Alternative News and Information. en-us http://www.alternet.org/rss/button.gif http://www.alternet.org/ AlterNet http://www.alternet.org/ Copyright 2008 Independent Media Institute. All rights reserved. http://www.alternet.org/katrina/71400/ The shameless exploitation of poor New Orleans residents to privatize public infrastructure is being enforced by violence and tasers. Sat, 22 Dec 2007 00:00:01 PST Naomi Klein, Huffington Post http://www.alternet.org/katrina/66178/ Too bad Bush didn't race aid to the Gulf Coast as quickly as he did to Southern California. Thu, 25 Oct 2007 15:00:01 PDT Earl Ofari Hutchinson, AlterNet http://www.alternet.org/katrina/61716/ Bush flew from the bayou to Baghdad as a People's Hurricane tribunal in New Orleans put every level of government on trial. What was the verdict? Wed, 05 Sep 2007 11:00:01 PDT Amy Goodman, King Features Syndicate http://www.alternet.org/katrina/61106/ The naked face of poverty that shocked the world two years ago remains just as naked and shameful two years later. And Bush and the Democrats are to blame for it. Wed, 29 Aug 2007 11:00:01 PDT Earl Ofari Hutchinson, New America Media http://www.alternet.org/katrina/61003/ A batch of new books on Hurricane Katrina investigate who is responsible for the tragedy. Wed, 29 Aug 2007 00:00:01 PDT Ari Kelman, The Nation http://www.alternet.org/katrina/61022/ Tens of thousands of families in the Gulf Coast region are still without homes, and there is something very specific you can do to help. Wed, 29 Aug 2007 00:00:01 PDT Robert Greenwald, Brave New Films http://www.alternet.org/katrina/56958/ After Hurricane Katrina pummeled the Gulf Coast, construction companies have squeezed billions out of federal contracts with few labor regulations and almost no oversight, allowing outrageous worker abuses to occur. Mon, 16 Jul 2007 00:00:01 PDT Brian Beutler, Media Consortium http://www.alternet.org/katrina/48004/ FEMA-supplied trailers for displaced Gulf Coast residents have been found to emit formaldehyde vapors, causing serious health problems. Thu, 15 Feb 2007 00:00:01 PST Amanda Spake, The Nation http://www.alternet.org/katrina/41016/ Conservatives' contempt for government is at the root of the failed response to the hurricane. Tue, 12 Sep 2006 11:00:01 PDT Isaiah J. Poole, TomPaine.com http://www.alternet.org/katrina/41065/ New laws must prevent abuse by companies that are squirming out of paying Katrina victims. Thu, 31 Aug 2006 00:00:01 PDT Nomi Prins, AlterNet http://www.alternet.org/katrina/40974/ The financial, emotional, and human costs of Hurricane Katrina have been absolutely staggering -- and they aren't subsiding yet. Wed, 30 Aug 2006 00:00:01 PDT The Progress Report http://www.alternet.org/katrina/40961/ Public policies designed to serve the narrow interests of business and the affluent are the ultimate cause of New Orleans' devastation. Tue, 29 Aug 2006 00:00:01 PDT Adolph L. Reed Jr., The Progressive http://www.alternet.org/katrina/40957/ A crushing majority of blacks still blame Bush's bungled Katrina response not on incompetence, but on racism. Mon, 28 Aug 2006 12:00:01 PDT Earl Ofari Hutchinson, AlterNet http://www.alternet.org/katrina/36522/ How has FEMA 'prepared' Gulf Coast residents for storm season 2006? By doing next to nothing, of course. Mon, 22 May 2006 00:00:01 PDT Chad Heeter, Tomdispatch.com http://www.alternet.org/katrina/36429/ On the eve of New Orleans' mayoral runoff, we must ensure that the area's displaced retain a voice in who will be their city's next leader. Fri, 19 May 2006 00:00:01 PDT Mia White, AlterNet http://www.alternet.org/katrina/35122/ How is it possible that San Francisco survived after the 1906 earthquake and fire, when a top economist says New Orleans cannot? Tue, 18 Apr 2006 11:00:01 PDT Mason Gaffney, Dollars and Sense http://www.alternet.org/katrina/34119/ Despite promises of a substantive debate on urban poverty, plans to reconstruct New Orleans are falling into the hands of a white elite. Tue, 04 Apr 2006 11:00:01 PDT Mike Davis, The Nation http://www.alternet.org/katrina/33023/ There's President Bush, on video for the world to see, offering hollow assurances that we were prepared for Hurricane Katrina. Fri, 03 Mar 2006 00:00:01 PST Toby Barlow, Huffington Post http://www.alternet.org/katrina/32978/ In Katrina's aftermath in New Orleans, an unlikely group of four men -- white and black, old and young -- came together to form a relief collective unlike any other. Thu, 02 Mar 2006 00:00:01 PST Billie Mizell, AlterNet http://www.alternet.org/katrina/32822/ On the first post-Katrina Mardi Gras, the festivities just disguise the fact that New Orleans is a hollower, whiter, and richer place than it was a year ago. Tue, 28 Feb 2006 00:00:01 PST Fatima Shaik, In These Times