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Environmental Justice Professor Robert Bullard On How Race Affected the Federal Government's Response to Katrina

Bullard speaks about ongoing issues of environmental racism in Louisiana and the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. He raises questions about race, the communities’ distrust of federal and local agencies, and housing laws and discrimination. [includes rush transcript]
Oct 24, 2005 | Story
Indian Tribes and Hurricane Katrina: Overlooked by the Federal Government, Relief Organizations and the Corporate Media

We take a look the plight of American Indians living in southeast Louisiana weeks after hurricane Katrina hit the gulf coast. Tribal leaders say they have been overlooked by the media, relief organizations and the federal government. [includes rush transcript]
Oct 10, 2005 | Story
Inequality in the Wake of Katrina: A Debate on Bush's Child Tax Credit

A new study shows that the child tax credit does not benefit almost half of African-American and Latino children–and it turns out that the children who see the least benefit from the credit are in Mississippi and Louisiana. We host a debate with the Children’s Research and Education Institute and the Heritage Foundation. [includes rush transcript]
Oct 04, 2005 | Story
Bankruptcy After Katrina: Who Wins, Who Loses?

President Bush’s bankruptcy bill, passed by Congress in April, is taking effect later this month. Four congressmembers are now calling for victims of hurricane Katrina to be exempt from certain provisions of the law. We speak with the Consumer Federation of America. [includes rush transcript]
Oct 04, 2005 | Story
Orleans Parish DA Eddie Jordan on Racial Stereotyping, Police Looting and Private Military Contractors

We speak with the District Attorney of Orleans Parish, Eddie Jordan about the grossly exaggerated reports of multiple murders and criminal mayhem in New Orleans in the days after hurricane Katrina hit. Jordan says, "I’m pleased that there was very little bloodshed, but it seems to me that the national media outlets had an obligation to verify the charges [of violence] being made by some of the evacuees and some of the public officials."...
Oct 03, 2005 | Story
New Orleans Evacuees Blast Lack of Any Aid or Relief Weeks After Katrina

A month after hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast, displaced New Orleans residents at the Radisson Hotel in New York City speak out about the lack of aid they have received and the continued difficulty of receiving any type of relief from the Red Cross. [includes rush transcript]
Sep 30, 2005 | Story
Head of Small Relief Agency Blasts Red Cross "Money Pit"

We speak with Richard Walden, president and founder of Operation USA, a Los Angeles-based relief agency. In an Op-Ed in the Los Angeles Times this week titled "The Red Cross money pit," Walden writes that despite, "Giving so high a percentage of all donations to one agency (The Red Cross) that defines itself only as a first-responder and not a rebuilder is not the wisest choice." [includes rush transcript]
Sep 30, 2005 | Story
Bush's "Brownie": Former FEMA Head Michael Brown Said He Warned Bush Directly Before Hurricane Struck

The ousted director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Michael Brown, appeared before a special congressional panel set up by House Republican leaders to investigate the disastrous response to Hurricane Katrina. [includes rush transcript]
Sep 28, 2005 | Story
Homeland Security Chief Chertoff, Not Brown, Was Responsible For Federal Response To Huricane Katrina

We speak Knight Ridder reporter Alison Young about the Homeland Security Chief Michael Chertoff’s responsibilities and the shift of blame to former FEMA head Michael Brown. [includes rush transcript]
Sep 28, 2005 | Story
Lott's Bad Bet: Fomer Senate Majority Leader Blocked Moves to Protect Mississippi Coast

Backed by the gambling industry, Republican Senator Trent Lott of Mississippi outmuscled army officials who tried to impose a moratorium on casino projects along the coast. We speak with Washington Post reporter Michael Grunwald. [includes rush transcript]
Sep 28, 2005 | Story

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Environmental Justice Professor Robert Bullard On How Race Affected the Federal Government's Response to Katrina

Indian Tribes and Hurricane Katrina: Overlooked by the Federal Government, Relief Organizations and the Corporate Media

Inequality in the Wake of Katrina: A Debate on Bush's Child Tax Credit

Bankruptcy After Katrina: Who Wins, Who Loses?

Orleans Parish DA Eddie Jordan on Racial Stereotyping, Police Looting and Private Military Contractors

New Orleans Evacuees Blast Lack of Any Aid or Relief Weeks After Katrina

Head of Small Relief Agency Blasts Red Cross "Money Pit"

Bush's "Brownie": Former FEMA Head Michael Brown Said He Warned Bush Directly Before Hurricane Struck

Homeland Security Chief Chertoff, Not Brown, Was Responsible For Federal Response To Huricane Katrina

Lott's Bad Bet: Fomer Senate Majority Leader Blocked Moves to Protect Mississippi Coast

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