News Roundup
Congress Urged to Ax Bill Giving ‘Free Rides’ to Katrina Contractors
By Brendan Coyne
"Nov 10 - A coalition of labor, workplace safety and environmental groups is calling on Senators to reject a bill that, the organizations say, would allow private contractors to violate environmental and worker protections in national disasters and other emergencies."
Katrina’s Impact on AIDS Patients Uncertain
by Michelle Chen (bio)
"Hurricane Katrina tattered the New Orleans healthcare system and scattered patients on sensitive drug regimens."
"The post-Katrina fate of New Orleanians living with HIV or AIDS reaffirms that for the most vulnerable populations, the storm has salted old wounds".
Hurricane Health Crisis Largely Unaddressed by Gov’t Plans
Many low-income survivors don’t qualify for assistance
by Michelle Chen
"Nov 4 - Two months after vicious winds and surging waters crushed communities on the Gulf Coast, the health institutions impacted by the storm are at the center of a different calamity, fraught with waiting lists, empty prescription bottles and unpaid medical bills."
Bungled Records of Storm Deaths Renew Anguish
By SHAILA DEWAN
"As families finally begin to receive the bodies of their relatives from St. Gabriel, many have found them accompanied by documents that, instead of shedding light on their deaths, point to enormous sloppiness in recordkeeping and procedures at the morgue."
What To Take From the Flood
By Kristin Van Tassel, AlterNet
"Hurricane Katrina and other recent natural disasters remind us that our technology cannot always save us -- but our neighbors just might."
Rebuilding a New New Orleans
By Sarah Kraybill, Grist Magazine
"A collection of environmental, political, and academic leaders share their unique visions for reconstructing the Big Easy post-Katrina."
ActNow!: Support the Anti-Cronyism and Public Safety Act
By Peter Rothberg
Putting an end to the crony cesspool in our capitol.
A Tale of Disaster and Two Courts
Pamela A. MacLean |The National Law Journal
Two months after Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast. the legal system remains a tale of two courts: Federal courts reopened last week while Louisiana state courts struggle with disarray.
By Brendan Coyne
"Nov 10 - A coalition of labor, workplace safety and environmental groups is calling on Senators to reject a bill that, the organizations say, would allow private contractors to violate environmental and worker protections in national disasters and other emergencies."
Katrina’s Impact on AIDS Patients Uncertain
by Michelle Chen (bio)
"Hurricane Katrina tattered the New Orleans healthcare system and scattered patients on sensitive drug regimens."
"The post-Katrina fate of New Orleanians living with HIV or AIDS reaffirms that for the most vulnerable populations, the storm has salted old wounds".
Hurricane Health Crisis Largely Unaddressed by Gov’t Plans
Many low-income survivors don’t qualify for assistance
by Michelle Chen
"Nov 4 - Two months after vicious winds and surging waters crushed communities on the Gulf Coast, the health institutions impacted by the storm are at the center of a different calamity, fraught with waiting lists, empty prescription bottles and unpaid medical bills."
Bungled Records of Storm Deaths Renew Anguish
By SHAILA DEWAN
"As families finally begin to receive the bodies of their relatives from St. Gabriel, many have found them accompanied by documents that, instead of shedding light on their deaths, point to enormous sloppiness in recordkeeping and procedures at the morgue."
What To Take From the Flood
By Kristin Van Tassel, AlterNet
"Hurricane Katrina and other recent natural disasters remind us that our technology cannot always save us -- but our neighbors just might."
Rebuilding a New New Orleans
By Sarah Kraybill, Grist Magazine
"A collection of environmental, political, and academic leaders share their unique visions for reconstructing the Big Easy post-Katrina."
ActNow!: Support the Anti-Cronyism and Public Safety Act
By Peter Rothberg
Putting an end to the crony cesspool in our capitol.
A Tale of Disaster and Two Courts
Pamela A. MacLean |The National Law Journal
Two months after Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast. the legal system remains a tale of two courts: Federal courts reopened last week while Louisiana state courts struggle with disarray.
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