Desiree Evans

August 25, 2008 - The Mississippi Sun Herald reports that Mississippi's coastal cities are showing varied levels of recovery. According to the Sun Herald:

August 25, 2008 - The Associate Press reports that the Department of Defense plans on hiring an independent engineering company to review allegations that the Army Corps of Engineers let a contractor install faulty pumps after Hurricane Katrina despite a warning that they might fail

August 22, 2008 - Facing South reported earlier about the affordable housing crisis on the Mississippi coast that continues to slow post-Katrina recovery in that state. But Mississippians aren't the only ones whose post-Katrina housing needs are not being met.

August 22, 2008 - Three years after Hurricane Katrina, Mississippi's battered coast is regaining population but still lacks affordable housing for its poorest residents, reports USA Today. The article goes on the say:

August 22, 2008 - Trouble the Water, directed by Carl Deal and Tia Lessin, Zeitgeist Films, Opens August 22

August 20, 2008 - As Facing South previously reported, Louisiana's Governor Bobby Jindal made an important commitment last week to spending a billion dollars in state funds on coastal restoration and protection projects in the coming years.

August 19, 2008 - Rates of obesity continued to rise across the country during the past year, according to a report released Tuesday by Trust for America's Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.