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Documents obtained by a watchdog group show a severe breakdown in U.S. Army Corps of Engineers management of its contractors tasked with clean-up projects in southern Mississippi in the aftermath of Katrina. More...
Obama's quick trip to New Orleans won't end questions about his administration's commitment to post-Katrina recovery -- but he can silence the critics by supporting several practical proposals for Gulf Coast renewal. More...
Here in New Orleans, residents and community leaders -- including many who worked tirelessly for his campaign -- are waiting for Obama to signal he has a real plan for post-Katrina recovery. More...
In a letter released to coincide with Obama's visit to New Orleans today, more than 50 leading religious leaders and faith-based groups have asked the president to take action to address challenges still remaining along the Gulf Coast. More...
President Barack Obama arrives in New Orleans today for his first visit to the city and region since his presidential campaign. But some local lawmakers and community leaders criticize the short visit and the lack of attention paid to the still struggling region. More...
Two weeks ago, a federal judge partially granted class certification in a lawsuit seeking to hold the Gretna Police Department and the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office accountable for their actions in the aftermath of Katrina. More...
Four years on, the federal investigation into the actions of New Orleans police officers in the days following Hurricane Katrina seem to finally be under way. More...
Institute director and co-author of the report "Grading the Katrina Recovery" talks with Laura Flanders about the important issues we're in missing in media coverage and the public debate about Katrina and the Gulf Coast. More...
Is the Gulf Coast back to normal? Has Washington done all it can do? Is Obama better than Bush? Facing South debunks the myths and answers the tough questions the remain in Katrina's aftermath. More...
Cities and towns across Mississippi are still trying to recover from hurricanes Katrina and Rita, but their efforts are complicated by what community advocates call misplaced priorities. More...
Media coverage of the Katrina four-year anniversary has focused on what happened four years ago -- but what's happening today? Listen to the Institute's director discuss a new study grading Obama and Congress on today's recovery efforts. More...
What took place in New Orleans following Katrina was no less than a war, in which victims whose only crimes were poverty and blackness were treated as enemies of the state, reports James Ridgeway. More...
This is the first year that Congressional leadership and the U.S. president did not travel to the Gulf Coast to honor the anniversary of our nation's largest disaster. Leaders in Washington still have much to learn from community leaders on the ground working every day to restore their neighborhoods, reports Jeffrey Buchanan. More...
Join us on three radio programs today as we talk about the Institute's new report "Grading the Katrina Recovery" and the state of Gulf Coast rebuilding four years after the storm More...
Four years on, there's another victim face down in the waters of Hurricane Katrina: Dr. Ivor van Heerden. Investigative journalist Greg Palast reports. More...
The stories of post-disaster New Orleans are captured in a new book of photography by Joseph Rodriguez. More...
Stories of people surviving Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath continue to flood bookstores. More...
In the months following Katrina, chilling reports of the euthanasia of patients at New Orleans' Memorial Medical Center emerged. A new report by ProPublica aims to shine a light on "what happened in the frantic days when Memorial was cut off from the world." More...
As the anniversary of Hurricane Katrina nears, a coalition of 17 advocacy groups calls for action to restore nature's protective barriers and better protect Gulf Coast communities from future storms. More...
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