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New Orleans
Esther Kaplan:
Our investigation into the shootings of African-Americans in the days after Hurricane Katrina seems to have gotten the feds' attention; but in New Orleans, the wheels of justice have rusted.
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New Orleans
Dayo Olopade:
A frustrating quest for food security has led some residents to grow their own.
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Law & Justice
A.C. Thompson:
Television news reports are casting new light on the violence that
flourished in New Orleans in the anarchic days after Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
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U.S. Economy
GRIT TV :
The Nation's John Nichols discuss the correlation between the low unemployment numbers and our foreign policy.
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Sarah Palin
GRIT TV :
The Nation's Richard Kim joins a conversation on Sarah Palin's recent media blitz and the impact it could have on our country's politics.
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Activism & Organizing
GRIT TV :
Americans voted for change and are getting frustrated with the lack of it, mainly because powerful forces are holding the status quo in place.
There has been a lot of talk in recent weeks about post racial America. But it was just over three years ago that Hurricane Katrina battered the Gulf Coast and revealed just how ugly America's racial and economic divide remains. After an 18 month investigation, journalist
A.C. Thompson published a report,
Katrina's Hidden Race War, in
The Nation that details vigilante violence in the city of New Orleans in the days after the hurricane. Most of the early stories covering these vigilantes were largely sympathetic. But as Thompson outlines it is a much more complicated tale.
Although there has been a large response to the story online, there has been no official comment or effort to investigate the shootings.
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