Environment

March 7, 2006 - A recent Gallup/USA Today/CNN poll of more than 800 New Orleans residents found that while black residents suffered more, they are more optimistic about the future.

March 6, 2006 - For those of you following our Gulf Coast Reconstruction Watch project, I'll be on CNN today at 1:15 EST to discuss our new report, "The Mardi Gras Index" (pdf) on the "Live from..." segment with Kyra Phillips.

March 3, 2006 - C.C. Campbell-Rock, a New Orleans native, has a great piece in the San Francisco Bay View about what corporate leaders, especially the Bring Back New Orleans commission, have in store for the city:

March 2, 2006 - It turns out that the image of an aloof, detached, and uninformed president going about business as usual as Katrina struck the Gulf Coast isn't accurate. New information reveals that he was aloof, detached, and informed.

March 2, 2006 - Congrats to Margaret Ebrahim and John Solomon of the Associated Press for breaking what could become a critical story in the Katrina saga:

March 1, 2006 - Most people who have taken even a qu

February 27, 2006 - I usually think of Army officials as the type of people that run a tight ship -- the kind with little tolerance for law-breaking, bending the rules, and failing to do the best for your country. "Be all you can be," right?