Gulf Coast
November 9, 2006 -
The Bush administration's bungled response to Hurricane Katrina played a "very big role" in the Republican Party's losses in this week's midterm elections, according to one of the architects behind the Democrats' victory.
October 25, 2006 -
Hurricane Katrina has blown off the media radar, the one-year anniversary having passed and other issues -- Iraq, the upcoming elections -- seizing media time. Of course, there are many reasons Katrina should be at the top of today's political debates.
October 20, 2006 -
As Facing South contributor R. Neal noted earlier this week, politicians have been slow in bringing Hurricane Katrina reconstruction matters into the debate over next month's elections. Better late than never, I suppose.
October 19, 2006 -
Speaking of Hurricane Katrina's aftermath, a new report looks at the state of New Orleans' public education since last year's disaster -- and raises serious concerns about efforts to privatize the system in the storm's wake.
October 19, 2006 -
The one year anniversary of Katrina came and went. America had our memorials and retrospectives and there were a few speeches and more empty promises from politicians. It gave the cable news outlets something to talk about for a couple of news cycles.
October 12, 2006 -
The World Bank and Columbia University yesterday released a report calling on governments to institute comprehensive approaches to easing the effects of natural disasters. Incidents related to such events killed more than 90,000 people in 2005, setting a new record.
October 10, 2006 -
According to this South Florida Sun-Sentinel investigative report, a Florida FEMA program sounds more like a circus than a crisis counseling program: