October 16, 2009 :: Denver Lessing :: Comments Off
President Barack Obama was in New Orleans yesterday to survey Katrina recovery efforts 4 years after the hurricane ravaged the city, expelling most of its population. Obama toured the only school reopened to date in the Lower Ninth Ward, the area mist devastated by Katrina’s storm surge, and met with Gov. Bobby Jindal, a Republican, a persistent critic of key Obama policies, discussing the best ways to ensure effective delivery of assistance to the ongoing rebuilding efforts.
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February 25, 2009 :: J.E. Robertson :: Comments Off
Bobby Jindal’s official Republican response to Barack Obama’s address last night was nothing short of a startling, clumsy, shameful attempt to hijack the ideas and the achievements of Barack Obama. One by one, he listed priorities his party has neglected or fought against for decades, each of which Obama not only talks about, but has been implementing, as if the Louisiana governor believed there were any credible way for Americans to take his spiel seriously.
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August 31, 2008 :: J.E. Robertson :: Comments Off
Three years to the day after the catastrophe that was Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath, Hurricane Gustav appeared to be heading for the US coast of the Gulf of Mexico, approaching category 4 status. The city of New Orleans is, as a result, actively bracing for a direct hit and possible storm surge. Mandatory evacuations officially began at 8am Saturday, with the city providing assistance to those leaving their homes.
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August 30, 2008 :: staff :: Comments Off
It was September 6th, 2005, just days after the Hurricane struck the Gulf Coast and flooding overtook New Orleans. At the time, I was on a job in Joplin, Missouri and had grown restless from watching helplessly as the images of the hurricane’s aftermath repeated themselves on my motel television. I went online and found a link to an organization called Katrina Caravan Rescue. I called the number and left a message. Their purpose was to find volunteers who could provide transportation to evacuees currently in Houston who secured future shelter but had no way of getting there.
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June 2, 2008 :: J.E. Robertson :: One Comment
Recién inaugurada en el Palais de Tokyo, en París, Francia, ‘Superdome’ explora el sufrimiento humano vinculado con situaciones donde el desastre se sigue con transformaciones socio-económicas de escala casi incomprensible. La exposición concentra su atención temática en la situación que encontraron los habitantes de Nueva Orleans, cuando el huracán “Katrina” y su consecuente desintegración cívica los desplazaron hacia un caos tormentoso, su entorno físico devastado, forzados a llevar el peso extraño de ver cómo se borró la geografía económica de su ciudad para ser reemplazada por algo desconocido.
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May 31, 2008 :: J.E. Robertson :: One Comment
A new exhibit at the Palais de Tokyo, in Paris, France, examines the human suffering inherent in situations where disaster is followed by economic transformation of nearly incomprehensible proportions. ‘Superdome’ focuses its thematic attention on the situation encountered by citizens of New Orleans, displaced into chaos by the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, the devastation of their physical environment followed by the strange burden of seeing the economic geography of their city wiped away and replaced by something unknown to them.
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November 9, 2007 :: The Editors :: Comments Off
9 November :: Musharraf’s forces in riot gear have surrounded home of Bhutto’s home, alleging suicide bombers are waiting to strike, no one being allowed in or out; move is aimed at preventing her holding massive rally in Rawalpindi; after she attempted to leave, she was prevented by gov’t forces, she has been placed under [...]
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November 8, 2007 :: The Editors :: Comments Off
8 November :: Musharraf forces beat and tear-gassed demosntrating lawyers before taking them into custody; reports suggest intimidation has been widespread, with int’l press reporting security forces “charged” a group of more than 1,000 lawyers chanting anti-Musharraf slogans in Lahore; deposed supreme court chief Chaudry calls on lawyers to step up demonstrations nationwide, as demands [...]
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October 14, 2007 :: The Editors :: Comments Off
Sentido.tv :: Can the world prepare to face the potential economic fallout from increasingly intense weather phenomena, prolonged heat waves, desertification, ice-melt and flooding? While there is no clear proof Hurricane Katrina was a direct result of climate change, hurricanes of such intensity will become increasingly frequent as Gulf waters warm; the aftermath provides real [...]
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December 16, 2005 :: staff :: Comments Off
Mayor Ray Nagin of New Orleans visited the White House yesterday, where Pres. Bush announced his intention to follow through on plans to rebuild the devastated city. The mayor has been vocal in calling for action from Washington, where he says political “constipation” is putting the future of his city at risk. The President has promised federal funding for the rebuilding effort and has said the money will come, despite ongonig delays.
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December 10, 2005 :: J.E. Robertson :: Comments Off
In early December, the Hurricane Katrina Survivors’ General Assembly gathered in Jackson, Mississippi, saw evacuees from devastated Gulf Coast communities accuse the federal government of “criminal indifference” and demand reparations for damage resulting from government negligence. They also sought the “right to return” to their homes, even as New Orleans remains under a state of emergency, whole sections of the city still closed to residents who may seek to return, and much of Mississippi still languishing with little to no substantive federal aid.
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