Gulf Coast

February 13, 2009 - The Army Corps of Engineers announced Wednesday that it will release its final report on providing Category 5 protection for southern Louisiana on Aug. 31st. This will come almost two years after the deadline initially set by Congress, and the third announced delay.

February 9, 2009 - More than three years after Hurricane Katrina, billions of dollars that could go to rebuilding the Gulf region remain bottled up by bureaucratic red tape, Louisiana lawmakers say.

February 2, 2009 - A black male born in Mississippi today can expect a shorter life span than the average American in 1960. A black woman in Mississippi earns less today than the typical American in 1960.

January 29, 2009 - The Galveston Housing Authority plans to demolish two public housing developments, reports the Galveston Daily News. In the midst of these plans, public housing residents still struggle to find places to live. In Galveston three-quarters of all homes were damaged in Hurricane Ike and many public housing units were deemed unlivable. Facing South reported in September 2008 that Galveston's public housing

January 28, 2009 - Post-hurricane New Orleans is following a greener path.

January 26, 2009 - When President Obama mentioned "levees breaking" in his inaugural address last Tuesday, Gulf Coast activists hoped that this was representative of a new attitude in Washington - one that would put rebuilding the Gulf Coast back on the national agenda.

January 26, 2009 - For tens of thousands of Gulf Coast residents still reeling from Hurricanes Katrina, Gustav and Ike, the prospects of getting a major boost are hanging by a thread.