Released in August/September 2007, this special report draws on interviews with more than 40 Gulf Coast leaders to identify roadblocks to recovery and to offer ideas on how federal leaders can meet critical needs. More...
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Hurricane Katrina and the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement
This January 2008 report, produced in collaboration with the Brookings Institution, examines the U.S. response to the disaster on the Gulf Coast through the lens of international standards governing the treatment of displaced persons. More...
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Other Recent Issues of Southern Exposure
North Carolina has been called "the most military-friendly state" in the nation. This report -- released in March 2007 on the fourth anniversary of the Iraq War -- considers the costs. More...
Released in August 2006, this report examines how much progress the region has made, finding fundamental barriers to renewal. More...
This special report from the Institute's Gulf Coast Reconstruction Watch project, released in February/March 2006, examines New Orleans' post-hurricane status in areas including housing, public health and the economy -- and finds fundamental barriers to renewal. More...
The Summer 2005 issue of Southern Exposure investigates an often-overlooked subject: the close ties between Asia and the U.S. South. Topics include Southern Baptists' role in the Opium War and WWII-era Japanese-American internment in Arkansas. More...
The Winter 2004/2005 issue looks at the unnatural aspects of natural disasters, with stories that take readers from an historic African-American town in North Carolina that's struggling to with cope with hurricanes to flood-prone mining communities in West Virginia. More...
The Winter 2003/2004 issue of Southern Exposures investigates the new war profiteers -- and considers how to stop them. It also offers the second part of a two-part investigation into predatory lending in the South. More...
The Summer 2003 issue of Southern Exposure reports on Citigroup, Wall Street and the fleecing of the South, with the first of a two-part investigation into subprime lenders who target consumers made vulnerable by discrimination and financial need. More...
