Posts Tagged ‘Hurricane Katrina’
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]
Uphold New Orleans Residents’ Right to Return Home
Call-to-Action from Amnesty International More than two years into the human rights disaster of Hurricane Katrina, thousands remain displaced because of an absence of affordable housing, with rent increases up more than 40% and the majority of public housing still [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]
Council Chaos: Police Battle Protesters At New Orleans City Hall
The scene outside New Orleans’ City Hall boiled on the brink of a riot Thursday as protesters stormed the gate and were met with police spraying mace and firing Tasers. Protesters broke through the gates outside City Hall shortly after 11 a.m. read more | digg story [Read More]
In New Orleans, Plan to Raze Low-Income Housing Draws Protest
The federal government is beginning this week to tear down thousands of apartments in the city’s four biggest public housing projects. read more | digg story [Read More]
