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March 7, 2007 - Like most scandals, "Attorneygate" -- in addition to the main story of political firings of eight U.S. attorneys -- is unearthing countless smaller misdeeds. Case in point: President Bush's bizarre appointment of J.

March 6, 2007 - A payday lender trade group launches a $10 million PR campaign to rehabilitate their image. In their TV commercials, they say "Please borrow only what you feel comfortable paying back when it's due."

March 5, 2007 - Humans have no more than a decade left to act before the ongoing loss of Louisiana's coastline becomes irreversible.

March 2, 2007 - The Academy Awards have come and gone, pulling in over 40 million viewers and proceeding without any noticeable glitches or controversy. As Robert Nathan and Jo-Ann Mort recently wrote in The Nation, it also passed without any films that made a strong political statement.

March 2, 2007 - As we show in our new report, A New Agenda for the Gulf (pdf), the single biggest issue holding back the post-Katrina recovery is lack of bold leadership in Washington. Given the scope of the problem, only thoughtful and effective action by Congress and the White House can turn things around.

March 2, 2007 - President Bush is touring the Gulf Coast and media coverage of his visit and the 18-month anniversary of Katrina has been generally done a good job at revealing the ongoing problems in the region. For example, a piece by Reuters yesterday contrasts Bush's sense of "hope" with the realities on the ground:

March 1, 2007 - Neighborhoods around New Orleans and elsewhere across Louisiana -- many in predominantly minority communities -- are facing toxic threats from dumpsites that have cropped up or expanded in the wake of hurricanes Katrina and Rita.