Gulf Coast

November 13, 2008 - Still picking up the pieces from Hurricane Ike, Galveston suffered yet another blow this week as the county's largest employer announced plans to cut almost a third of its work force. The decision will also mean a dramatic loss of beds in the island's only hospital.

November 12, 2008 - Advocacy groups including the Greater New Orleans Fair Housing Action Center, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, and the National Fair Housing Allian

November 12, 2008 - This Friday, Nov. 14, 75 students from 26 U.S.

November 3, 2008 - According to Our Vote Live, there are several emerging early voting rights issues being reported to the 1-866-OUR-VOTE HOTLINE today.

October 30, 2008 - Thousands of low-income households have been unable to return to U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)-assisted properties in New Orleans more than three years after Hurricane Katrina.

October 23, 2008 - One of the most bitter political fights that occurred in Hurricane Katrina's aftermath involved the fate of New Orleans' public housing developments.

October 20, 2008 - In the wake of Hurricane Ike, the housing crisis has grown so severe in some parts of Texas that local officials are asking the Federal Emergency Management Agency to provide the same kind of formaldehyde-emitting travel trailers that caused serious health problems for Gulf Coast residents following Hurricane Katrina.