Hurricane Katrina

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Lessons from Katrina

By Richard Nathan
From newsweek.com
June 22nd, 2008
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newsweek.com — The story of the Gulf Coast recovery is one of missed opportunities, intergovernmental collisions and a lack of will. Almost three years after Katrina, we can step back and ask, "Did America have the will to dramatically build back up New Orleans and the Mississippi Gulf Coast?" The answer is irrefutably no, it did not.

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Agency Is Under Pressure to Develop Disaster Housing

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April 14th, 2008
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nytimes.com — After the federal government announced in February that it would no longer use travel trailers to house the victims of future disasters, there was an initial sense of relief along the hurricane-scarred Gulf Coast.

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FEMA Limits Formaldehyde in Trailers

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April 14th, 2008
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ap.google.com — After resisting for years, the Federal Emergency Management Agency is setting strict new limits on formaldehyde levels in the mobile homes it buys for disaster victims.

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LA State Supreme Court Takes Insurance Companies over Katrina Victims: Flood Damage is Excluded

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April 9th, 2008
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legalnewsline.com — The Louisiana Supreme Court on Tuesday unanimously ruled that homeowners insurance policies do not have to cover damages caused by levee breaches in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.

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CDC: FEMA Trailers Toxic

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February 15th, 2008
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msnbc.msn.com — Two years after Katrina victims living in FEMA trailers started complaining of health problems, the Centers for Disease control says that formaldehyde gas levels in the trailers are —on average—five times higher than normal, and forty times higher in some homes. The agency urged FEMA to relocate residents before summer. Approximately 144,000 people remain in FEMA-provided trailers.

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Striving for Equality: An Honest Assessment

February 13th, 2008
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As the Bush administration files an optimistic report to the United Nations on the state of equal opportunity in America, a parallel report by independent experts documents the significant ways in which our government has fallen short in ensuring equal opportunity. more »

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Katrina: Conservatism's Catastrophic Success

By Terrance Heath
January 18th, 2008

It's been a long time since I blogged about Katrina or its aftermath. But I was reminded of it by the steady stream of Katrina-related headlines I've been reading lately. You know, the drumbeat of actual news that barely breaks through the din surrounding stories of which starlet was just hauled out of her house on a gurney.

They may get drowned out, or passed over as news readers turn the page or click the next, more interesting link, but if you put them together, stand back and take a good look, you can't help but get the big picture. It's not pretty, but the picture is one of conservatism's finest hour, depending on how you look at it.

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Reversing Bush's Assault on Katrina Victims' Wages

By Robert Borosage
October 4th, 2005

katrina_fundraiser.jpgThe first step President Bush took after Hurricane Katrina struck was to eliminate the prevailing wage in reconstruction contracts. We joined with the AFL-CIO and others groups to challenge a policy that would undermine recovery in the area. Our supporters flooded Capitol Hill with tens of thousands of letters opposing President Bush's decree. more »

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Katrina Survivors Come to Washington

By Thomas Jackson
October 1st, 2005
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thumb_carriere.jpgOn October 25, 17 residents of Gulf states who had survived Hurricane Katrina came to Washington for a Capitol Hill "town meeting" hosted by Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, and then lobbying visits to the offices of other members of Congress. more »

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