August 22, 2007 -
Oxfam America has a great way to send a message to the White House about the need to rebuild the Gulf Coast on the two-year anniversary of Katrina.
August 22, 2007 -
Yesterday, I was on "The New Voice of New Orleans" 99.5 FM -- a Fox News/Clear Channel affiliate -- to talk about the state of recovery two years after Katrina.
August 21, 2007 -
We are now just eight days from the two-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. President Bush's answer is "mission accomplished," pointing to the $116 billion Washington has allegedly sent in Katrina relief.
August 21, 2007 -
It just keeps getting worse. First there was the late freeze, then the drought, and now a killer heat wave said to be responsible for 49 deaths is taking a further toll on crops. Here's a roundup...
August 21, 2007 -
An activist blogger has filed a formal complaint with the Federal Election Commission, alleging violation of federal campaign finance and election laws by running a "testing the waters"" operation far longer than is allowed.
August 16, 2007 -
As you are probably aware, there is disturbing news in the housing markets as a result of fallout from the sub-prime lending crisis (which anyone who has been following the problem of predatory lending probably saw coming).
August 15, 2007 -
A bullet pierced the window of KPFT, a Pacifica station in Houston, early Monday morning, Democracy Now reports. The bullet missed DJ Mary Thomas, who was hosting a zydeco music show at the time, by less than two feet.