Gulf Coast

December 20, 2006 - In a New York Times op-ed published last week, two prominent North Carolina scientists sharply criticized the Army Corps of Engineers' plans for Mississippi's coast in the wake of the widespread devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina.

December 18, 2006 - It's not only the federal government that's let down the people of New Orleans.

December 16, 2006 - I spent yesterday meeting with community groups in Mississippi, including the Mississippi Immigrant Rights Alliance and MS Worker's Center for Human Rights.

December 14, 2006 - Executive Director Chris Kromm hasn't donned a Santa outfit and stood outside your local Wal-Mart ringing a bell (yet) because he is down in New Orleans getting the latest first-hand reports on the recovery effort.

December 13, 2006 - The people of storm-ravaged New Orleans lost some of their sway over federal hurricane reconstruction efforts this week when House Democrats removed recently re-elected Rep. William Jefferson (D-La.) from his seat on the powerful House Ways and Means Committee.

December 13, 2006 - We are back in New Orleans, meeting with community leaders to get a "ground level" view on how the recovery is going in the post-Katrina Gulf Coast. These visits always remind me why it's so important that we build our own independent media, and why we can never let up in working for progressive change, from the ground up.

December 7, 2006 - ACORN held a series of press conferences today in which it called for FEMA to submit a plan to comply with last week's federal ruling that found the agency unconstitutionally cut off housing aid to Hurricane Katrina and Rita survivors.