Environment
August 17, 2006 -
According to this Reuters report, fixes to the New Orleans levee system could actually make matters worse:
August 16, 2006 -
One of the Gulf institutions ravaged by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita was the region's health care system. One year after the storm, the situation remains dire, in large part due to the glacial piece of rebuilding and recovery in the region.
August 15, 2006 -
An accident nearly two weeks ago involving a barge that collided with the main lock at the Wilson Dam on the Tennessee River near Florence Alabama is wreaking havoc with barge traffic on the waterway:
August 14, 2006 -
There are dozens of events being planned, big and small, for the one-year annivesary of Katrina, coming this August 29.
August 10, 2006 -
[This post continues the Institute's ongoing coverage of the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina on August 29.]
August 10, 2006 -
85% of all executions take place in the U.S. South. This fact makes it all the more significant that, last week, North Carolina took a pioneering move to establish a commission that could exonerate those wrongly convicted of capital crimes. As the Christian Science Monitor reports:
August 10, 2006 -
You may recall the heroic efforts of Times-Picayune reporters and photographers who stayed behind to cover the Katrina aftermath. Here's an excerpt from that story: