Project, which helps lead the national legal team of the People's Hurricane Relief Fund, and many others are scouring the law ...
New Orleans’ Displaced Struggle for Housing, Jobs, Neighborhoods
The NewStandard, NY
... to deal with people made homeless by the hurricane," said Carla Javits, president of the anti-homelessness organization Corporation for Supportive Housing. ...
State wants to proceed with Feb. elections in N.O.
By ELLEN TANDY
From a report by News 2's Cassandra Garnas cgarnas@wbrz.com
"Many important events have been cancelled or postponed in south Louisiana recently because of the hurricanes that hit the state in the last two months. Voters in Orleans Parish may have one more thing to add to that list -- the election scheduled for Feb. 4 could be rescheduled as well.
In their efforts to promote participation in the election process, the League of Women Voters is asking for help from other leagues across the nation."
Katrina: Rumors, Lies, and Racist Fantasies
By Slavoj Zizek, In These Times. Posted October 31, 2005.
A look at the frenzy of fantasies and rumors that the media reported as facts while New Orleans flooded.
Crime and Corruption in New Orleans
By Jordan Flaherty, AlterNet
Police misconduct in the 'Big Easy' has reached a frightening fever pitch. In the last year, seven young black men have been killed by police, and none of the officers have been punished.
Evacuees intensify Medicaid burdens
By By Tom Baxter
It's not easy to get a Medicaid card in Louisiana. But when Michelle Freeman, a 28-year-old single mother from the New Orleans suburb of Metairie, learned she was pregnant last February, she qualified for the state-federal program that helps cover the health care costs of the poor and uninsured.
Repopulating New Orleans at Any Cost
By Michelle Chen, New Standard News
Residents and workers are rebuilding the city in the shadow of toxic contamination, even as officials at all levels give mixed messages about the wisdom of returning to the area.
Class, color may guide repopulation of New Orleans
By By Blaine Harden
NEW ORLEANS - Long-standing differences in income, opportunity are shaping the repopulation of New Orleans.
A Better New Orleans is Possible
By Van Jones, AlterNet
Will the reconstruction effort for the city be politics as usual, or can we rebuild it as a model city and beacon for possibility?
Blanco forms panel to steer rebuilding
By By Laura Maggi
A 23-member commission headed by Xavier University President Norman Francis and former CNN and Time magazine executive Walter Isaacson will help guide state government in the process of rebuilding after two devastating hurricanes, Gov. Kathleen Blanco said Monday.
Hurricanes swell jobless ranks
By By Ronette King
Hurricanes Katrina and Rita left more than 281,000 Louisiana residents -- 14 percent of the workers in the state -- without jobs and created a stampede of unemployment filings that threatens to bankrupt the state's unemployment trust fund.
Evacuated Populations — Lessons from Foreign Refugee Crises - New England Journal of Medicine (subscription)
New England Journal of Medicine (subscription), MA - 4 hours ago
... OFDA), part of the US Agency for International Development, has created ... that large gathering places such as the Superdome and the New Orleans Convention Center ...
Proposed Katrina School Vouchers Attacked - The NewStandard
The NewStandard, NY - 10 hours ago
... In a press statement released by the American Civil Liberties Union, the group said, "Supporters of the bills are inappropriately taking advantage of the ...
Briefing Highlights Katrina's Toll on Asian American Communities in the Gulf
By civilrights.org staff
Language difficulties, limited information flow, and immigration consequences are among the challenges faced by the tens of thousands of Asian Americans affected by Hurricane Katrina, according to the advocates, lawmakers, and relief workers who participated in a September 29 briefing on Capitol Hill.
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