katrina
November 4, 2008 -
This special June 2006 report from Gulf Coast Reconstruction Watch looks at New Orleans' storm-protection infrastructure and finds a city dangerously prepared to face a major hurricane.
October 15, 2008 -
Facing South has reported on the catastrophic impact of the federally-sponsored Mississippi River-Gulf Outlet (MR-GO), a money-losing shipping lane that ultimately intensified Hurricane Katrina's storm surge.
September 16, 2008 -
Just as FEMA and other government officials were finishing patting themselves on the back for the heralded response to Hurricane Gustav -- which still had plenty of problems; see our coverage here -- Ike has revealed still-deep flaws in our nation's disaster response infrastructure.
September 11, 2008 -
According to a new report by the Homeland Security Department's office of inspector general, the federal government wasted millions of dollars on four no-bid contracts it handed out for Hurricane Katrina recovery work, the Associated Press reports.
September 5, 2008 -
In the Institute for
September 3, 2008 -
I'll be on WBAI 99.5 FM New York again this afternoon to talk about the situation in New Orleans and what it means, this time on
