August 5, 2008 -
The closing of FEMA trailer parks, hastened by unhealthy levels of formaldehyde in the trailers, has highlighted continued problems faced by Katrina evacuees three years after the disaster: the lack of affordable housing, inadequate social safety nets, and the risk of falling into homelessness.
August 5, 2008 -
The Washington Times has an exclusive report today on a disturbing scandal at a veteran's hospital in Little Rock, Arkansas:
August 5, 2008 -
Texas plans to ignore the World Court today by executing a Mexican national. Last month, the World Court ordered the U.S.
August 5, 2008 -
What is allegedly the world's largest Confederate battle flag recently began flapping from a 139-foot flagpole at the crossroads of Interstates 10 and 4 in Florida, placed there by the Sons of Confederate Veterans.
August 4, 2008 -
Front-page DailyKos contributor DemFromCT leads a post today with this one-liner:
August 1, 2008 -
Tuesday the U.S.
August 1, 2008 -
CNN reports that FEMA officials were subjected to sharp questioning in Thursday's joint congressional hearing that examined how FEMA supplies meant for Katrina and Rita victims sat unused and were ultimately marked as surplus and distributed to other states and federal agencies.