Environment
May 19, 2006 -
Whatever one might say about today's Congressional leadership, every once in a while they do show an uncanny ability to stick their fingers in the air and figure out which way the winds of public sentiment are gusting.
May 18, 2006 -
By way of the People Get Ready blog ("make levees, not war"), here's an article from last week about two subsidiaries of a large New Orleans tourism company filing for bankruptcy.
May 17, 2006 -
Energy and contracting giant Halliburton is having its annual shareholders meeting today. It appears that moving the meeting from Texas to the town of Duncan, Oklahoma isn't helping them avoid the protests that engulf their gatherings each year:
May 16, 2006 -
The New Orleans Times Picayune has this interactive graphic timeline of the flooding (Flash required). It's eerie to watch.
May 16, 2006 -
Here's a great Austin Chronicle profile and interview with Cyril Neville, now living in Austin after being forced out of New Orleans by Katrina.
May 12, 2006 -
Here's a gem I just ran across from the latest Harper's magazine (which, by the way, just won twice at the National Magazine Awards -- congrats!).
May 10, 2006 -
The lack of national leadership in post-Katrina rebuilding isn't just causing immense hardship for those in the Gulf Coast. As the Brookings Institute's latest Katrina Index shows, people dispersed by the flood -- the Katrina diaspora -- are facing severe economic troubles: