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Katrina Commission - Shades of 9/11 ALLLL Over Again Cathy Garger 2006-02-15 12:58 PM
Will the investigative panel being formed to investigate Katrina be only shades of the whitewash that was the 9/11 Commission Panel? What concerned citizens need to do NOW. (text/plain + 1 comment)

Veterans' and Survivors' March from Mobile to New Orleans workers solidarity 2006-02-15 10:55 AM
Walkin' to New Orleans Veterans' and Survivors' March from Mobile to New Orleans March 14-19, 2006 (text/plain + 4 comments)

Non-Activist Activist Speaks Abigail 2006-02-15 1:09 AM
Greg Griffith, a former student at Kent University, has been volunteering in New Orleans ever since Hurricane katrina hit, spoke about his experiences, what he has seen, and his assesment of the situation. (text/plain)

Residents Rally to Re-open St. Bernard Housing Development Graham Burke 2006-02-14 8:56 PM

NEW ORLEANS: Residents of the St. Bernard Housing Project rallied today at a press conference at the St. Bernard Development Clinic. Speakers included anti war activist Cindy Shehan as well as many displaced residents of the project. (image/jpeg + 2 comments)

Federal Judge OK's FEMA stopping hotel payments today. careful reader sees fascists' night raids 2006-02-13 4:11 PM
Judge: FEMA can halt direct hotel payments 2/13/2006, 12:24 p.m. CT By MARY FOSTER The Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A judge let the federal government Monday drop some 12,000 families made homeless by last year's hurricanes from a program that has put them up at hotels nationwide. (text/plain)

FEMA: Contact Salvation Army renee 2006-02-13 2:08 PM
The Federal government stopped providing assistance to some 600 Katrina survivors in Texas last week. Renee Feltz reports on FEMA's efforts to move them into long term housing. (audio/mpeg)

New Orleans: The Unsung Candidates Johnny Adriani 2006-02-13 12:01 PM
The Small Candidates in the upcoming election (text/plain)

New Orleans: The Unsung Heros Johnny Adriani 2006-02-13 11:52 AM
The Smaller Candidates in the Political Field (text/plain)

New Orleans Housing Challenges Post-Katrina (3rd repost) Brian Denzer 2006-02-12 1:11 PM
A conversation with Lauren Anderson (2/07/2006), the Director of Neighborhood Housing Services, and a member of "Women of the Storm." Anderson talks about her trip to Washington, D.C. to urge members of Congress to travel to New Orleans to witness the destruction from Hurricane Katrina, about the array of challenges confronting home owners, and about the federal government's obligation to homeowners (35 min, 14 MB, 56 kbps). This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.5 License. (audio/mpeg)

Survivors Facing Hotel Evictions Claim FEMA Trailers Eviction Defense 2006-02-12 1:11 AM
New Orleans, LA- Displaced New Orleanians currently facing eviction from local hotels will converge at the site of one of the largest FEMA trailer lots in the area. The trailer site which holds approximately 100 uninhabited FEMA trailers, is located on a lot in the 8th Ward. The rally is being held to demand trailers be made immediately available to all those facing eviction. (text/plain + 1 comment)

The land That Time Forgot Michael True 2006-02-12 12:10 AM
A call for continued focus on the recovery and a link to on-line resources in the Greater New Orleans area for persons with disabilities, the elderly, and care providers. (text/plain)

National Guard in midnight mass evictions / detention of Katrina survivors from NO hotels a careful reader 2006-02-11 9:56 PM
I spoke with one of these Louisiana National Guard troops (who has requested anonymity until he separates from service) on the phone two nights ago, and I've been seething ever since. The National Guard is now being empolyed to assist the extremely sketchy New Orleans Police with these hotel evictions; and some of the troops don't like it a bit. Said this distressed young man on the telephone, "This is f***ing unbelievable. We were given an operations order to herd our fellow New Orleanians onto buses like cattle or convicts in the middle of the night. They weren't even allowed to pcik up their belongings. We [the National Guard] were responsible to inventory their stuff and bag it up." There is a really big New Orleans round-up scheduled, he advised me, on Monday night, February 13th. Happy Valentine's Day. The reason, according to this source, that these operations are being conducted at night is to evade press coverage and public outrage. (text/plain + 2 comments)

After the Storm: New Orleans and It's Environment (excerpt) Brian Denzer 2006-02-11 11:51 AM
This is an excerpt from the 2/09/06 Loyola University "After the Storm" discussion between a panel of experts on the environment of southeast Louisiana. (13 min, 5 MB, 56 kbps) (audio/mpeg + 1 comment)

New Orleans Housing Challenges Post-Katrina Brian Denzer 2006-02-11 10:54 AM
A conversation with Lauren Anderson (2/07/2006), the Director of Neighborhood Housing Services, and a member of "Women of the Storm." Anderson talks about her trip to Washington, D.C. to urge members of Congress to travel to New Orleans to witness the destruction from Hurricane Katrina, about the array of challenges confronting home owners, and about the federal government's obligation to homeowners (35 min, 14 MB, 56 kbps). This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.5 License. (audio/mpeg)

Direct Action for Hotel Residents Eviction Defense 2006-02-09 3:34 PM
On Monday, February 13th, the New Orleans homeless population will skyrocket, and the survivors of Katrina will be victimized again. FEMA's short-term hotel program expires for most of the 26,000 displaced hurricane survivors and most of these evacuees have not been provided with long-term, or even transitional housing solutions. The National Guard is even on call to evict these survivors at gun point. (text/plain + 6 comments)

Aboveground zine library event Robb 2006-02-08 5:02 PM
Aboveground zine library event (text/plain)

Mr. Bill and Gumbo Alliance say "Shell Nooooo!" to Short-Sighted Energy Developm Aaron Viles 2006-02-07 5:05 PM

Unusual coalition of Gulf fishermen, environmentalists and animated characters work to oppose dangerous energy development in Gulf of Mexico. Targeting Shell, group releases informative Mr. Bill video on http://healthygulf.org (image/gif)

Lower 9th Residents Say: We are Here to Stay! Breaking Ground 2006-02-07 3:43 PM

Lower 9th Ward residents staged a press conference and march in response to a tour led by Governor Kathleen Blanco. (image/jpeg + 2 comments)

Libertarian Seeks Governors Seat V. Mouser 2006-02-06 9:09 PM
T. Lee Horne, III is a Libertarian seeking the office of Louisiana Governor. The election is in 2007. You can visit Lee Horne's website at www.governor.ws . (text/plain)

New Reports Contradict EPA's Claims that Nola Soils/Sediments Pose No Danger Cheryl Seal 2006-02-06 3:22 PM
The first peer-reviewed (thus RELIABLE) analyses of New Orleans sediments have been released. Researchers tested samples for 26 metals and 90 chemicals, including pesticides. (text/plain)

New Orleans 8th Ward Homeowners Are Ready to Rebuild, pt. 1 Brian Denzer 2006-02-04 10:52 PM
8th Ward homeowners are gutting their homes to prove they want to return, but local, state, and federal officials still have to come up with a plan to help them rebuild. Part 1 of 2. 32 min, 56 kbps, 13 mb. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.5 License. (audio/mpeg)

Voices of the Evicted: Video Mary Beth Black 2006-02-04 6:54 PM

Voices of the Evicted is a 42 minute documentary on evictions and housing rights for habitable apartments, FEMA hotel and City Park workers camps in post-hurricane New Orleans. The video is a 42 minutes long, 42 MGS .mov quicktime file. (image/jpeg)

Latest Bout of Censorship at LSU Walter McClatchey 2006-02-03 11:26 PM
Friends: I'm outraged at the latest example of censorship at LSU. Senior Collins Phillips now faces expulsion because of his criticism of the University. Phillips led the protests last semester against the purple and gold Confederate flag. He recently held a rally on campus that resulted in reprisal from the University. See today's Baton Rouge Advocate story here: (text/plain)

Rumor of Cheney in Alexandria Monday Feb 6th FYI 2006-02-03 2:22 PM
Repost from www.thetowntalk.com (text/plain)

VIDEO > Katrina's Toxic New Orleans Art FluxRostrum 2006-02-02 5:38 AM
15 minute video quicktime or real player (text/html)

OSI offers Katrina Media Fellowships repost from OSI 2006-02-01 3:50 PM
Hey Indy-authors! Thought somebody might find interest in the fellowships being offered by the Open Society Institure for Katrina-related media projects. (text/plain)

A Thirty-Second Aside for New Orleans and the Gulf Coast Carson W. Maxwell 2006-02-01 1:03 PM
The State of the Union Address included little on the state of certain parts. (text/html)

Did oil company canals increase flooding? Save our Wetlands 2006-01-31 2:41 AM
The development of wetland flood buffers combined with dredging for oil corporation's canals may have increased flood damage to New Orleans during hurricane Katrina.. (text/plain + 2 comments)

BTL:Airborne Toxic Sediment Endangers New Orlean's Residents Between the Lines' Melinda Tuhus 2006-01-30 8:15 AM
Interview with Wilma Subra, a McArthur award-winning environmental chemist, conducted by Between the Lines' Melinda Tuhus (text/plain)

Newcomb College Task Force Report Brian Denzer 2006-01-28 12:35 PM
After the Tulane Board of Administrators approved a post-Katrina renewal plan which would merge all undergraduate schools under one roof, Newcomb College supporters objected. At a special task force open meeting to hear from Newcomb College constituents, Newcomb students, staff, and alumni handed out daisies, sang, and shouted their support for the historic women-centered program. 10:11 at 56 kbps, ~4 MB. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.5 License. (audio/mpeg + 1 comment)

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