Gulf Coast

March 6, 2008 - With the third anniversary of Hurricane Katrina approaching, it's becoming clear that many New Orleans residents displaced by the disaster won't be coming home any time soon.

March 3, 2008 - By Bill Quigley Guest Contributor Government reports confirm that half of the working poor, elderly and disabled who lived in New Orleans before Katrina have not returned. Because of critical shortages in low cost housing, few now expect tens of thousands of poor and working people to ever be able to return home.

February 27, 2008 - At the same time public housing complexes in New Orleans are being torn down and redeveloped into mixed-income communities with less space for the poorest families, Mayor Ray Nagin has announced his intent to push the homeless people who've been living under Interstate 10 near the French Quarter into a tarp-covered barrack.

February 21, 2008 - Several Gulf Coast organizations have purchased two FEMA trailers that are now touring the country to raise awareness about the ongoing nature of the crisis in the region and the government's failure so far to rebuild in a manner that meets the needs of poor and minority residents.

February 14, 2008 - But no financial assistance provided for those sickened by unsafe housing

February 13, 2008 - Move comes amid ongoing coverup of key federal health report

February 12, 2008 - Similar to how check cashers and payday lenders set up shop around military bases to prey on enlisted personnel and their families, they're now lurking around retirement homes to prey on the elderly. And worse, a loophole in federal law allows them to have Social Security deposits made directly to their accounts, from which they dole out "allowances" to their victims.