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September 27, 2007 - This afternoon, Institute for Southern Studies Executive Director Chris Kromm was among a panel of experts who spoke at a congressional briefing titled "Addressing Remaining Low Income Housing Needs for Hurricane Evacuees and for the Gulf Coast." Here are Chris's prepared remarks:

September 27, 2007 - Poor New Orleanians are not the only Gulf Coast residents whose post-Katrina housing needs are being treated with disregard by their government: Low-income residents of Mississippi are also facing dire problems that have been exacerbated by the actions of Congress, the Department of Housing

September 27, 2007 - We recently brought you the story of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's plan to demolish four public housing complexes in New Orleans, despite the already severe shortage of housing affordable to the city's poor.

September 26, 2007 - Testimony comes as Bush administration, Senate GOP seeks to limit housing available to poor New Orleans residents

September 25, 2007 - UPDATE: In a major new development, the Associated Press reports that the U.S. Supreme Court will consider the constitutionality of execution by lethal injection in the case of two Kentucky inmates. A Federal judge has ruled that the state of Tennessee's lethal injection method of execution is unconstitutional:

September 24, 2007 - The National Lawyers Guild -- the nation's first racially integrated bar association -- today called for the immediate release of Mychal Bell, one of the six black Louisiana high school students who have come to be known as the "Jena 6." The Guild also called fo

September 24, 2007 - We recently brought you the story of Mississippi's plan to divert $600 million in federal funds from a housing program for low-income homeowners hit by Hurricane Katrina to improve the state port at Gulfport.