katrina
August 8, 2012 -
After Katrina, New Orleans fired all 7,500 of its teachers. The firings were recently ruled illegal, but teachers won't get their jobs back. Instead, the union is fighting for teachers and students through a grassroots, social justice approach.
July 3, 2012 -
Out of the tragedy of the 2010 BP oil disaster we could soon see new opportunities emerge thanks to the passage of a federal law directing fines back to the region.
May 3, 2012 -
The Mississippi Jobs First law encourages cleanup and recovery contractors to hire local workers -- a key step toward revitalizing disaster-stricken communities.
April 13, 2012 -
Derrick Evans of Mississippi traveled to London this week to deliver an invitation to BP shareholders and officers to visit the Gulf Coast and witness the ongoing impacts of the Deepwater Horizon disaster for themselves.
December 2, 2011 -
Results suggest that dangerously high levels of cancer-causing formaldehyde linger in the more than 130,000 trailers that the federal agency provided to families displaced by the 2005 disaster.
August 8, 2011 -
By A.C. Thompson, ProPublica
