Documents obtained by a watchdog group show a severe breakdown in U.S. Army Corps of Engineers management of its contractors tasked with clean-up projects in southern Mississippi in the aftermath of Katrina. More...
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A federal appeals court in New Orleans has ruled that a class-action lawsuit brought against greenhouse gas polluters by Mississippi property owners who suffered severe damage in Hurricane Katrina may go forward. More...
President Barack Obama arrives in New Orleans today for his first visit to the city and region since his presidential campaign. But some local lawmakers and community leaders criticize the short visit and the lack of attention paid to the still struggling region. More...
A public school student who does not own any girls' clothing chose to wear a formal man's suit in her senior photo -- and is consequently cut from the yearbook. The ACLU is reportedly getting involved. More...
The voter ID debate was re-energized Thursday when the Indiana Court of Appeals struck down the Indiana state law requiring voters to show identification, considered the strictest voter ID law of its kind in the country. More...
Institute director and co-author of the report "Grading the Katrina Recovery" talks with Laura Flanders about the important issues we're in missing in media coverage and the public debate about Katrina and the Gulf Coast. More...
Is the Gulf Coast back to normal? Has Washington done all it can do? Is Obama better than Bush? Facing South debunks the myths and answers the tough questions the remain in Katrina's aftermath. More...
Cities and towns across Mississippi are still trying to recover from hurricanes Katrina and Rita, but their efforts are complicated by what community advocates call misplaced priorities. More...
This is the first year that Congressional leadership and the U.S. president did not travel to the Gulf Coast to honor the anniversary of our nation's largest disaster. Leaders in Washington still have much to learn from community leaders on the ground working every day to restore their neighborhoods, reports Jeffrey Buchanan. More...
The Obama administration unveiled plans this week to create a federal task force to overhaul management of coastal restoration efforts in Louisiana and Mississippi. The move comes in response to growing criticism of the Corps' foot-dragging. More...
Join us on three radio programs today as we talk about the Institute's new report "Grading the Katrina Recovery" and the state of Gulf Coast rebuilding four years after the storm More...
This week, across the Gulf Coast thousands of people will be gathering together for vigils, rallies, marches, cultural events and commemorations to mark the 4th anniversary of Katrina's landfall. More...
A new government report blasts the Federal Emergency Management Agency's slow response to the health hazards found in post-Katrina emergency housing. More...
Prom Night In Mississippi, the acclaimed documentary about the first racially integrated high-school senior prom in the small town of Charleston, Miss., premiered this week on HBO. More...
Thousands of low-income workers earning a minimum wage got a boost in their wages as the national minimum wage rose to $7.25. Yet, one group remains excluded -- tipped workers have a national minimum wage that has been frozen at $2.13 for 18 years. More...
Coastal protection groups are calling on the public to send comments to the Army Corps to address the failings of the Corps long-overdue Category 5 hurricane protection plan for south Louisiana. More...
Court filings reveal a third recent incident of marital infidelity tied to the politically powerful Christian group The Family -- this time involving former U.S. Rep. Chip Pickering Jr. of Mississippi. Is this really a church group deserving of nonprofit status, or a political fraternity gone wild? More...
As the recession deepened across the country in 2008, the nation saw a shift in its homeless populations to include more families and more rural and suburban areas. More...
A month into the 2009 hurricane season, and almost four years since hurricanes Katrina and Rita blew threw the Gulf Coast, federal authorities still aren't ready to handle another Katrina-scale disaster. More...
Unemployed people in Alabama and Mississippi are finding themselves in dire straits because their states turned down federal stimulus aid to expand unemployment insurance. More...
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