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HUD to New Orleans Poor: \"Go F(ind) Yourself (Housing)!\"\r\n By Bill Quigley.\r\n t r u t h o u t | Report\r\n\r\n Sunday 18 June 2006\r\n\r\n The US Department of Housing and Urban Development has…

HUD to New Orleans…

Two Years after Katrina: The Ten Most Important Lessons Learned\r\nby Bill Quigley | August 28, 2007 - 3:28pm | \r\n\r\nOne. Build and rebuild community.\r\n\r\nWhen disaster hits and life is wrecked, you immediately…

Two Years after…

Eighteen Months After Katrina\r\n By Bill Quigley\r\n t r u t h o u t | Guest Contributor\r\n\r\n Tuesday 27 February 2007\r\n\r\n Each morning, Debra South Jones drives 120 miles into New Orleans to cook and…

Eighteen Months…

Bernice Mosely is 82 and lives alone in New Orleans in a shotgun double. On August 29, 2005, as Katrina hit the Gulf Coast, the levees constructed by the US Corps of Engineers failed in five places and New Orleans filled…

Trying to Make It…

Seven Months After Katrina \r\nSleeping in Your Car in Front of Your Trailer in Front of Your Devastated Home, Tales of Lunacy and Hope from New Orleans \r\nby Bill Quigley \r\nwww.dissidentvoice.org\r\nMarch 29,…

Seven Months After…

Six Months after Katrina: Who Was Left Behind - Then and Now\r\n By Bill Quigley\r\n CommonDreams.org\r\n\r\n Tuesday 21 February 2006\r\n\r\n Introduction\r\n\r\n Nearly six months ago, my wife Debbie and…

Six Months after…

No Home for the Holidays: Stop Evictions of Katrina Evacuees\r\n By Bill Quigley\r\n CommonDreams.org\r\n\r\n Wednesday 23 November 2005\r\n\r\n Sabrina Robinson lived her whole life in New Orleans. When…

No Home for the…

First Report From Mayday DC/I-News Relief Effort in New Orleans\r\n9-9-05\r\nChuck Munson\r\n\r\n The relief van piloted by Mayday DC arrives in New Orleans and finds people without medical help who have been…

First Report From…

Thursday Evening Update in Covington\r\n9-9-05\r\nAndrea Garland\r\n\r\n I can barely speak about the horror that New Orleans is these days -- dead bodies floating through the streets, buildings on fire, still people…

Thursday Evening…

FEMA Kicked out Local Staff\r\n9-8-05\r\njessica\r\n\r\nWithin twenty-four hours of being whisked away in a helicopter, Eric Barrow was looking at satellite images of his flooded city, rather than sifting through the…

FEMA Kicked out…