Gulf Coast

March 7, 2006 - The former Corps of Engineers Chief of Engineers has landed a job with a company contracted by the Corps to help fix the levees in New Orleans:

March 7, 2006 - A recent Gallup/USA Today/CNN poll of more than 800 New Orleans residents found that while black residents suffered more, they are more optimistic about the future.

March 6, 2006 - For those of you following our Gulf Coast Reconstruction Watch project, I'll be on CNN today at 1:15 EST to discuss our new report, "The Mardi Gras Index" (pdf) on the "Live from..." segment with Kyra Phillips.

March 3, 2006 - C.C. Campbell-Rock, a New Orleans native, has a great piece in the San Francisco Bay View about what corporate leaders, especially the Bring Back New Orleans commission, have in store for the city:

February 23, 2006 - This might brighten your day: Greetings from New Orleans: an experiment in found art You have to read the introduction to understand what it's all about. Pretty fascinating. Bonus:

February 23, 2006 - Here's a NYT editorial comparing the housing situation in New Orleans to NYC urban decay circa 1970. The conclusion:

February 22, 2006 - When the House committee investigating Katrina released its 379-page report last week, the portions of the report savaging the government's failed relief effort made big headlines. But the report also included many smaller bombshells, including a devastating critique of FEMA's contracting operations.