Gulf Coast

July 26, 2007 - Though a special grand jury this week declined to indict Dr.

July 25, 2007 - A government audit has found that the federal Small Business Administration improperly canceled almost 8,000 loans it had promised to homeowners along the Gulf Coast after the 2005 hurricanes, according to the New York Times.

July 23, 2007 - The People's Hurricane Relief Fund and Oversight Committee held a press conference this morning in front of their New Orleans office to protest the alleged withholding of funds from Hurricane Katrina victims by the American Red Cross.

July 19, 2007 - At a hearing held today by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, investigators released internal Federal Emergency Management Agency e-mails documenting that FEMA attorneys rejected environme

July 17, 2007 - Alternet posted an excellent piece this week on how in the wake of Hurricane Katrina the Bush Department of Labor failed to carry out its purported mission of protecting workers' welfare. Reports Brian Beutler with the Media Consortium:

July 12, 2007 - Jacob Faber, a researcher with the Center for Social Inclusion, recently looked at how policies on post-Katrina housing and business development are laying a blueprint for the expulsion of New Orleans' black residents at RaceWire, the Colorl

July 10, 2007 - Well, this is certainly embarrassing news.