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FEATURED COMMENTARIES
By Earl Ofari Hutchinson
Katrina Lessons, Pt. 1- Talk About Katrina Poverty Was Just That, Talk
One year after Katrina hit the Gulf Coast, the talk about a war on
poverty turned out to be just that, talk. There’s no reason to think
that will change, says the author.
Katrina's Lessons,
Pt. 2 - Would FEMA Bungle Another Disaster?
A year after Hurricane Katrina, the writer looks at the changes made to
the federal disaster-management agency, and whether they would make a
difference today
Katrina's Lessons,
Pt. 3 - Katrina Didn't Close the Racial Divide
The suffering Katrina unleashed might have been race neutral; it
should have brought people together in an ongoing spirit of
compassion and giving, not racial rancor and finger pointing |
Health Problems
Linger One Year After Katrina
Report by Melinda Smith, VoA News
Community health care along the U.S. Gulf Coast centers provided
emergency treatment during and after the storm, but treatment is now
being hindered by bureaucratic red tape and a shortage of medical
personnel
'State of
Perdition': S. American Laborers Describe Working in New Orleans
By Elizabeth Gonzalez, New America Media
Two workers rebuilding New Orleans describe the long hours and lack of
job security of contract labor -- conditions familiar to one young
California reporter
Dealing with the Effects of Trauma at Work
By Pauline Rennie Peyton,
Organizational Consultant and Psychotherapist,
Special to IMDiversity
There's much that managers must do when the unthinkable
happens, including knowing when outside intervention
is needed
Who Will Be Hit Hardest by Climate Change?
By Julie Johnson, New American Media
Minority communities will be the first casualties of global warming,
according to a new study
Tennessee State Students Teach Youngsters Affected by Katrina
By Eddie R. Cole, Black College Wire, @ THE
BLACK COLLEGIAN Online
A not-so-ordinary summer camp, Camp Supercharge welcomed an average of
215 inner-city New Orleans children every weekday to Loyola University
this month
After Dillard Graduation, Students Scatter Again
By Amber Wilson, Black College Wire
As of May, 32 of the new Dillard University graduates had been accepted
to graduate schools, while 57 were going directly into the workplace and
an undetermined number planned to enroll in professional schools,
according to officials
Rebuilding Underway at Xavier University
THE BLACK COLLEGIAN Magazine, photos by
Irving Johnson III
Interview with Warren Bell, Vice President, University and Media Relations, accompanied by 4-part photo series from the campus,
which faces an estimated $35-40 million in repairs
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Spike Gets It
Right in Levees, Says New Orleans Resident
By Randy Fertel, New America Media
Spike Lee's 4.5-hour documentary on New Orleans and Hurricane Katrina is
mesmerizing. Just as important, the writer says, it's an evenhanded take
on what went wrong, and a loving tribute to the city and its residents.
In Grad School After Culture Shock and
A New City, a New Son
By Rebecca K. Roussell, Black
College Wire
Excerpts from a "Where are they now?" series profiling
new graduates who survived
Hurricane Katrina, forthcoming in THE BLACK COLLEGIAN
Magazine First Semester Issue
Anniversary
Readings by the AP
A year after Katrina, Bush administration fulfills few
promises to Gulf Coast
Looking for culprits at the scene of a crime named Katrina
Where's home? For Katrina's displaced, a million answers
Spike Lee marks
anniversary with heartbreaking Katrina epic
What some
Katrina survivors taught us through their faith
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Do You Know What it Means to Lose New Orleans?
By Anne Rice
Commentary by noted novelist and daughter of New
Orleans recalls the multicultural history of this unique city, and
mourns the failure of the nation to come to its aid until too late.
From
"After Katrina:
Starting Over in New Orleans"
Multiple Contributors, THE BLACK COLLEGIAN
Magazine
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Katrina Video Shows "No Tough Guy"
By Earl Ofari Hutchinson, The Hutchinson Report
Footage of a videoconference between President Bush and disaster
officials a day before Hurricane Katrina lashed the Gulf Coast is
smoking-gun proof of the president's poor leadership skills, the writer
says
"Officials Are Blind to Abuse Heaped on Gulf Day Laborers"
By Cecilia Muñoz, National Council of La Raza, via New American Media
When I heard that the Governor of Louisiana told a Congressional
Committee this week that she had no idea that immigrant workers who are
rebuilding New Orleans are suffering abuse at the hands of employers, I
couldn’t believe my ears.
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