Is New Orleans Really Ready for Gustav?
As Gustav bears down, the greatest threat is the potential for a 20-foot storm surge that could overtop the region’s vast fortifications.
As Gustav bears down, the greatest threat is the potential for a 20-foot storm surge that could overtop the region’s vast fortifications.
The United States’ economic crisis and simultaneous wars have left New Orleans as an afterthought. This is what the city looks like today.
Despite sunny media reports about post-Katrina rebuilding, the facts on the ground reveal a stark portrait of a city transformed.
As activists continue to fight for people’s rights to keep their homes in New Orleans, repression by local authorities is brutal.
Some of the most serious pollution problems may not lie outdoors, but in the home.
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The shameless exploitation of poor New Orleans residents to privatize public infrastructure is being enforced by violence and tasers.
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