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October 17, 2005 - With a $200 billion aid package for hurricane-ravaged Louisiana in limbo, the emerging theme spinning out of the GOP message machine is that Louisiana is too "corrupt" to be trusted with the money, and so the people of the Gulf should just be abandoned.

October 14, 2005 - USA Today reports today on a poll of Gulf Coast evacuees by USA TODAY/CNN/Gallup.

October 14, 2005 - Blogger Nancy Scola is down in Louisiana, and has an interesting interview at DKos with local NAACP leader Dr.

October 14, 2005 - If you live in central North Carolina, there are two Institute-connected events coming up that you might want to check out.

October 13, 2005 - Posted by R. Neal Spike Lee is set to produce a documentary on Katrina for HBO called "When the Levee Broke." There's no word on what direction the documentary will take, but one can assume it will explore the racial dimensions of the catastrophe.

October 13, 2005 - (Cross-posted at DKos and elsewhere)

October 12, 2005 - Here is the Department of Defense press release from last night. Halliburton Watch reports: