‘Hurricane Katrina’ Archives
Danny Glover: Troubling the Water
Today’s launch of the film Trouble the Water directed and produced by Tia Lessin and Carl Deal and executive produced by the company I co-founded, Louverture Films, opens up a meaningful space to examine critical and pressing issues that have remained unaddressed and [Read More]
Color of Change: Call to Action for New Orleans
We ask you once again to join Color of Change in it’s activism of behalf of our communities. Three years after Hurricane Katrina, there’s finally a bill in Congress that will give all Katrina survivors a fair chance to rebuild their lives. But it won’t [Read More]
Jazz Fest is yet another survivor of Katrina
For the first time since 2005, Jazz Fest’s seventh day is back at a cost of $1 million to organizers. Favorite sons the Neville Brothers will make their first appearance since the storm as part of a bill boasting major stars and a wide range of regional talent. More [Read More]
FEMA Covered Up Cancer Risk in its Toxic Katrina Trailers
At this point, there’s nothing left to shock when it comes to the handling of post-Katrina matters involving FEMA. read more | digg story [Read More]
New Orleans once again is U.S. murder capital
The bloodiest city in the country in 2006, reeling from crime in its struggle to recover from Hurricane Katrina, got even worse in 2007. read more | digg story [Read More]
Amy Goodman of Democracy Now! Speaks to New Orleans Activists Kali Akuno and Sess4-5
The New Orleans City Council has unanimously voted to move ahead with the demolition of 4,500 units of public housing. Under the plan, the city’s four largest public housing developments will be razed and replaced with mixed-income housing. Hundreds of people were [Read More]
