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December 12, 2005 - In case you missed it, we've recently posted some great stories over at Gulf Coast Reconstruction Watch, our spin-off project to investigate events in the post-hurricane South:

December 12, 2005 - One of the most contentious issues about the failed Hurricane Katrina response is why our country's on-call, always-ready troops didn't arrive in Louisiana to help until September 5, a week after the storm hit.

December 12, 2005 - One of the most contentious issues about the failed Hurricane Katrina response is why our country's on-call, always-ready troops didn't arrive in Louisiana to help until September 5, a week after the storm hit.

December 10, 2005 - I spent all of today in a church in Jackson, Mississippi for the Katrina Survivor's Assembly. The meeting, organized by the People's Hurricane Relief Fund, was composed of some 150 survivors from around the country, and about the same number of allies from Oregon to New York and all points in-between.

December 8, 2005 - When meeting with community leaders and grassroots activists in New Orleans, you hear several themes again and again:

December 8, 2005 - The New York Times marked yesterday as the 100-day anniversary of Hurricane Katrina striking the Gulf Coast; here in Louisiana, the New Orleans Times-Picayune is honoring the occasion today, seeing the starting point of the disaster as the fateful Monday when the flood waters started roaring into the city.

December 7, 2005 - A hush came over the plane as we started our descent into New Orleans. Everyone was looking out the windows, taking in the devastation below. "It makes a big difference when you actually see it, with your own eyes, doesn't it?" said the woman next to me.