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Crisis Profiteering: Dick Cheney, Halliburton and Hurricane Katrina

We get a report from Democracy Now! correspondent Jeremy Scahill on Halliburton’s role in reconstruction in the Gulf area, plus a survey of the current situation in New Orleans. [includes rush transcript]
Sep 09, 2005 | Story
Democracy Now! Engineer Mike DiFilippo Lends A Hand in Alabama and Mississippi

Democracy Now! engineer Mike DiFilippo has been voluneentering with re-building efforts in Alabama and Mississippi. He joins us on the phone from Wiggins, Mississippi. [includes rush transcript]
Sep 09, 2005 | Story
FEMA Chief Brown: Former Head of the Arabian Horse Association Qualified to Manage Agency?

We speak with Judd Legum from the Center of American Progress about FEMA’s role in handling the catastrophe in the wake of hurricane Katrina. [includes rush transcript]
Sep 08, 2005 | Story
Why FEMA Failed: The Bush Administration and Disaster Relief

As Republican leaders announced a joint House-Senate inquiry into failures surrounding the response to Hurricane Katrina, we take a look at why FEMA failed with Salon.com staff writer Farhad Manjoo who writes, "Ideologically opposed to a strong federal role in disaster relief and obsessed with terrorism, the Bush administration let a once-admired agency fall apart." [includes rush transcript]
Sep 08, 2005 | Story
Politicizing Disaster Relief: How FEMA Overcompensated Florida Citizens in the Run-Up to the Presidential Election

We look at FEMA’s disaster response in Florida in the fall of 2004, and how the presidential election played a role in the distribution of hurricane aid there. [includes rush transcript]
Sep 08, 2005 | Story
Toxic Soup: The Deadly Floodwaters of New Orleans

As the toxicity of the New Orleans’ floodwaters grows worse, we look at the environmental and public health dangers looming in the city. We speak with a chemical toxicologist and independent water-consultant about the problems brewing in the water of New Orleans. [includes rush transcript]
Sep 08, 2005 | Story
Depleted Disaster Aid: Rejecting International Donations and the Using Of Resources in Iraq

While international donations have been pouring in for victims of hurricane Katrina, the Bush administration has been somewhat reluctant to accept offers from countries like Cuba and Venezuela. We speak with Phyllis Bennis of the Institute for Policy Studies about international donations and how essential resources have been stretched thin by the war in Iraq. [includes rush transcript]
Sep 08, 2005 | Story
Three Displaced New Orleans Residents Discuss Race and Hurricane Katrina

We speak with three residents of New Orleans who were forced to flee–David Gladstone, Beverly Wright and Curtis Muhammad–about who gets saved and who doesn’t and even the question: will New Orleans be rebuilt? [includes rush transcript]
Sep 07, 2005 | Story
Radio Astrodome: Independent Media to Provide Critical Info for Displaced New Orleans Residents

Independent media activists are setting up a low-power radio station at the Houston Astrodome to provide critical information to hurricane Katrina evacuees. We speak with those working on launching the station and the challenges involved. [includes rush transcript]
Sep 07, 2005 | Story
New Orleans Residents Rescue Their Neighbors in Absence of Government Response

Democracy Now! producer John Hamilton spent the past several days in Louisiana. He filed a report from the flooded streets of New Orleans as he rode in a boat with locals searching for survivors in their community. [includes rush transcript]
Sep 06, 2005 | Story

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Crisis Profiteering: Dick Cheney, Halliburton and Hurricane Katrina

Democracy Now! Engineer Mike DiFilippo Lends A Hand in Alabama and Mississippi

FEMA Chief Brown: Former Head of the Arabian Horse Association Qualified to Manage Agency?

Why FEMA Failed: The Bush Administration and Disaster Relief

Politicizing Disaster Relief: How FEMA Overcompensated Florida Citizens in the Run-Up to the Presidential Election

Toxic Soup: The Deadly Floodwaters of New Orleans

Depleted Disaster Aid: Rejecting International Donations and the Using Of Resources in Iraq

Three Displaced New Orleans Residents Discuss Race and Hurricane Katrina

Radio Astrodome: Independent Media to Provide Critical Info for Displaced New Orleans Residents

New Orleans Residents Rescue Their Neighbors in Absence of Government Response

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